36th USAFAD

The **36th United States Army Field Artillery Detachment (USAFAD)** was a unit of the United States Army assigned to NATO during the Cold War. Activated in the early 1960s, the 36th USAFAD was stationed in Germany, where it was responsible for the custody and control of nuclear warheads assigned to Belgian Army artillery units under NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements. The detachment played a crucial role in ensuring the readiness and security of these weapons in accordance with U.S. and NATO protocols. The unit was inactivated at the end of the Cold War as NATO restructured and reduced its nuclear forces in Europe.