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EOD Officer?

Hair Warrior

Hair Warrior

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Does USNA send any graduates to EOD? I know they often have a quota for a couple SEAL officers each year.

Sounds like the ‘best’ path to becoming an EOD officer is to go EOD enlisted, then excel at nearly everything.
 
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Huffs09

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Hair Warrior said:
Does USNA send any graduates to EOD? I know they often have a quota for a couple SEAL officers each year.

Sounds like the ‘best’ path to becoming an EOD officer is to go EOD enlisted, then excel at nearly everything.
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Yes, they send around 15 to EOD every year. SEALs get 35. They do a screener, and those that pass that are sent on a 4 week long cruise where they are further evaluated. I'm told that ROTC also gets around 15 slots for EOD. I do know that ROTC candidates are sent to USNA twice a year to do the screener along with the Academy guys/gals.

Getting EOD out of USNA is almost like rushing a frat. You can be the fittest guy in the room, but if you don't mesh with the techs personality wise, you won't get selected. I know of at least two dudes that performed really well physically on cruise but didn't get selected because the other candidates wrecked them on their peer reviews.
 
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exNavyOffRec

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Huffs09 said:
Yes, they send around 15 to EOD every year. SEALs get 35. They do a screener, and those that pass that are sent on a 4 week long cruise where they are further evaluated. I'm told that ROTC also gets around 15 slots for EOD. I do know that ROTC candidates are sent to USNA twice a year to do the screener along with the Academy guys/gals.

Getting EOD out of USNA is almost like rushing a frat. You can be the fittest guy in the room, but if you don't mesh with the techs personality wise, you won't get selected. I know of at least two dudes that performed really well physically on cruise but didn't get selected because the other candidates wrecked them on their peer reviews.
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Unfortunately from what I have seen OCS guys going EOD and SEAL do better in the pipeline, the OCS guys can focus more on the physical training part before going to OCS, the SEAL graduation I went to none of the officers were from USNA or NROTC, I do believe a few years ago the USN added some time before they start BUDS to allow them to prepare now.
 
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spxnyc

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xcinman said:
I apologize for resurrecting a somewhat old thread, but I was wondering if there is any current or new statistics on the chances of going EOD via OCS or the best route to get there if OCS is your only option. My first choice is to fly helos if I can swing it, but I want to be in doing something no matter what, so I am looking for info regarding other options.
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First off, good luck in pursuing a commission. I see that you are a sophomore in school so keep crushing it! If aviation is your passion I hope you stick with it and smash the ASTB.

As for EOD accession info I applied for FY-17 as a fleet applicant and was a non-select. They had 4 quotas OCS, 15 USNA, 11 ROTC, and 1 STA-21. The OCS,USNA and ROTC board is held annually at USNA and they select their quotas. The STA-21 is convened through another board. My package for the 4 OCS quotas competed with roughly 30 or 31 packages total with the vast majority coming from the EOD tech side with a couple of ND's. I know for sure that 1 quota went to an EOD tech and another to an ND, as for the other 2 I'm pretty sure they were techs. As Rufio has mentioned the 1140 community picks from their own and every interview I did they stated it too. There will always be outliers but it's extremely competitive. I have seen that the NSW(1130) community is a lot more receptive to outside the community applicants but that's another topic.

Fast forward to FY-18 as a fleet applicant there were 3 quotas for OCS. I was extremely humbled to be selected considering I am not one of their own but a current mineman. There were 28 or 29 packages competing for 3 quotas this FY. One went to an EOD tech(E-7 Master EOD tech) and the other to myself. The last quota was probably another tech or Diver.

I hope I gave you the information you were looking for and once again good luck with everything.
 
Matty Morocco

Matty Morocco

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Congratulations on getting selected! They must have seen something they liked beyond prior EOD experience in you. Good luck, and thanks for the informative post.
 
Flash

Flash

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NavyOffRec said:
Unfortunately from what I have seen OCS guys going EOD and SEAL do better in the pipeline, the OCS guys can focus more on the physical training part before going to OCS, the SEAL graduation I went to none of the officers were from USNA or NROTC, I do believe a few years ago the USN added some time before they start BUDS to allow them to prepare now.
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I remember reading that the Navy had beefed up the screening and especially the prep of guys who are supposed to go to BUDS, both enlisted and officer, to better prepare folks for it with the ultimate goal of increasing the graduation rate. IIRC it had boosted the grad rate but I can't find where I read that.
 
froggystyle

froggystyle

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As a current SEAL instructor at BUD/S I can say that the NSW preparatory course (what you are referring to) definitely gets candidates more in shape but the graduation percentages remain relatively the same. In other words, the quitters are stronger and fitter. Still pinning tridents onto 200-220 guys a year.
 
Flash

Flash

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froggystyle said:
As a current SEAL instructor at BUD/S I can say that the NSW preparatory course (what you are referring to) definitely gets candidates more in shape but the graduation percentages remain relatively the same. In other words, the quitters are stronger and fitter. Still pinning tridents onto 200-220 guys a year.
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Thanks for the first-hand info!
 
bubblehead

bubblehead

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froggystyle said:
As a current SEAL instructor at BUD/S I can say that the NSW preparatory course (what you are referring to) definitely gets candidates more in shape but the graduation percentages remain relatively the same. In other words, the quitters are stronger and fitter. Still pinning tridents onto 200-220 guys a year.
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Your community maintains outstanding metrics in regard to PST scores and course pass rates, etc.
 
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