The 319th Ordnance Company (EOD) soldiers are one of the

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s pre-eminent tactical and technical explosives experts. The company is part of 96th Troop Command.

Overview

These soldiers are trained, equipped, and integrated to attack, defeat, and exploit unexploded ordnance (UXO),

improvised explosive devices An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional warfare, conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached t ...

(IED), chemical, biological, and nuclear ordnance and

weapons of mass destruction A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a Biological agent, biological, chemical weapon, chemical, Radiological weapon, radiological, nuclear weapon, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people or cause great dam ...

(WMD). These EOD specialists perform duties locating, identifying, rendering safe and disposing of foreign and domestic conventional, biological, chemical, or nuclear ordnance and IEDs; WMDs and large vehicle bombs; they conduct intelligence gathering operations on first seen ordnance and IEDs, and support very important persons (VIP) missions for the

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and other federal agencies.

Commanders

* CPT Michael Slevin (2003–2005) * CPT Alfred Johnson (2005–2011) * 1LT Keith Toohey (2011) * CPT Tammi Croteau (2012–2014) * CPT Ryan Loyd (2014-2016) * CPT Greg McClendon (2016-2018) * CPT Kimberly McCarty (2018-2020) * CPT Justin Bowen (2020-2022) * CPT Joe Webster (2022-2024)

Operations

Operation Iraqi Freedom The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist governm ...

(2004–2005) *

Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response ...

(2010–2011) * Operation Allies Refuge (2021)

References

External links

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHvkVGkMgg
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