United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear. They perform land and underwater location, identification, render-safe, and recovery of foreign and domestic ordnance.

Is Navy EOD Special Forces?

Navy EOD works closely with the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and are classified as Navy Special Operations. Navy EOD personnel are experts in explosives, diving, parachuting, as well as tactical skills of a combat fighter.

What do Navy EOD do?

Navy EOD Technicians enable Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces, and other expeditionary forces to meet objectives around the globe by clearing explosive hazards in any environment on land or water.