7th Psychological Operations Group

7th Psychological Operations Group
Active19 August 1965 – 30 June 1974
30 October 1975 – present
CountryUnited States United States
Branch United States Army
Type U.S. Army Reserve
Role PSYOP
Part of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC)
Garrison/HQMoffett Field, California
Motto(s)"Support by Truth"[1]
Commanders
Current
commander
COL Gregory Baugh[1]
Insignia
USACAPOC Shoulder Sleeve Insignia worn by all subordinate units

The 7th Psychological Operations Group is a psychological operations (PSYOP) unit of the United States Army Reserve. Organized in 1965, it was a successor to United States Army Broadcasting and Visual Activity, Pacific. It is currently based at Moffett Field, California.[2]

Constituted 19 August 1965 in the Regular Army as the 7th Psychological Operations Group.[2] Activated 20 October 1965 on Okinawa.[2] Inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[2] Redesignated 30 October 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Psychological Operations Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.[2] Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group.[2] Location changed 15 September 1994 to Moffett Field, California.[2]

Within the psychological operations battalions, there are a number of tactical psychological operations companies. Such companies are organized in the same manner as other Tactical Psychological Operations Companies Army wide. It consists of a Headquarters Section, a Tactical PSYOP Development Detachment or TPDD and three Tactical PSYOP Detachments or TPD. The TPDD focuses on Product Development and Target Audience Analysis while the TPD usually focuses on product distribution, face to face engagement with a given target audience and loudspeaker operations.

Battalion Distinctive
Unit Insignia
History
10th Psychological Operations Battalion

10th Psychological Operations BattalionSt. Louis, Missouri

  • TF-10 deployed to Iraq as an organic USAR BN in 2007, part of OIF V. Supported 25 ID and 10 MTN.
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2009.
307th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – St. Louis, Missouri
  • Detachment 1020 deployed with Task Force 10, supported 2nd ID and 1/504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Baghdad, Iraq
308th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Belton, Missouri
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2007.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2010. (Two detachments with the 17th Psychological Operations Battalion)
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. (One detachment with 17th Psychological Operations Battalion)
318th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – St. Louis, Missouri
  • Deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1991 (as the 18th PSYOP CO (TAC)(DS)) in support of Desert Shield/Storm. Attached to 1st Infantry Div.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2003, part of OIF 1. Attached to 101st ABN Div.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2007.
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2009.
362nd Tactical Psychological Operations Company - Bentonville , Arkansas
  • Deployed to Iraq in support of OIF '03
  • Deployed to Iraq in support of OIF 04-05
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in support of OEF 06-07
  • Deployed to Iraq in support of OIF 09-10
  • Moved from 16th Psychological Operations Battalion to 10th Psychological Operations Battalion in 2009
  • Deployed to Djibouti in 2012-2013
12th Psychological Operations Battalion

12th Psychological Operations BattalionJoint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006.
320th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Portland, Oregon
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2004.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2008
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2012.
324th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Aurora, Colorado
349th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Aurora, Colorado
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2012
361st Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Bothell, Washington
14th Psychological Operations Battalion

14th Psychological Operations Battalion – Mountain View, California

304th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Sacramento, California
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2003 to 2004
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2005 to 2006
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2008 to 2009
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2011
315th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Upland, California
  • Deployed to Kosovo in 2000, part of Task Force Falcon. Supported 1st AD.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2003, part of OIF 1. Supported 3d ID and 1st AD.
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in 2006.
  • Deployed to Iraq in 2008.
341st Tactical Psychological Operations Company (TPU) – San Antonio, Texas
353rd Tactical Psychological Operations Company - Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Activated 2010
17th Psychological Operations Battalion

17th Psychological Operations BattalionAustin, Texas

301st Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne) – San Diego, California
  • Deployed to Iraq 2003-2004 (1st reserve PSYOP company on the ground in OIF 1)
344th Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne) – Austin, Texas
  • Activated as the 244th PSYOP Company in Vietnam War 10FEB1966 from merger of 1st PSYOP Field Support Detachment and 27th PSYWAR Detachment personnel.
  • Transferred to the Army Reserves at Abilene, Texas in 1975
  • Deployed a detachment to Iraq in support of Operation Desert Storm in 1991
  • Inactivated at Abilene, Texas in 1994.
  • Redesignated as the 344th PSYOP Co. in 1996
  • Reactivated as the 344th Tactical PSYOP Company (Airborne) in Austin, Texas on 30NOV2008.
  • Deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from 2010-2011.
  • Deployed a detachment to Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa in 2019
345th Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne) – Lewisville, Texas
245th PSYOP Co. was constituted into the regular Army on December 20, 1965. The unit deployed to Vietnam in February, 1966. The 245th was assigned to the 6th BN, 7th PSYOP Group. 245th elements supported the 1 CAV DIV, 101st ABN DIV, and was awarded a Meritorious Unit Citation and Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Device. Inactivated in January 1968. The 245th was reconstituted on October 30, 1975 in the Army Reserve under the 90th ARCOM, 5th U.S. Army. In 1980, the 245th supported the Cuban Refugee Resettlement Project at Ft. McCoy, WI. The 245th was placed under USACAPOC and U.S. Army Special Operations Command in 1990. December 27, 1990, 18 soldiers mobilized to support Operation Desert Shield. Here the unit earned a Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation as well as a Meritorious Unit Commendation. September 16, 1994, a Tactical Detachment deployed to Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. Two soldiers supported a team of the 3rd Special Forces Group and the rest were with the 10th Mountain. In 1996, the 245th was redesignated the 345th Tactical PSYOP Co. (Airborne), 16th BN, 2nd PSYOP GRP. In 1998, the unit operated in Bosnia. The unit was primarily in the Multi-National Division North supporting the 3/2 Armored Cavalry Regiment. Other soldiers were in Sarajevo and Banja Luka. In 2000, a Tactical Detachment deployed to Kosovo to conduct missions, in support of Operation Joint Guardian. In 2002, three Tactical Detachments and a Headquarters/PDD deployed with the 3rd Special Forces Group's 1st BN to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom. From February to October 2004, the 345th was assigned responsibility for tactical PSYOP in Baghdad, Iraq supporting elements of the 1st Armored Division, 1st Cavalry Division, and 10th Mountain Division.[1]
399th Tactical Psychological Operations Company – San Marcos, Texas
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Headquarters and Headquarters Company 7th Psychological Operations Group". history.army.mil. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "War Is Loud". Spin Magazine. December 2006.
  4. ^ "Metallica is latest interrogation tactic". TheGuardian.com. 20 May 2003.
  5. ^ 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team History
  6. ^ a b "The 361st PSYOP Company in IRAQ".
  7. ^ "Permanent Orders 241-01" (PDF). Department of the Army. 29 August 2007.
  8. ^ "Permanent Orders 130-10" (PDF). Department of the Army. 10 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Permanent Orders 224-02" (PDF). Department of the Army. 12 August 2013.