E.O.D. Training and Selection

EOD candidates will receive Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), Eglin Air Force Base, Ft Walton Beach, Florida with TEMDUINST in route to Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) Panama City, Florida.

A total of approx. 12 months of rigorous training begins with nine weeks of dive training at NDSTC. Students receive training in diving physics, medicine, SCUBA, MK16 mixed gas diving system, Hyperbaric chamber operation, familiarization of the MK21 Superlight surface supplied hard hat diving system, rubber raiding craft small boat operation and small team diving integration.

Upon successful completion of dive school, students transfer to the NAVSCOLEOD facility at Eglin AFB. Training in Eglin is 41 weeks, consisting of core classes, demolition of explosives, EOD tools and methods, chemical munitions and EOD publications.

The final phase of basic EOD training continues at NAVSCOLEOD, Eglin AFB Florida. Training is broken down into specific types of ordnance. Each division teaches an in depth course on both foreign and domestic weapons. These divisions are broken down into the following:

• Ground Ordnance. Covers Landmines, grenades, booby traps and projected munitions (projectiles, mortars and rockets).

•Air Ordnance. Bombs, missiles, egress systems, gun systems and aircraft explosive hazards.

•Improvised Explosive Devices. Homemade bombs, terrorist devices and their render safe procedures.

•Underwater Ordnance. Torpedoes, mines, underwater explosive devices, search techniques and foreign ordnance exploitation.

•Nuclear Weapons. Basic nuclear physics and radiation monitoring, decontamination procedures and nuclear weapon render safe procedures.

FOLLOW ON TRAINING

Once stationed at an EOD Mobile Unit the EOD technician has opportunities to advance their training through a variety of military schools applicable to the EOD field including:

•Helo-Rope Suspension Training (HRST)

•Basic parachute training and parachute water insertion training.

•Advanced Access and Disablement

•Jumpmaster training

•Small unit tactics

•Small Arms Instructor

•Language School (DLI)

•EOD Communications (tactical radio communications)

In addition to normal pay allowances, EOD Technicians currently receive:

•$215.00 per month dive duty pay

•$150.00 per month hazardous duty pay

•$150.00 per month parachutist pay

•Special duty assignment pay based upon their level of experience:

$75.00 per month for Basic Technicians

$150.00 per month for Senior Technicians

$225.00 per month for Master Technicians

EOD is a warfare specialty.


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		E.O.D. * E.O.D. is a part of all major branches of the U.S. Military. This is just an example. (Taken from a Navy website) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians render safe all types of ordnance, both conventional and unconventional, improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear to include Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). They perform land and underwater location, identification, render-safe, and recovery (or disposal) of foreign and domestic ordnance. They conduct demolition of hazardous munitions, pyrotechnics, and retrograde explosives using detonation and burning techniques. They forward deploy and fully integrate with the various Combatant Commanders, Special Operations Force (SOF), and various warfare units within the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. They are also called upon to support military and civilian law enforcement agencies. EOD Technicians’ missions take them to all environments, every climate, in every part of the world. They have many assets available to arrive to their mission, from open and closed-circuit scuba and surface-supplied diving rigs, to parachute insertion from fixed-wing and and fast-rope, rappel, and Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) from rotary aircraft, to small boats and tracked vehicles.



		EOD candidates will receive Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), Eglin Air Force Base, Ft Walton Beach, Florida with TEMDUINST in route to Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) Panama City, Florida. A total of approx. 12 months of rigorous training begins with nine weeks of dive training at NDSTC. Students receive training in diving physics, medicine, SCUBA, MK16 mixed gas diving system, Hyperbaric chamber operation, familiarization of the MK21 Superlight surface supplied hard hat diving system, rubber raiding craft small boat operation and small team diving integration. Upon successful completion of dive school, students transfer to the NAVSCOLEOD facility at Eglin AFB. Training in Eglin is 41 weeks, consisting of core classes, demolition of explosives, EOD tools and methods, chemical munitions and EOD publications. The final phase of basic EOD training continues at NAVSCOLEOD, Eglin AFB Florida. Training is broken down into specific types of ordnance. Each division teaches an in depth course on both foreign and domestic weapons. These divisions are broken down into the following: • Ground Ordnance. Covers Landmines, grenades, booby traps and projected munitions (projectiles, mortars and rockets). •Air Ordnance. Bombs, missiles, egress systems, gun systems and aircraft explosive hazards. •Improvised Explosive Devices. Homemade bombs, terrorist devices and their render safe procedures. •Underwater Ordnance. Torpedoes, mines, underwater explosive devices, search techniques and foreign ordnance exploitation. •Nuclear Weapons. Basic nuclear physics and radiation monitoring, decontamination procedures and nuclear weapon render safe procedures. FOLLOW ON TRAINING Once stationed at an EOD Mobile Unit the EOD technician has opportunities to advance their training through a variety of military schools applicable to the EOD field including: •Helo-Rope Suspension Training (HRST) •Basic parachute training and parachute water insertion training. •Advanced Access and Disablement •Jumpmaster training •Small unit tactics •Small Arms Instructor •Language School (DLI) •EOD Communications (tactical radio communications) In addition to normal pay allowances, EOD Technicians currently receive: •$215.00 per month dive duty pay •$150.00 per month hazardous duty pay •$150.00 per month parachutist pay •Special duty assignment pay based upon their level of experience: $75.00 per month for Basic Technicians $150.00 per month for Senior Technicians $225.00 per month for Master Technicians EOD is a warfare specialty.