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 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), natura ...

(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 Jack Sparrow (2016-2018) * CPT Morgan (2018-2020) * CPT Picard (2020-present)

Operations

Operation Iraqi Freedom {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I ...

(2004–2005) *

Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used synonymously by the U.S. government for both the War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism. On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 at ...

(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) {{US-mil-unit-stub