United States Army Ordnance Corps
Transcript of United States Army Ordnance Corps
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Branch Overview..………………….……………….…2-3 Area of Concentration 91A………….………………….4 Area of Concentration 89E……...…….………………..5 Career Timeline……………………....…..…………...6- 7 Training Path………………………..…….………………8 Ordnance Talent Demands……………………………..9 Assignment Locations (89E)……..……..………..10-11
Ordnance Corps Mission
The Ordnance Corps mission is complex and multi-faceted, providing munitions, maintenance, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) support to generate and maintain combat power and to provide protection to Army, joint, intergovern-mental, interagency and multinational forces. This support begins at the very inception of operations and continues, un-abated, until operations are complete.
4 Core Competencies
Maintenance– Generates/regenerates combat power and preserves the capital investment in weapons systems and equipment; directly provides equipment serviceability and operational readiness to commanders
Munitions– Provides the correct type and quantity of mu-nitions from the industrial base to the tactical point of need, directly providing the lethality to combat operations
Explosive Ordnance Disposal– Provides integrated pro-tection and support to forces, civil authorities and critical in-frastructure, facilitating decisive operations and providing operational commanders freedom of action
Explosives Safety– Ensures disciplined application of ex-plosive safety procedures and adherence to explosive safety rules
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The Ordnance Corps The Ordnance Corps has a proud tradition dating back to colonial America when Samuel Sharpe was appointed as Master Gunner of Ordnance in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629. For the next four hundred years, the Ordnance Corps served a pivotal role in the American Army: building the weapons for the
Union Army in the Civil War; establishing forward maintenance as a key tenet during WWI; and organizing the first Bomb Disposal Units in WWII. Through Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, up to its current operations, the Ordnance Corps continues to uphold their legacy as the providers of combat readi-
ness through maintenance, ammunition, explosive ordnance dis-posal and explosives safety to combat commanders.
"Service to the
Line, on the line, on time!"
Quick Facts The Army’s third largest branch OD Soldiers assigned to almost every Army unit Provides a unique background in logistics
(ammunition and maintenance) Assignments to almost every post worldwide
Area of Concentration 91A Materiel Maintenance & Munitions
91A Ordnance Lieutenants can expect to be a platoon leader in a variety of units including forward support, maintenance, and ammuni-tion companies. Platoon leaders plan and execute force sustainment logistics operations and supervise the technical and tactical training of Soldiers to ensure their effectiveness on the battlefield or in the shop. Lieutenants monitor and direct the day-to-day functions of combat sys-tems repair and ammunition operations, Platoons are generally large; having 60-80 Soldiers is not uncommon in maintenance and ammuni-tion companies. Also, Ordnance platoon leaders are often responsible for millions of dollars of equipment and supplies.
Senior lieutenants serve as control officers in ammunition or mainte-nance companies, responsible for ensuring the company executes its as-signed maintenance or ammunition mission. Workload prioritization, pro-duction management and quality assurance are skills that ordnance officers develop in these positions as they become experts using logistics management information systems as tools to assist them in these critical tasks. Assignments to battalion or brigade staff or as a company executive officer round out an Ordnance Lieutenant’s time.
Materiel Maintenance Management
Officers serving in these assignments lead Soldiers with mechanical skills to ensure vehicles, communication equipment, ground support equip-ment, and weapons systems are repaired and returned to the fight. The Ordnance “Pit Crew” team has 30 enlisted MOSs and 9 Warrant Officer Specialties to repair Army equipment.
Munitions Management Officers serving in these positions manage the Army’s conventional am-munition inventory. They are experts in the ammunition functions of stor-age, transportation, surveillance, quality assurance, maintenance, safety, and the operational and strategic management information (supply, com-mand, and control) systems used to manage and report munitions func-tions. The Ordnance Corps has 2 enlisted MOSs and 1 Warrant Officer Specialty to manage munitions.
All OD Officers merge into the Logistics Corps (AOC 90A) upon
graduation from the Logistics Captain’s Career Course (LOG-C3)
or Explosive Ordnance Disposal Captain’s Career Course
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Area of Concentration 89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOD Officers are Ordnance Officers trained in the identification, render-safe, and disposal of hazardous unexploded conventional, chemical, nu-clear, and improvised explosive devices. EOD also performs forensics; and exploitation, as well as support to the United States Secret Service and the Department of State as part of VIP protection details for the Presi-dent of the United States, the Vice President, and dignitaries from foreign countries.
