Story by Staff Sgt. Apolonia Gaspar | 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) | 04.14.2023
Veterans gathered for their 20 year reunion at 761st Ordnance Company, 79th Ordnance Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group on April 14th, 2023....
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 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 Pfc. Matthew Marsilia | 14th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.25.2019
Maj. Robert Heywood, an explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) officer assigned to 71st Ordnance Group at Fort Carson, Colorado, recently shared his experiences and knowledge based on his EOD background with 11 cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, Oct. 25....
Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds | 20th CBRNE Command | 12.17.2018
FORT CARSON, Colo. – The 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), located at Fort Carson, Colorado, hosted its largest Team of the Year (ToY) competition at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Dec. 2-7, to evaluate the mental and physical fortitude and the technical skill of the best Soldiers its force has to offer. At the conclusion of the competition, team leader Staff Sgt. Matthew Hamilton......
Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds | 20th CBRNE Command | 04.24.2018
FORT CARSON, Colo. – The 71st Ordnance Group (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) decided its top EOD team in an annual competition April 8-12, to determine the best of the best within its ranks. This year’s winners are Staff Sgt. Christopher Draves and Spc. Gregory Krawciw, an explosive ordnance disposal team with 21st Ordnance Company (Weapons of Mass Destruction), Kirtland Air Force Base,......
Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds | 20th CBRNE Command | 11.27.2017
FORT CARSON, Colo. – For the first time, a conventional U.S. Army unit was granted approval to use electronic countermeasure (ECM) equipment on United States soil. Electronic countermeasure equipment is designed to block both incoming and outgoing signals from electronic devices. In the explosive ordnance disposal community, having such devices means that Soldiers can block potentially......
