1. 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

2. 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 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…

3. 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

4. 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

5. Training / Mobility Skills The Fun Stuff…

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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!

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Our Ethos

15. EOD Officer Community Manager
Questions
EOD Officer Community Manager
CDR Mike Tollison
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