Additionally, EOD provides support to civil authorities for military muni-tions, improvised explosive devices, weapons of mass destruction and transportation accidents.
You’ll be part of a dynamic team, known as the “Army Bomb Squad.” You’ll be in a tight-knit unit with Soldiers of the highest mental, moral, and technical abilities who are inventive and self reliant under even the most adverse conditions.
Special Requirements
Must have a physical profile serial code (PULHES) of 111111 or 111121
Must have normal color vision
Must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance
Must volunteer for the EOD Program
Must successfully complete the interview process prior to branching process
Must possess a valid state drivers license
Application Process
Receive an EOD Briefing
Conduct EOD Interview
Initiate Security Clearance Check
Selection of most qualified volunteers occurs during accessions
EOD officers incur a 3-year Active Duty Service Obligation (ADSO) served concurrently
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LT: 0-4 Yrs CPT: 4-11 YRS MAJ: 11-17 YRS LTC: 17-22 YRS COL: 22+ YRS
Additional Training Opportunities: Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder, Technical Escort (EOD), Artificial Intelligence (EOD),
Asymmetrical Warfare Operations Support (EOD), Multinational Logistics, Red Team, Training with Industry, and Advanced Civilian
Schooling Options
Ordnance Lieutenants attend the
16 week Ordnance Basic Officer
Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort
Lee, Virginia. Lieutenants
execute Ordnance competencies
such as field maintenance,
ammunition supply and
management, and workload
prioritization using automated
management systems. EOD
Lieutenants will follow on to EOD
Phase 1 training at Fort Lee and
Phase 2 and the EOD Platoon
Leaders Course at Eglin Air Force
Base in Florida.
Ordnance Captains attend the 20
week Logistics Captains Career
Course (LC3) or the EOD
Captains Career Course at Fort
Lee, Virginia, after which they
become Logistics Branch
Officers. Captains are prepared
to serve as company
commanders and staff officers
enabling Unified Land
Operations. EOD Officers are
prepared to serve in both EOD
and Logistics command and staff
positions. Following command,
Captains serve in developmental
and broadening assignments.
Ordnance Logistics Majors attend
11 months of Intermediate Level
Education (ILE) at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas or at other
sister service schools, or in
fellowships. Majors serve in key
staff positons preparing them for
Battalion Command. Field grade
officers are able to plan and
execute sustainment and
multifunctional logistics operations
at the operational and strategic
level as well as working with JIM
partners. EOD Officers can also attend Air Force ILE earning a minor in Nuclear Deterrence Studies.
Ordnance Lieutenant Colonels
seek Battalion Command
following which they may attend
the Army War College (AWC) or
at other sister service schools,
or in fellowships. Colonels
assume strategic command and
staff responsibilities in the
national strategic environment-
either directly or as advisors to
the senior leadership of the
Armed Forces, the Department
of Defense, other governmental
agencies, or in foreign
militaries. The developmental
goal is strategic leadership and
national security.
90A91 Maintenance and Munitions Management Officer Developmental Assignments
89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer Developmental Assignments
- Platoon Leader
- Maintenance Control
Officer
- Ammunition Officer
- Company XO
- SF Group Spt CO XO
- BN Staff
- Aide de Camp
- CO Commander
- Maintenance
Management Officer
- Materiel Management
Officer
- Ammo Officer
- BN/BDEStaff Officer
- Instructor/Writer
- Aide de Camp
- Battalion XO
- SPT OPS Officer
- BDE Staff
- CTC Observer
- Instructor Writer
- Developer
- BN Commander
- Depot CDR
- Division G-4
- Ammo Plant CDR
- Instructor Writer
- Proponency Officer
- Branch Chief
- EOD Platoon Leader
- EOD Company
Operations Officer
-Aide De Camp
- EOD CO Commander
- EOD BN Ops Officer
- EOD Plans Officer
- SF GP EOD Officer
- Instructor/Writer
- CTC O/C- Capabiilty Developer
- EOD BN XO
- EOD Staff Officer
- EOD Ops Officer
- CBRNE/ Army Staff
- Instructor Writer
- CTC Observer
- EOD BN CDR
- EOD Staff Officer
- EOD Group Deputy
Commander
- Army Staff
- Capability Developer
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LT: 0-4 Yrs CPT: 4-11 YRS MAJ: 11-17 YRS LTC: 17-22 YRS COL: 22+ YRS
Additional Training Opportunities: Ranger, Airborne, Air Assault, Pathfinder, Technical Escort (EOD), Artificial Intelligence (EOD),
Asymmetrical Warfare Operations Support (EOD), Multinational Logistics, Red Team, Training with Industry, and Advanced Civilian
Schooling Options
Ordnance Lieutenants attend the
16 week Ordnance Basic Officer
Leadership Course (BOLC) at Fort
Lee, Virginia. Lieutenants
execute Ordnance competencies
such as field maintenance,
ammunition supply and
management, and workload
prioritization using automated
management systems. EOD
Lieutenants will follow on to EOD
Phase 1 training at Fort Lee and
Phase 2 and the EOD Platoon
Leaders Course at Eglin Air Force
Base in Florida.
