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71st Ordnance Group (EOD)

FieldValue
unit_name71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
image71 Ord Grp SSI.png
image_size200
captionShoulder Sleeve Insignia
dates23 Jul 1944 – 30 Jun 1946
1 Mar 1947 – 30 Apr 1954
13 May 1955 – 24 Jun 1959
15 Dec 1962 – 1 Jan 1966
16 Oct 2005 – present
countryUnited States of America
branch
typeSupport
command_structure[20th CBRNE Command](20th-cbrne-command)
garrisonFort Carson, Colorado
garrison_labelHQ
nicknameRaptors (Special Designation)
commander1COL Brennan Fitzgerald
commander1_labelCommander
commander2LTC Chad Huggins
commander2_labelDeputy Commander
commander3CSM Randall Markgraf
commander3_labelCommand Sergeant Major
identification_symbol[[Image:71STDUI.jpg150px]]
identification_symbol_labelDistinctive Unit Insignia
specializationExplosive Ordnance Disposal

1 Mar 1947 – 30 Apr 1954 13 May 1955 – 24 Jun 1959 15 Dec 1962 – 1 Jan 1966 16 Oct 2005 – present 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

  • [[File:71STDUI.jpg|20px]] 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) “Dirty 630”, Fort Riley, KS
      • 704th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Hood, TX
      • 752nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Hood, TX
      • 761st Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Sill, OK
      • 774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS
      • 797th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Hood, 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

  1. Constituted 17 July 1944, as HHD, 71st Ordnance Group
  2. Activated 23 July 1944 in France
  3. Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Germany
  4. Re-designated 17 February 1947 as HHD, 361st Ordnance Group,
  5. Activated 1 March 1947 at Atlanta, Georgia
  6. Reorganized and re-designated 27 April 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 361st Ordnance Group
  7. Inactivated 30 April 1954 at Atlanta, Georgia
  8. Re-designated 19 April 1955 as HHC, 71st Ordnance Group
  9. Activated 13 May 1955 in Germany
  10. Reorganized and re-designated 20 November 1958 as HHD, 71st Ordnance Group
  11. Inactivated 24 June 1959 in Germany
  12. Re-designated 17 November 1962 as HHC, 71st Ordnance Group
  13. Activated 15 December 1962 in Korea
  14. Inactivated 1 January 1966 in Korea
  15. 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

  1. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
  2. Streamer Embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
  3. Joint Meritorious Unit Awards (JMUA)

Notes

References

  1. (21 April 2010). "Special Unit Designations". [[United States Army Center of Military History]].
  2. United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. "Interservice Responsibilities for Explosive Ordnance Disposal". United States Departments of the Army, Navy, and the Air Force.
  3. "71st OD Group".
  4. "71st Ordnance Group EOD". 71st Ordnance Group EOD.
  5. "79th EOD Battalion holds uncasing ceremony". 19th Public Affairs Detachment.
  6. "20th CBRNE Command Units". 20th CBRNE Command.
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