Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warfare Community Overview Brief Officer giving the brief should give a short biography to include billets held and unit locations. Prepared by: CDR Tollison January 2015

Community Overview Our Founder/The Beginning: EOD Leadership: RADM Draper Kauffman EOD Leadership: RADM Frank Morneau; Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (COMNECC) RDML Brian Brakke, Joint IED Defeat Organization, Deputy Director for Operations/Intelligence Integration Smallest Unrestricted Line (URL) Officer Community: ~400 Officers ~1,200 Enlisted DRAPER KAUFFMAN FOUNDER OF EOD: USNA 1933 not commissioned because of eyesight Joined the American Volunteer Ambulance Corps in 1940 - captured by Germans for 2 months and later released Joined British Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (commissioned as a sub-Lt) and served as a bomb and mine disposal officer at the height of the Blitz on London; gained recognition for his high degree of proficiency in bomb disposal techniques. Securing a U.S. Naval Reserve commission a month before Pearl Harbor, Kauffman was rushed to Hawaii after the Japanese attack, and there disarmed an enemy bomb, the first to be recovered intact for study. For this action, the Navy awarded him his first Navy Cross. In January 1942, he was assigned the task of organizing a U.S. Naval Bomb Disposal School at the Washington Navy Yard. This school is the forefather to the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (NAVSCOLEOD) at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, which is run by the Navy and trains all services EOD technicians. Navy EOD is the smallest URL. Approximately 1,600 total force wide. As an officer, you will lead the finest enlisted service members in the fleet. Some of your enlisted have Bachelors, even Masters Degrees…

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 Different The only EOD Force that conducts UMCM: exploitation and neutralization of U/W ordnance Globally 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 Navy is the Premier EOD Force. No other service component or nation comes close to replicating the skill sets that are officers are trained. We are the DoD’s Maritime EOD Component and the only DoD EOD Force that is trained in Underwater Mine Countermeasure (UMCM) Operations to include underwater explosive hazards. Core competencies included: Underwater Mine Countermeasures (UMCM) Diving & Salvage Operations Conventional EOD Operations Demolition Operations/Range Clearance/Render Safe Procedures (RSPs) Flight Deck Response (NATOPS) Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Disposal Military Ordnance Test & Evaluation (NAVAIR & NAVSEA) Counter-IED (CIED) Operations Overseas & CONUS Regional Response Support to NAVSOF & ARSOF (Impedance to Assault & Tier II Capabilities) Counter WMD/Counter Proliferation (CP) (Operational & Staff Planning) Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) Engagements Explosive & Foreign Ordnance Exploitation/Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI) Mobility (We can get to the problem): Jump (Static & MFF), Dive, & Small Boats Operational Expertise

Where Our Units Are Located… COMEODGRU ONE COMEODGRU TWO ROTA, SP EODMU 8 HAWAII MDSU 1 GUAM EODMU 5 Although the majority of our EOD Units are located CONUS, we have 3 OCONUS units (MDSU ONE (Hawaii); EODMU 8 (Rota, SP), and EODMU 5 (Guam)). We deployed all over the world with current operations in South America, Africa, Iraq, and Afghanistan. We have a variety of staff billets located overseas as well. You will be busy and travel often during your first 4 years… LITTLE CREEK, VA EODGRU TWO EODMU 2 EODMU 6 EODMU 12 MDSU 2 EODTEU 2 EODESU 2 SAN DIEGO, CA EODGRU ONE EODMU 1 EODMU 3 EODMU 11 EODTEU 1 EODESU 1 Multiple Oversea Tour Opportunities ACTIVE CONUS ACTIVE O-CONUS

Training / Mobility Skills The Fun Stuff…

Joint Diving Officer (JDO) SCUBA SURFACE SUPPLIED ~ 6 months of intense training SCUBA Surface Supplied Diving Recompression Chamber Operations MK-16 UBA Located in Panama City Beach, FL - Officers will learn SCUBA, Surface Supplied, Recompression Chamber Operations, and the MK-16 Closed Circuit underwater breathing apparatus. Officers will graduate with a basic understanding of Navy Diving and Salvage Operations. MK-16 UBA

