Navy’s EOD officer community gets new insignia

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EOD OFFICER WARFARE QUALIFICATION INSIGNIA


Navy’s EOD officer community gets new insignia
By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, January 6, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer community now has a new insignia to go with its new name.

The Navy changed the community’s name last year from the “Special Operations” officer community to more accurately reflect what EOD officers do, a recent Navywide message says.

The name change meant that EOD officers needed a new primary device, said Cmdr. Charles Andrews, EOD community manager.

“In the past, EOD officers were authorized to wear the Special Operations insignia (a gold colored insignia) after completing Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center school and qualifying as a Surface Warfare Officer,” Andrews said in an e-mail Friday.

But now EOD officers no longer need to be qualified as surface warfare officers, Andrews said.


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