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Explosive Ordnance Disposal (Navy)

66-week pipeline · Recruit Training + Naval Diving + EOD Tech School · Naval Station Panama City, FL + Eglin AFB, FL
Training Pipeline
$280K
66 weeks
Annual MILPERS
$81K
E-5/E-6, post-qualification
Equipment Burden
$30K
per year (amortized)
4-Year Total Cost
$722K
DoD investment
4-Year Cost Breakdown
Training Pipeline
$280K39%
Military Personnel (MILPERS × 4yr)
$322K45%
Equipment Burden (× 4yr)
$120K17%
Training: 39% · MILPERS: 45% · Equipment: 17%= $722K
By the Numbers

Navy EOD renders safe sea mines, IEDs, nuclear devices, and underwater ordnance — and deploys alongside SEAL Teams as the explosive experts for maritime special operations.

Training Pipeline
Duration
66 weeks
Type
Recruit Training + Naval Diving + EOD Tech School
Location
Naval Station Panama City, FL + Eglin AFB, FL
Pipeline Cost
$280K

Navy EOD is the only service EOD community that includes full scuba and combat diving qualifications in the base pipeline — enabling them to render safe underwater mines. Attrition through dive training alone approaches 40%.

⚠ ~40% attrition including dive training. Cost is attrition-adjusted per successful graduate.

Equipment & Annual Burden
Assigned Equipment
  • ·TALON/PackBot Robot ($230K)
  • ·EOD Suit ($85K)
  • ·Diving Equipment ($15K)
  • ·Render Safe Tools
  • ·Electronic Countermeasures
Annual Equipment Burden
$30K/yr
Robot ($230K/5yr) + EOD suit + dive equipment amortized
Military Personnel Cost (Annual)
Grade BenchmarkE-5/E-6, post-qualification
Base MILPERS$73K/yr
Specialty Pay(Hazardous Duty Pay (EOD), Diving Duty Pay, Special Duty Assignment Pay)+$7K/yr
Total Annual MILPERS$81K/yr
Specialty pays account for $7K annually (9% of total compensation).
Force Structure Context
Annual Accessions~150
Avg Career Length12 years
Annual Training Bill$42.0M
Total Force 4yr Cost$108.3M
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Cost estimates derived from DoD Comptroller per-soldier analysis, RAND Corporation military personnel studies, CBO military compensation reports, service-specific training cost testimony, and published equipment unit costs. Error margin ±15%. Individual costs vary by duty station, assignment, and deployment tempo. This is Phase 3 of the Honest MOS DoD Budget Intelligence Roadmap.