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Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warfare

Community Overview Brief

Prepared by:LCDR Jeffrey LaveryEOD OCMJanuary 2017

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Community Overview

Our Founder/The Beginning: RADM Draper Kauffman

EOD Leadership: RADM Brian Brakke; Commander,

Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (COMNECC)

Smallest Unrestricted Line (URL) Officer Community:

~450 Officers ~1,300 Enlisted

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Who We Are…

Navy EOD is the DoD’s Maritime EOD Component and the World’s PREMIER EOD force. Specific Skill Sets include:

Underwater Mine Countermeasures (UMCM) Diving & Salvage Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) / Counter Proliferation Support to Special Forces (SOF) – Navy & Army Conventional EOD Operations Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI) FID/Theater Security Cooperation

What Makes Navy EOD DifferentThe only EOD Force that conducts UMCM:

exploitation and neutralization of U/W ordnanceGlobally deployed conducting the full range of

military operations and missions.Force of choice to enable combat operations

Operate in all combat environments Specialized Mobility & Insertion/Extraction Skills (Static Line & MFF Insertion, HRST/CAST)

Our Navy EOD Ethos

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ACTIVE CONUS

ACTIVE O-CONUS

Multiple Oversea Tour Opportunities

Where Our Units Are Located…

COMEODGRU ONE

GUAMEODMU 5

COMEODGRU TWO

ROTA, SPEODMU 8

SAN DIEGO, CA• EODGRU ONE• EODMU 1• EODMU 3• EODMU 11• EODTEU 1• EODESU 1

HAWAIIMDSU 1 LITTLE CREEK, VA

• EODGRU TWO• EODMU 2• EODMU 6• EODMU 12• MDSU 2• EODTEU 2• EODESU 2

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Training / Mobility SkillsThe Fun Stuff…

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Joint Diving Officer (JDO)

SCUBA SURFACE SUPPLIED

MK-16 UBA

• ~ 6 months of intense training• SCUBA• Surface Supplied Diving• Recompression Chamber

Operations• MK-16 UBA

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Navy EOD School

• ~ 1 year• Demolition Training• Ordnance ID and RSP• Chemical / Biological

Weapons• IEDs• Nuclear Weapons• Underwater Ordnance

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Follow-on & Advanced Schooling

• Static Line / Basic Airborne

• Advanced IEDs• HRST/CAST• Adv UUV/Underwater

Robotics• Military Freefall (MFF)• Weapons Technical

Intelligence• Shooting

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First Sea Tour Employment

EOD Officers have immediate responsibility & authority with small unit leadership & tactical decision-making upon their first operational Sea Tour assignment!

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Type of Operational Employment

Variety of Mission Sets & Unique Employment

Opportunities

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ENS LTJG LT

Platoon Leader Tour24 Months

Shore Tour30 Months

Plt Ldr / Co Cdr Tour24 Months

Initial Training20+ Months

PAYGRADE

TOUR

Joint Diving Officer

(150 days)

EODSchool

(320 Days)

Jump

ECS

TACT

JOC

7 days 23 days

27 days

21 days

12 days

0 6 months 12 months 18+ months

PLC

Jump – Basic Airborne ECS – Expeditionary Combat SkillsTACT – EOD Tactical Training PLC – EOD Platoon Leader Course

JOC – Junior Officer Course

EOD Officer Initial Training Pipeline

Mobile Platoon Leader EOD Co CommanderSOF Platoon / MCM Platoon

MDSU Co CommanderNSWDG

Shore Det OIC / NSWDG / TECHDIV

Naval Post Graduate SchoolShore Staff

Sea Tour Shore Tour

EOD Officer DEPT HEAD

EOD Officer - First 8Years…0 2 4 86YCS

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Who Are We Recruiting?

Candidates need to be: Able to lead small units of

action Critical thinkers Selfless, Mission Oriented

Professionals Physically Fit

Open to both Men & Women

Average FY17 PST Score of those selected for EOD (USNA and NROTC)

Swim: 8:54 Push-Ups: 101 Sit-Ups: 95 Pull-Ups: 20 Run: 9:00

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How to Apply…

• Talk to your Naval Science Instructor– If you are STA-21 Core or Applying to OCS – Contact the EOD OCM

• Take the PST – Maximum Effort!

• Complete a high risk medical screening

• Apply for the EOD Summer Cruise (rising seniors) via NSTC

• Do well in Summer Cruise

• Accession Board is held in September – you will be interviewed again

• Candidates will be notified of selection results in October

• Accession information is also located on the EOD OCM’s website.

NOTE – EOD First Class Summer Cruise is not a prerequisite. If you cannot attend EOD First Class Summer Cruise you need to contact the EOD OCM for other evaluation opportunities.

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Our Ethos

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Questions

EOD Officer Community ManagerLCDR Jeffrey Lavery

http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/officer/communitymanagers/Unrestricted/Pages/ExplosiveOrdnanceDisposalOCM.aspx