Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD)

Destroy Danger

Mitigating the hazards of explosive materials and other weapons takes immense courage, precision, and skill. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) members undertake some of the Air Force's most dangerous missions in diverse and unforgiving locales worldwide. These brave Airmen work solo or in teams and employ special tools and vehicles to safely locate, identify, recover, disarm, and dispose of dangerous weapons that threaten people, property, and natural environments. 

What you’ll do

• Maintain equipment, technical data and vehicles

• Protect the president, vice president and other dignitaries

• Analyze unknown munitions and explosives for intelligence agencies

• Conduct nuclear weapon response

• Detect, identify, recover, disarm and dispose of unsafe explosives and ordnance

Qualifications

IFT Standards

8 Pull ups

40 Push ups

50 Sit Ups

10:20 Mile and a Half

Minimum Education 

You must be 17–42 years of age, a U.S. citizen and obtain a qualifying ASVAB score

High School Students may start their application as early as the end of their junior year.

ASVAB Scores

Minimum score of 54 on the Predictive Success Model* (PSM).

*Score is generated from raw ASVAB scores combined with TAPAS.

General Qualifications

• Successful completion of the Special Warfare Operator Enlistment IFT

• Minimum score of 60 on PJ selection model completed in Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System

• Physical qualification for aircrew, parachute and marine-diving duty

• Normal color vision and depth perception

• Qualification and proficiency as a static line and military freefall parachutist and as a military SCUBA diver

• Completion of a current National Agency Check, Local Agency Checks and Credit Check

• Completion of 7.5 weeks of Basic Military Training

• Must be at least 17, but has not reached age 42 on the date of enlistment