Ordnance Captains attend the 20
week Logistics Captains Career
Course (LC3) or the EOD
Captains Career Course at Fort
Lee, Virginia, after which they
become Logistics Branch
Officers. Captains are prepared
to serve as company
commanders and staff officers
enabling Unified Land
Operations. EOD Officers are
prepared to serve in both EOD
and Logistics command and staff
positions. Following command,
Captains serve in developmental
and broadening assignments.
Ordnance Logistics Majors attend
11 months of Intermediate Level
Education (ILE) at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas or at other
sister service schools, or in
fellowships. Majors serve in key
staff positons preparing them for
Battalion Command. Field grade
officers are able to plan and
execute sustainment and
multifunctional logistics operations
at the operational and strategic
level as well as working with JIM
partners. EOD Officers can also attend Air Force ILE earning a minor in Nuclear Deterrence Studies.
Ordnance Lieutenant Colonels
seek Battalion Command
following which they may attend
the Army War College (AWC) or
at other sister service schools,
or in fellowships. Colonels
assume strategic command and
staff responsibilities in the
national strategic environment-
either directly or as advisors to
the senior leadership of the
Armed Forces, the Department
of Defense, other governmental
agencies, or in foreign
militaries. The developmental
goal is strategic leadership and
national security.
90A91 Maintenance and Munitions Management Officer Developmental Assignments
89E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer Developmental Assignments
- Platoon Leader
- Maintenance Control
Officer
- Ammunition Officer
- Company XO
- SF Group Spt CO XO
- BN Staff
- Aide de Camp
- CO Commander
- Maintenance
Management Officer
- Materiel Management
Officer
- Ammo Officer
- BN/BDEStaff Officer
- Instructor/Writer
- Aide de Camp
- Battalion XO
- SPT OPS Officer
- BDE Staff
- CTC Observer
- Instructor Writer
- Developer
- BN Commander
- Depot CDR
- Division G-4
- Ammo Plant CDR
- Instructor Writer
- Proponency Officer
- Branch Chief
- EOD Platoon Leader
- EOD Company
Operations Officer
-Aide De Camp
- EOD CO Commander
- EOD BN Ops Officer
- EOD Plans Officer
- SF GP EOD Officer
- Instructor/Writer
- CTC O/C- Capabiilty Developer
- EOD BN XO
- EOD Staff Officer
- EOD Ops Officer
- CBRNE/ Army Staff
- Instructor Writer
- CTC Observer
- EOD BN CDR
- EOD Staff Officer
- EOD Group Deputy
Commander
- Army Staff
- Capability Developer
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Source of Commission (USMA, ROTC, OCS)
Ordnance Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)
Fort Lee, VA—16 Weeks AOC 91A Awarded
Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (Phase I)
Fort Lee, VA - 7 Weeks
AOC 91A
Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (Phase II)
Eglin AFB, FL - 28 Weeks AOC 89E Awarded
AOC 89E
Ordnance Lieutenants Training Path
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For more Information on how to become an Ordnance or EOD Officer contact:
Ordnance Company Grade Personnel Development Officer
(AOC 89/91) usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.leeeaoc-89-91-officer-
[email protected] Phone (804) 765-7277/7372
GO ORDNANCE!
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