guys go direct from USNA to EOD (17 last year), i assume similar number from NROTC
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How can I be competitive for EOD?
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exNavyOffRec
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All of the ones I saw picked up were non-STEM, but I can guarantee there were some STEM in the mix from other NRD's but it does come down to the physical test as one of the most important pieces of the puzzle.
exNavyOffRec
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It has flip flopped a few times both on sources and numbers.
Do you like studying chemistry?
Do they prefer Chem majors? I haven't taken Chem since high school. Would that hurt me a lot?
JoeBob1788
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It used to work like that for both officer and enlisted, but EOD became a career field and source rate in 2006. Now most all guys come straight in. We do have guys who switched rates to EOD and while I’m sure there are fleet Os who went EOD I’ve only met academy, ROTC, and prior enlisted EOD OCS officers.
It was probably sweep and salvage, NDs don’t have officers, EOD officers fill the dive officer billets for salvage units. And sweeps obviously have a lot of overlap with us.
While STEM and an interesting career might help, nothing will overcome poor PST scores. Having an interesting guy attrite doesn’t help the community much, and PST scores are by far the best indicator of making it through the training.
It was probably sweep and salvage, NDs don’t have officers, EOD officers fill the dive officer billets for salvage units. And sweeps obviously have a lot of overlap with us.
While STEM and an interesting career might help, nothing will overcome poor PST scores. Having an interesting guy attrite doesn’t help the community much, and PST scores are by far the best indicator of making it through the training.
No, you don’t need to major in it. But you will need to learn about it (and other things) to be competent.
I know they don't always allow lat transfers so I would have to be lucky I guess. But are they receiving a lot of applications?
But if I just have a better PRT score than everyone else, I could theoretically make it right? I send in my packet with everyone else, and if my scores are high then I should be good to go?
I'm probably overthinking this, I'm going to call an OR this week to ask. But internet seems to be saying very hard to switch from SWO to EOD and it's not making me feel optimistic lol. I see online they accept maybe 1 or 2 people a year or something like that. Something I have to get cleared up with an OR ?
PT may get you selected to enter the process, but you need to bring that A game every day. Not that I have much inside information, but it’s an incredibly tough and demanding community to join.
If you aren’t already listening to Jocko, start now.
If you aren’t already listening to Jocko, start now.
(Don’t tell that to the members of this site.)
LMAO thanks for the advice ?
How much though? It's not like aviators spend a ton of time learning about aero to be able to fly.
They will teach you 100% of what you need to know. You don’t need any prior chemistry knowledge. But it certainly helps if you are ready to absorb and retain the learning.