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NAVY Explosive Ordnance Officer

U.S. Navy
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Americans live for fireworks on the 4th of July. The other 364 days of the year, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians and Officers are doing all they can to prevent them. Using advanced tools like cutting-edge robotic technology and explosives chemistry, this elite group performs missions that require immense bravery—from jumping out of airplanes to blowing up underwater mines. This job is no cake walk—you have to be smart, tough, quick-thinking and cool under pressure—and you have to do it all in a 70-pound bomb suit.

As a Navy EOD Officer, you will have duties that can cast you on missions across the world. Your job may require you to:

  • Detonate and demolish hazardous munitions, pyrotechnics and outdated explosives
  • Neutralize various ordnances such as sea mines, torpedoes or depth charges
  • Work with cutting-edge technology to remotely disable unsafe ordnances
  • Perform parachute or helicopter insertion operations
  • Support law enforcement agencies
  • Clear waterways of mines in support of the Fleet
  • Lead and train enlisted Sailors in your unit
  • Lend your skills and support to other military units or offices, such as the U.S. Secret Service or the U.S. Department of State

Becoming an EOD Officer is no easy process. While the rigorous 51 weeks of training are both physically and mentally grueling, you will be rewarded with unrivaled leadership opportunities, first-rate compensation and respect.

All EOD Officers must attend a certified Navy Officer Training Program. Once that training is complete, you will learn the ins and outs of life as an EOD through 24-months of specialized training including:

Diver Training (9 weeks) – Next comes dive school at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) in Panama City, FL. Training covers basic concepts of scuba diving as well as dive physics, physiology and basic dive medicine. Candidates also learn about equipment such as the MK16 underwater rebreather.

EOD School (42 weeks) – After successfully completing dive school, candidates transfer to Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal School at Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, FL. This training comes in four sections, each teaching how to render safe or defuse specific types of ordnance.

  • Air Ordnance Division – Focuses on bombs and missiles
  • Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) – Includes “homemade bombs”
  • Nuclear Ordnance Division – Covers basic nuclear physics and radiation monitoring and decontamination procedures
  • Underwater Ordnance Division – Emphasizes torpedoes and other underwater explosives as well as underwater search techniques

Basic Parachute Training (3 weeks) – After completing basic EOD school, graduates attend Basic Airborne Training (“jump school”) at Fort Benning, GA, where they qualify as a basic parachutist.

EOD Tactical Training (3 weeks) – The final phase of training is in San Diego, CA. It teaches helicopter insertion (fast-rope, rappel, cast and special patrol insertion, and extraction rigging), small arms/weapons training, small unit tactics (weapons, self-defense, land navigation and patrolling) and tactical communications (satellite and high frequency).

Upon successful completion of the EOD training pipeline, graduates are assigned to EOD Mobile Units where they gain advanced on-the-job training and experience as members of Mobile Teams, Carrier Strike Group/Expeditionary Strike Group Companies, Naval Special Warfare Companies and Marine Mammal Companies.

Advanced Training – EOD technicians may pursue advanced training options to hone and specialize their skills:

  • Helicopter insertion training
  • Basic parachute training and parachute water insertion training
  • Advanced Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (AIEDD)
  • Jumpmaster training
  • Small unit tactics
  • Small Arms Instructor
  • Language school (Defense Language Institute)
  • EOD Communications (tactical radio communications)

Promotion opportunities are regularly available but competitive and based on performance.

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