scope:

This instruction expands reference (a), defines its application to U.S. Navy Service specific guidance, and delineates basic policies and responsibilities. This guidance applies to echelon 2 through echelon 6 commanders and covers EOD groups (EODGRU), EOD mobile units (EODMU), mobile diving and salvage units (MDSU), EOD training and evaluation units (EODTEU), EOD expeditionary support units (EODESU), mobile diving and salvage (MDS) companies, EOD shore detachments, EOD mobile platoons (EOD MOB PLT), EOD mine countermeasures platoons (EOD MCM PLT), EOD Navy special operations force platoons (EOD NAVSOF PLT), EOD special operations force platoons (EOD SOF PLT), EOD marine mammal systems platoons (EOD MMS PLT), EOD very shallow water dive platoons (EOD VSW DIVE PLT), EOD unmanned underwater vehicle platoons (UUV PLT), EOD flyaway recompression chamber platoons (EOD FARC PLT), EOD mobile communications platoons (MC PLT), EOD area search platoons (EOD AS PLT), EOD VSW combatant craft platoons (EOD VSW CC PLT), EOD technical support detachments (EOD TSD), combined explosives exploitation cells (CEXC), foreign materiel acquisition platoons (FMA PLT), Naval EOD Fleet Liaison Unit (NAVEODFLTLAU), Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (NAVSURFWARCENIHEODTECHDIV), Center for EOD and Diving (CENEODDIVE), Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD), and Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC).

Purpose

a. To issue consolidated policy and guidance governing the development, sustainment, deployment, and employment of the operational and technical explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) force within the U.S. Navy.

b. This instruction has been rewritten in its entirety and it clarifies operational control (OPCON), administrative control (ADCON), service authorities, and supporting relationships for the EOD force; establishes support relationships with U.S. Navy shore activities; incorporates changes in joint and naval doctrine; and establishes readiness requirements in conjunction with current national strategy.