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11-02-2015, 10:48 PM
Tyroc
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Also, one has to remember that 12B Combat Engineers and 89D EOD Technicians are very different. Essentially they have the same sort of basic training but at the end of the day they are two different Career Management Fields. You can't take a 12B (or even a 18D) and after a few weeks training expect them to do the same job as an EOD.
They can train to be an Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent (EOCA)but the levels are quite different.
Anyone with Demolitions training can place a charge next to a bomb and blow it up but they're not actually defusing it. An 18D can do one better especially with booby traps and landmines and can do a quick de-pinning job or 'render safe'. The EOD guys however are trained to take any piece of ordnance (conventional, underwater, nuclear, chemical) and not render safe but take it apart for further examination (Weapons Intelligence / Forensics etc). EOD guys are also routinely detailed to US Secret Service and Embassies and get an additional civilian clothing allowance (for snazzy suits)
EOCA training closes the gap between EOD and Combat Engineers especially in light of IED's but they are forbidden by Army Regulation to dispose of enemy caches and ammunition without EOD supervision and they are not first responders to WMD events.
Also, I don't think Special Mission Unit operators check their previous MOS at the door. If you're a Ranger or SF Medic, you need to keep your certifications up every year otherwise you lose that cert (and the bonus pay attached). It just means that if you join Delta as an operator than that is your primary focus. You join to be an Operator or a Medic. If you go the Operator route, you focus on your CQB and if a guy go down you keep shooting till it's safe to check on your team mate whereas if you go the medic route, that's your primary focus and so when a guy goes down, you run over and provide casualty care while the other guys continue shooting. That's how I understand it.
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