- Source: 71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
The 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) ("Raptors" is one of three explosive ordnance disposal groups of the United States Army. It is the command and control headquarters for all U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) battalions and companies located west of the Mississippi River in the Continental United States (CONUS).
Subordinate units maintain EOD response teams, which evaluate, render safe, and dispose of conventional, chemical/biological, or nuclear ordnance, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs). While subordinate units are trained and equipped for combat operations, they also support peacetime missions, including range surface clearance operations of active U.S. Army installations, support of civilian law enforcement agencies, and support to the U.S. Secret Service for protection of VIPs.
The current command team consists of Colonel Brennan Fitzgerald and Command Sergeant Major Randall Markgraf.
Mission
On order, the group deploys and conducts operations in support of the Combative Commanders or other government agencies to counter CBRNE and Weapon of Mass Destruction threats.
Subordinate units
71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Carson
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Fort Carson
3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) "Nighthawks", Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
53d Ordnance Company (EOD), Yakima Training Center, Washington
707th Ordnance Company (EOD) "Thunderbirds", Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
734th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Bliss, Texas
741st Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Bliss, Texas
759th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Irwin, California
787th Ordnance Company (EOD) "Sasquatches", Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Riley
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Riley
630th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS
704th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
752nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
761st Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Sill, OK
774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS
797th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
242nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Carson
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Carson, CO
62nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
663rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
705th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Johnson, LA
763rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Leonard Wood, MO
749rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
764th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
21st Ordnance Company (EOD), Kirtland Air Force Base
Lineage
Constituted 17 July 1944, as HHD, 71st Ordnance Group
Activated 23 July 1944 in France
Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
Re-designated 17 February 1947 as HHD, 361st Ordnance Group,
Activated 1 March 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia
Reorganized and re-designated 27 April 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 361st Ordnance Group
Inactivated 30 April 1954 at Atlanta, Georgia
Re-designated 19 April 1955 as HHC, 71st Ordnance Group
Activated 13 May 1955 in Germany
Reorganized and re-designated 20 November 1958 as HHD, 71st Ordnance Group
Inactivated 24 June 1959 in Germany
Re-designated 17 November 1962 as HHC, 71st Ordnance Group
Activated 15 December 1962 in Korea
Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
Activated 16 October 2005 as HHD, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Carson Colorado
Honors
= Campaign participation credit
=World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
= Decorations
=Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
Streamer Embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Joint Meritorious Unit Awards (JMUA)
Notes
External links
Official Site: 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), archived copy
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
- Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Army)
- Fort Carson
- 20th CBRNE Command
- United States Army Ordnance Corps
- United States Army Forces Command
- Heidi J. Hoyle
- 555th Engineer Brigade (United States)
- Northern Army Group (1989) order of battle
- 3rd Ordnance Battalion
