What is the United States Navy EOD? Who are these explosives experts and what do they do and what types of work do they perform?

First and foremost these fire eaters perform one central component when it comes to their most dangerous military occupation.

They render safe all forms of explosives including:

  • improvised aka IED’s
  • chemical
  • biological
  • nuclear

Their skills and raining have been the focus of a variety of Hollywood movies including the “Hurt Locker” where one exceptionally talented yet highly risk taking soldier battles IED’s and in some cases his own team as he sets out to disarm and dismantle everything from car bombs to body bombs with a variety of terrorist oriented explosive devices designed to ruin his and his team’s day.

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Performing these highly dangerous tasks the members of the EOD community travel to all countries and climates in every part of the world.

Eodbadge.GIFAs described in one Wiki article – “They forward deploy and fully integrate with the various Combatant Commanders, Special Operations Forces (SOF), and various warfare units within the NavyMarine CorpsAir Force and Army. They are also called upon to support military and civilian law enforcement agencies, as well as the Secret Service.”

The bomb disposal experts are found within all branches of the United States military and have seen service as recently as Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom where the nomenclature “IED” was first coined. 

EOD units and their locations:

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group One
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California
EOD Mobile Unit ONE, Naval Base Point Loma, California
EOD Mobile Unit THREE, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California
EOD Mobile Unit FIVE, Naval Base Guam
EOD Mobile Unit ELEVEN, Imperial Beach, California
EOD Training and Evaluation Unit (TEU) ONE, Naval Base Point Loma, California
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) ONE, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
EOD Operational Support Unit SEVEN, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group Two
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
EOD Mobile Unit TWO, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
EOD Mobile Unit SIX, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
EOD Mobile Unit EIGHT, Naval Station Rota Spain, Spain
EOD Mobile Unit TWELVE, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
EOD Training and Evaluation Unit (TEU) TWO, Joint Expeditionary Base East, Virginia
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) TWO, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia
EOD Operational Support Unit TEN, Joint Expeditionary Base East, Virginia
EOD Expeditionary Support Unit TWO, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia

EOD Operators

A great deal of training and expertise goes into becoming and EOD operator. Many of the future Special Forces community have their training and come from the EOD ranks and with additional training become US Navy SEALs, Marine Force Recon, Green Berets and Delta Force.

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