7th Psychological Operations Group

7th Psychological Operations Group
7th PSYOP Group Unit Insignia
Active	19 August 1965 – 30 June 1974 30 October 1975 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army Reserve
Part of	United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
Garrison/HQ	Moffett Field, California
Motto(s)	"Support by Truth"
Commanders
Current commander	Lt. Col. Miguel Castellanos

The 7th Psychological Operations Group is a psychological operations 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.

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30 October 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Psychological Operations Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.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

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.

Member of the 12th POB, Mark Hadsell, was quoted several times in the press in 2003 after the invasion of Iraq.

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