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 Nick Quihuis
Oct 2019

2. Community Overview Our Founder/The Beginning: EOD Leadership:
RADM Draper Kauffman
EOD Leadership:
RDML Brian Brakke; Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (COMNECC)
Smallest Unrestricted Line (URL) Officer Community:
~470 Officers (2% of URL)
~1,300 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 1,800 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:
Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM)
Diving & Salvage
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD)
Support to Special Forces (SOF) – Navy & Army
Conventional EOD Operations
Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI)
Theater Security Cooperation
What Makes Navy EOD Different
The only EOD Force that conducts ExMCM: Find, fix, finish and exploit U/W ordnance
Globally deployed
Force of choice to enable combat operations
Operate in all combat environments
Specialized Mobility & Insertion/Extraction Skills
Our Navy EOD Ethos
Navy is the Premier EOD Force. No other service component or nation comes close to replicating the skill sets that our officers are trained to. 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:
Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM)
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 others . 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
NSWDG
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 Career Path
YCS 2 4 6 8
PAY GRADE
Dept Head
24 Months
Plt Cdr
1st Tour - 24 Months
Shore Tour
Months
Plt Cdr / Co Cdr
2nd Tour - 24 Months
Initial Training 20+ Months
ENS
LTJG LT
O4 SB
EOD Officer
DEPT HEAD
TOUR
MOB/MCM PLT CDR
ExMCM CoCdr
MDS Co CDR
NAVSOF/SOF Plt Cdr
Shore Det OIC
NPS/JPME I
EXU Platoon
NSWDG
Shore Staff
EODMU/MDSU Ops
NSWDG
CTF
Joint Command
Joint Diving Officer (188 days)
EOD School (320 Days)
Jump
ECS
TACT
JOC
7 days
23 days
27 days
21 days
12 days
6 months
12 months
18 months
PLC
Jump – Basic Airborne ECS – Expeditionary Combat Skills TACT – EOD Tactical Training PLC – EOD Platoon Leader Course
JOC – Junior Officer Course
EOD Officer Initial Training Pipeline
Sea Tour
Shore Tour

12. EOD Officer Career Path Executive Officer Tour10 12 14 16 18
YCS
PAY GRADE
O4 SB
LCDR
ACQN
Lvl 1
O5 SB
CDR
ACQN
Lvl 2
XO Board
CO Board (1ST)
Staff Tour
24 Months
Executive Officer Tour
24 Months
Post XO Tour
30 Months
CDR Command
24 Months
Post CO Tour
TOUR
EODMU/MDSU OPS
SMWDC
EODGRU
CEODD
Junior War College
JSOC
EODMU/ESU
MDSU
NDSTC
NAVSCOLEOD
NSWDG
NEDU
EXU-1
OPNAV
JCS
COCOM
# Fleet Staff
OCM / Detailer
JSOC/TSOC
War College
EODMU
MDSU
NDSTC
EOD TEU
NSWDG
EXU-1 20 22 24 26 28 30
YCS
PAY GRADE
ACQN
Lvl 3
CDR
O6 SB
CAPT
MAJ CMD BOARD (1ST)
Post CO Tour
36 Months
Major Command Tour
24 Months
Post Major Tour
36 Months
TOUR
Navy / Joint Staff
EOD MAJCOM CSO
COCOM Staff
NDU/ICAF/Sr War College/JPME II
EODGRU
CTF 56/68/75
MCMRON
CEODD
NSWC IHEODTECHDIV
Navy / Joint Staff / OSD
COCOM
NECC/NECC PAC (COS/MOC-D/CAG)
Sea Tour
Shore Tour

13. Who Are We Recruiting? Candidates need to be:
Able to lead small units of action
Critical thinkers
Selfless, Mission Oriented Professionals
Physically Fit
Well Rounded
Selection is based on the whole person
Open to both Men & Women
Median FY17 and FY18 PST Scores
Swim: 8:30
Push-Ups: 102
Sit-Ups: 93
Pull-Ups: 20
Run: 9:18
FY19 Selection Breakdown: USNA; (15); NROTC (10); SSMP (2); OCS (4); STA-21 (1)
Typically - -EOD accesses Officers per Year

14. 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
Excel 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.

15. EOD Officer Community Manager Email: Nicholas.r.Quihuis@navy.mil
Questions
EOD Officer Community Manager
CDR Nick Quihuis