71st Ordnance Group (EOD)

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

 * 71STDUI.jpg 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Carson
 * 3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Lewis
 * 79th Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Hood
 * 84th Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Riley
 * 242d Ordnance Battalion (EOD), Fort Carson

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

Campaign Participation Credit

 * World War II
 * Normandy
 * Northern France
 * Rhineland
 * Ardennes-Alsace
 * Central Europe

Decorations

 * 1) Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army)
 * 2) Streamer Embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
 * 3) Joint Meritorious Unit Awards (JUMA)