Story by Maj. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 10.29.2024
VICENZA, Italy – A soldier gently places his finger against a detonation switch. As quick as a lightning strike, a spark speeds down the firing wire. Less than a second later, an explosion ripples through the air, leaving behind only smoke and fragments where moments earlier lay the threat of an unexploded ordnance (UXO). “Disarmament week,” which runs from Oct. 24 - 30, is an annual......
Story by Walter Ham | 20th CBRNE Command | 07.18.2024
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – An Army lieutenant colonel from the U.S. military’s premier Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) command inspired a new group of Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter mechanics to reach for new heights....
Story by Staff Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar | 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) | 04.14.2022
71st Ordnance Group completed their annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Year (ToY) competition at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, April 14th, 2022....
Story by Staff Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar | 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) | 03.31.2022
The 71st Ordnance Group Special Operations Forces (SOF) Support Training (SST) brought a selected group of experienced and knowledgeable explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team leaders throughout 71st EOD to address how EOD supports SOF in unconventional ways from pre-mission planning to post-mission products during the two week course at Yakima training center, Washington, 21-31 April 2022....
Story by Sgt. Keegan Costello | 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade | 03.11.2022
79th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group, 20th CBRNE Command, conducted a battalion casing ceremony on March 11th, 2022, at Fort Riley, KS., as the unit prepares for its deployment to the U.S. Central Command theater of operations in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Leadership from across the EOD branch came to Fort Riley to honor those Headquarters and Headquarters......
Story by Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar | 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) | 09.29.2021
FORT CARSON, Colorado – Noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers within 4th Infantry Division and 71st Ordnance Group compete for the Bronze Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) Pistol badge at Fort Carson, Colorado, September 29th, 2021....
Story by Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar | 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) | 08.20.2021
Seasoned team leaders and senior non-commissioned officers within the 71st Ordnance Group have designed a highly specialized SOF Support Training (SST) program that brings lessons learned in combat directly to Soldiers preparing to deploy....
Story by Jacob Caldwell | U.S. Army Forces Command | 04.17.2021
The movement of equipment and personnel from one location to another can test any organization, but conducting it without warning and having to complete it in a short suspense, tightens the screws even more. The 110th Chemical Battalion was put to the test here, tasked with deploying more than 200 Soldiers and all of their necessary equipment within a week as part of an emergency deployment......
