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Community Overview Brief. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warfare. Prepared by: CDR Nick Quihuis Oct 2019. Community Overview. Our Founder/The Beginning: RADM Draper Kauffman EOD Leadership: RDML Brian Brakke; Commander , Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (COMNECC)
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Community Overview Brief Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Warfare Prepared by: CDR Nick Quihuis Oct 2019
Community Overview • Our Founder/The Beginning: • 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
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
Where Our Units Are Located… ACTIVE CONUS ACTIVE O-CONUS COMEODGRU ONE COMEODGRU TWO ROTA, SP EODMU 8 HAWAII MDSU 1 GUAM EODMU 5 • 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
Joint Diving Officer (JDO) SCUBA SURFACE SUPPLIED • ~ 6 months of intense training • SCUBA • Surface Supplied Diving • Recompression Chamber Operations • MK-16 UBA MK-16 UBA
Navy EOD School • ~ 1 year • Demolition Training • Ordnance ID and RSP • Chemical / Biological Weapons • IEDs • Nuclear Weapons • Underwater Ordnance
Follow-on & Advanced Schooling • Static Line / Basic Airborne • Advanced IEDs • HRST/CAST • AdvUUV/Underwater Robotics • Military Freefall (MFF) • Weapons Technical Intelligence • Shooting
First Sea Tour Employment • EOD Officers have immediate responsibility & authority with small unit leadership & tactical decision-making upon their first operational Sea Tour assignment!
Type of Operational Employment Variety of Mission Sets & Unique Employment Opportunities
EOD Officer Career Path YCS 0 2 4 6 8 ENS LTJG LT PAYGRADE O4 SB EOD Officer DEPT HEAD PltCdr 1st Tour - 24 Months PltCdr/ Co Cdr 2nd Tour - 24 Months Dept Head 24 Months Initial Training20+ Months Shore Tour 24 - 30 Months TOUR MOB/MCM PLT CDR ExMCMCoCdr MDS Co CDR NAVSOF/SOF PltCdr Shore Det OIC NPS/JPME I EXU Platoon NSWDG Shore Staff EODMU/MDSU Ops NSWDG CTF Joint Command EOD Officer Initial Training Pipeline 0 12 months 18 months 6 months PLC Joint Diving Officer(188 days) EODSchool(320 Days) JOC Jump ECS TACT 23 days 21 days 7 days 27 days 12 days JOC – Junior Officer Course Jump – Basic Airborne ECS – Expeditionary Combat SkillsTACT – EOD Tactical Training PLC – EOD Platoon Leader Course Sea Tour Shore Tour
EOD Officer Career Path 10 12 14 16 18 YCS PAYGRADE O4 SB LCDR O5 SB CDR ACQN Lvl 1 ACQN Lvl 2 CO Board (1ST) XO Board Staff Tour 24 Months Executive Officer Tour 24 Months Post XO Tour 30 Months CDR Command 24 Months Post CO Tour TOUR EODMU/ESU MDSU NDSTC NAVSCOLEOD NSWDG NEDU EXU-1 EODMU/MDSU OPS SMWDC EODGRU CEODD Junior War College JSOC 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 ACQN Lvl 3 CDR CAPT O6 SB PAYGRADE MAJ CMD BOARD (1ST) Post CO Tour 36 Months Major Command Tour 24 Months Post Major Tour 36 Months TOUR EODGRU CTF 56/68/75 MCMRON CEODD NSWC IHEODTECHDIV Navy / Joint Staff / OSD COCOM NECC/NECC PAC (COS/MOC-D/CAG) Navy / Joint Staff EOD MAJCOM CSO COCOM Staff NDU/ICAF/Sr War College/JPME II Sea Tour Shore Tour
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
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.
Questions EOD Officer Community Manager CDR Nick Quihuis Email: Nicholas.r.Quihuis@navy.mil http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/officer/communitymanagers/Unrestricted/Pages/ExplosiveOrdnanceDisposalOCM.aspx