Navy EOD School ~ 1 year Demolition Training Ordnance ID and RSP Chemical / Biological Weapons IEDs Nuclear Weapons Underwater Ordnance Our longest school located at Eglin AFB, FL – Navy EOD School graduates learn the basics Demolition Operations, EOD Tools & Methods, Chemical and Biological Warfare, Ground and Air Ordnance, Underwater Ordnance, IEDs, Nuclear Ordnance and Navy students finish in the Underwater Operations and Diving Division. This schools gives officers the foundation to build on throughout their career.

Follow-on & Advanced Schooling Static Line / Basic Airborne Advanced IEDs HRST/CAST Adv UUV/Underwater Robotics Military Freefall (MFF) Weapons Technical Intelligence Shooting Pipeline Training finishes with Expeditionary Combat Skills in Gulfport, MS, Static Line Jump School (Ft Benning, GA) and the EOD Tactical Training at EODTEU ONE in San Diego, CA. Once reported to their unit, Officers will receive more advanced training in: IEDs Shooting HRST/CAST Operations Military Freefall Operations Underwater Robotics/UUVs/Side Scan Sonar Operations Weapons Technical Intelligence Mine Warfare Planning Special Forces Interoperability Explosive Breaching etc.

First Sea Tour Employment Expectations: Effectively lead your platoon Qualify on Time (SCUBA Supervisor, Demolition Operations Supervisor, EOD Warfare, and EOD Department Head) EOD Officers have immediate responsibility & authority with small unit leadership & tactical decision-making upon their first operational Sea Tour assignment!

Type of Operational Employment EOD Officers lead their platoon in operations all over the world to include hostile environments like Afghanistan and Iraq. Variety of Mission Sets & Unique Employment Opportunities

EOD Officer - First 8Years… YCS 2 4 6 8 PAY GRADE ENS LTJG LT Platoon Leader Tour 24 Months Shore Tour 30 Months Plt Ldr / Co Cdr Tour Initial Training 20+ Months EOD Officer DEPT HEAD TOUR Mobile Platoon Leader EOD Co Commander SOF Platoon / MCM Platoon MDSU Co Commander NSWDG Shore Det OIC / NSWDG / TECHDIV Naval Post Graduate School Shore Staff EOD Officer Initial Training Pipeline 6 months 12 months 18 months This is depiction of a typical career path for the first 8 years. EOD does offer a retention bonus at the 7 year mark for LTs (4 year contract of $20K per year). JOC Joint Diving Officer (150 days) EOD School (320 Days) Jump ECS TACT PLC 7 days 23 days 21 days 27 days 12 days JOC – Junior Officer Course Jump – Basic Airborne ECS – Expeditionary Combat Skills TACT – EOD Tactical Training PLC – EOD Platoon Leader Course Sea Tour Shore Tour

Who Are We Recruiting? Candidates need to be: Open to both Men & Women Able to lead small units of action Critical thinkers Selfless, Mission Oriented Professionals Physically Fit Open to both Men & Women Median FY15 PST Score Swim: 8:37 Push-Ups: 103 Sit-Ups: 95 Pull-Ups: 16 Run: 9:33 Top FY15 Score: Swim: 8:35; Push-Ups: 110; Sit-Ups: 102; Pull-Ups: 26; Run: 8:08 FY15 Selection Breakdown: USNA; (15); NROTC (12); OCS (6); STA-21 (1) Typically - -EOD accesses 34 Officers per Year

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.

Our Ethos

EOD Officer Community Manager Questions Email: michael.tollison@navy.mil EOD Officer Community Manager CDR Mike Tollison Work: (901) 874-4991 http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/officer/communitymanagers/Unrestricted/Pages/ExplosiveOrdnanceDisposalOCM.aspx