Is 89D (Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist) a Good MOS?
United States Army · Military Occupational Specialty
Quick Facts — 89D (Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist)
AIT / Training
39 weeks
Training Location
NAVSCOLEOD, Eglin AFB, FL
Career Field
Ordnance
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About 89D Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Specialist
Identifies, evaluates, renders safe, recovers, and disposes of explosive ordnance including IEDs, conventional munitions, and weapons of mass destruction.
39 weeks
NAVSCOLEOD, Eglin AFB, FL
Ordnance
Recruiter vs. Reality
What the Recruiter Says
As an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist, you'll be among the most elite and highly trained technicians in the military. You'll master the identification and neutralization of every type of explosive threat — from IEDs to nuclear weapons. You'll earn unparalleled technical expertise and enter one of the highest-paid specialties in defense and law enforcement.
What It's Actually Like
EOD is the MOS where 'had a bad day at work' has an entirely different meaning than the rest of the military. You will approach things that are designed to kill you and either make them not kill you or get out of the way — and the training to know which one is which is among the most rigorous in the Army. The pipeline washes out more people than it graduates, and that's on purpose. Your toolkit includes robots, blast suits, and a level of calm under pressure that would make a surgeon nervous. Every IED you disarm, every UXO you clear, every bomb threat you resolve is a life — or ten lives, or a hundred — that exist because you showed up. The civilian bomb squad pipeline is real. The therapy pipeline should be realer. This job takes pieces of you that don't grow back. Do it anyway.