AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

The ammunition and explosive ordnance disposal OccFld includes planning, operations, and management related to a very hazardous group of materiel.

It requires personnel who are mature, mentally sound, and have evidenced a willingness and capability to perform their assigned duties in a reliable manner shall be assigned to this field. The duties require administrative, managerial, and hard technical skills.

Typical duties of MOSs in this field are as follows:

The ammunition technician handles, transports, and stores all type of ammunition, explosives, missiles, inspects materiel to determine serviceability and need for repair or destruction; the explosive ordnance disposal technician provides the commander with the capability to neutralize hazards associated with conventional explosive ordnance, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and improvised explosive devices (IED); and conducts ordnance technical intelligence and dynamic explosive entry.