2nd USAFAD

The 2nd United States Army Field Artillery Detachment (2nd USAFAD) was a unit of the United States Army stationed in West Germany during the Cold War. Activated in the late 1960s, its primary mission was to provide custodial and technical support for NATO nuclear weapons assigned to Belgian artillery units as part of NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements. The 2nd USAFAD operated under the 5th U.S. Army Artillery Group and was co-located with the Belgian 14th Artillery Battalion in Werl, Germany. The unit remained active until the early 1990s, when the end of the Cold War and changing defense policies led to its deactivation and the withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany.