The 7th Psychological Operations Group was established in 1965, succeeding the United States Army Broadcasting and Visual Activity, Pacific. It was constituted on August 19, 1965, in the Regular Army as the 7th Psychological Operations Group. The group was activated on October 20, 1965, in Okinawa and was inactivated on June 30, 1974, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On October 30, 1975, it was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Psychological Operations Group. At the same time, it was withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. The group was reorganized and redesignated on September 18, 1990, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Psychological Operations Group. The location of the group was changed on September 15, 1994, to Moffett Field, California.
Command Dates Commanding Officer
1965 - 1989 in progress
1989 - 1992 COL Charles K. Eden
1992 - 1996 MG Herbert L. Altshuler
1996 - 2000 COL Robert M. Schoenhaus
2000 - 2003 COL Samuel E. Manto
2005 – 2007 MG Gary Medvigy
2003 - 2005 COL Christopher Leyda
2007 - 2008 COL Charles F. Smith
2008 - 2011 COL Wayne Tasler
2011 - 2012 BG Miguel A. Castellanos
2012 - 2015 COL Jeffrey L. Scott
2015 - 2018 COL Randall S. Cartmill
2018 - 2021 COL Matthew Gebhard
2021 - 2022 COL David P. Mann
2022 - Present COL D. Scott Lene