The 319th Ordnance Company (EOD) soldiers are one of the
United States Army National Guard
The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army N ...
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 military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechan ...
(IED), chemical, biological, and nuclear ordnance and
weapons of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous individuals or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natur ...
(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
United States Secret Service
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,
State Department
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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 Jack Sparrow (2016-2018)
* CPT Morgan (2018-2020)
* CPT Picard (2020-present)
Operations
*
Operation Iraqi Freedom (2004–2005)
*
Operation Enduring Freedom (2010–2011)
References
External links
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPHvkVGkMgg
*http://www.army.mil/article/54309/
Explosive ordnance disposal units and formations
Military units and formations in Washington (state)
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