1. Inerting process

2. inerting process
All Inert items on display in your areas require an inert certificate.
Command purchases items with no certificate.
USMC or DOD inerted items with missing certificates.
Live ordnance requested to be inerted.

3. inerting process
Process of certifying inert/empty correctly (ordnance that is already considered inert/empty), a unit must first generate a naval letter from their Battalion level commander requesting that EOD certify inert or empty listed ordnance items for the purpose of training.
TO: "Officer in Charge, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Installations - East", Copy To: The Explosive Safety Office.

4. inerting process
The letter must have the ordnance items listed with corresponding DODICS and Serial Numbers (if present).
EOD will then coordinate with the requesting unit to view the items in order to determine the inert/empty certification.
EOD will engrave the items, serialize them, and generate a document listing the specific items as inert/empty.
EOD will maintain the original and the unit will be given a copy in order to maintain for their records. The using unit is responsible for annual inventory of their inert/empty ordnance.

5. inerting process
28. Does the unit maintain a record of all certified inert items held within the command and does this documentation have the minimum data required? Item description
2. Assigned serial number
3. Certifying Officials name
4. Certifying Officials Signature
5. Date Certified
6. Method by which the item was certified inert
7. item location
8. final disposition (maintain applicable documentation)
MCO Chapter 2, para 5

6. inerting process Live Ordnance to Inert Process
Similar to the previous process, except…
Coordinating with the ASP or unit for delivery to the range or moving the ordnance item from the units account to EODs account.
It is important to note that EOD cannot inert ordnance items for the purpose of gifts or plaques, strictly for training purposes only (OP5).

7. inerting process
It is suggested that the requesting unit call the Base EOD Shop prior to sending the paperwork through their chain of command in order to establish a feasibility of support (particularly for live ordnance inerting requests).
MCB EOD (910) /2104

8. Questions