71st Ordnance Group (EOD) explained

Unit Name:	71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
Dates:	23 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
Type:	Support
Command Structure:	20th CBRNE Command
Garrison:	Fort Carson, Colorado
Garrison Label:	HQ
Nickname:	Raptors (Special Designation)^[1]
Commander1:	COL Brennan Fitzgerald
Commander1 Label:	Commander
Commander2:	LTC Chad Huggins
Commander2 Label:	Deputy Commander
Commander3:	CSM Randall Markgraf
Commander3 Label:	Command Sergeant Major
Identification Symbol Label:	Distinctive Unit Insignia
Specialization:	Explosive Ordnance Disposal

The 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) ("Raptors"^[1]) is one of three explosive ordnance disposal groups of the United States Army. 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^[2]
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Fort Carson^[2]
  • 3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) "Nighthawks", Joint Base Lewis-McChord^[2]
    • 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^{[3] [2]}
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Riley
    • 630th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS
    • 704th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
    • 705th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Johnson, LA
    • 752nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
    • 761st Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Sill, OK
    • 763rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Leonard Wood, MO
    • 774th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS
    • 797th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Cavazos, TX
  • 242nd Infantry Battalion (EOD), Fort Carson^[2]
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Carson
    • 62nd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
    • 749rd Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
    • 764th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Carson, CO
  • 21st Ordnance Company (EOD), Kirtland Air Force Base^{[2] [4]}

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)

External links

• Official Site: 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), archived copy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Special Unit Designations . . 21 April 2010 . 8 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100709200756/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/spdes-123-ra_ar.html . 9 July 2010 . dead.
2. Web site: 71st Ordnance Group EOD . 71st Ordnance Group EOD . 14 April 2021.
3. Web site: Conley . Alvin . 79th EOD Battalion holds uncasing ceremony . 19th Public Affairs Detachment . 14 April 2021.
4. Web site: 20th CBRNE Command Units . 20th CBRNE Command . 14 April 2021 . 9 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509081415/https://www.cbrne.army.mil/UNITS.html . dead .