The 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) ("Raptors") is one of two

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groups of the

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. 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),

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** 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),

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*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fort Riley *** 630th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Riley, KS *** 704th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Hood, TX *** 705th Ordnance Company (EOD), Fort Polk, LA *** 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),

*** 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

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

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* 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)
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