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EOD Mission
To support Marine operating forces, national security strategy, and force protection by locating, accessing, identifying, rendering safe, neutralizing, and disposing of hazards from foreign and domestic, conventional, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE), unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that present a threat to operations, installations, personnel, or materiel. (MCRP 3-17.2C)
Note: USMC EOD units are authorized to conduct field disassembly and inerting operations for the purpose of exploitation and intelligence
gathering.
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MAGTF 101
• Marine Corps deploys expeditionary forces that fight
on a combined arms concept. These forces are called
Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF’S).
• MAGTF Composition
– Command Element
– Ground Combat Element
– Air Combat Element
– Logistics Combat Element
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EOD Company Standup
• EOD Company
activated within in each
MLG - 1 Oct 2009.
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan-
Capt. Timothy M. Callahan, Commanding
Officer of EOD Company unfurls the
company guidon.
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Company Concept of Employment
• EOD Company Concept of employment:
– Organized to provide command and control for EOD operations in support of the MAGTF.
• Structure
– EOD Company:
• Each Platoon manned and equipped IOT support a Regiment not conducting Distributed Operations (DO).
• Two Platoons (or more) are required for a Regiment conducting DO.
– EOD Platoon:
• Three sections per Platoon
• Each section manned and equipped IOT support a Battalion non-DO.
• Two sections (or more) are required for a Battalion conducting DO.
• Based on mission requirements, EOD section can be reinforced or divided into task-organized response elements
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Proposed EOD CompanyI, II and III MLG with 202K CAR increase
Company T/O
15 / 160
Mirror Image 3 EOD Companies
Designated Direct Support EOD
Platoon per Infantry Regiment
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• Base/Station EOD teams are tasked with the full spectrum of Force
Protection / Anti-Terrorism / Homeland Defense missions
– 24 hr Emergency IED/WMD/UXO/Crash response.
• On & off Base
• 1st Responder Agreements w/ local municipalities
– Routine base support
EOD Base / Station Missions
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Other EOD Missions
• Department of Homeland Defense
– FBI
– ATF
– TSA
- USSS
• State and Local agencies
• Technical Support
– Other Agencies
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• EOD is organic to MARSOC
• Supports all missions;
– Direct Action (DA)
– Special Reconnaissance (SR)
– Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
– Counterterrorism (CT)
– Unconventional Warfare (UW)
• Two -Four EOD personnel deployed per MSOC, plus CJSOTF requirements
MARSOC EOD
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Current EOD Support Operations
• Afghanistan (Over 100 EOD personnel per rotation)
• Iraq (Task Force Troy - CEXC)
• Seven standing MEUs (1/8 EOD personnel per MEU)
• Continuous VIPPSA missions (POTUS, DOS, etc.)
• Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC)
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Locations
MarDet NAVSCOLEOD
MCAS Beaufort
MWSS 273
MCAS New River
MWSS 272
MCAS Cherry Pt
MWSS 271
MWSS 274
II MEF HQ
2nd EOD Company
MARSOC HQ
2nd MSOB
MCB Camp Lejeune
I MEF HQ
1st EOD Company
1st MSOB
MCB Camp Pendleton
MCAS Camp Pendleton
MWSS 372
MCB Quantico
Methods of Entry School
MARFORCOM HQ
MarDet NAVEODTECHDIV
CBIRF
MCAS Yuma
MWSS 371
MCAS Miramar
MWSS 373
MAGTFTC
MWSS 374
MarDet JIEDDO
MCBH Kaneohe Bay
CLR 3
JPAC
MARFORPAC HQ
NCR
HQMC
DTRA
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Locations (Cont)
Okinawa
III MEF HQ
3rd EOD Company
MWSS 172
MCB Camp Butler
MCAS Iwakuni
MWSS 171
Camp Fuji
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EOD Manpower Increases
• EOD strength increased several times since 2004 (FSRG 2004, MARSOC, and 202K Grow the Force)
79 6539
596599
349
661678
388
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
FY04 T/O FY10 T/O Current O/H
Officer
Enlisted
Total
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Requirements to become an
EOD Technician
• Must be a Cpl or Sgt. (Not selected for SSgt)
• 21 Years of age.
• GT score of 110 or above.
• Physically Fit (1st Class PFT / CFT)
• Bomb Suit Agility Test
• Be eligible for a security clearance based on an SSBI.
• Be interviewed, screened and recommended by a Marine Corps EOD SNCO & Officer.
• For complete list of requirements see MCO 3571.2_
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• Sgt – MGySgt.
• Cpl’s promoted to Sgt w/
minimum TIG (Normally at
School)
Who we have (Enlisted)
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• LDO Capt – LtCol
• WO – CWO5
• All officers were
enlisted EOD
Technicians
• No Unrestricted
Officers
Who we have (Officer)
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Initiatives impacting EOD
• Company growth
• Pacific lay down •Guam
•Okinawa
•Hawaii
• MARFORSOC (EOD growth)
• Advanced USMC EOD Training
Center