*TRADOC Suppl 1 to AR 75-15
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND
Fort Monroe, Virginia 23651
TRADOC Supplement 1
to AR 75-15 27 April 1979
Explosives
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL
*This supplement supersedes TRADOC Suppl 1 to AR 75-15, 4 February 1977
Further supplementation is prohibited unless specifically approved
by HQ TRADOC
AR 75-15, 1 November 1978, is supplemented as follows:
Page ii. Add the following to the index.
APPENDIX B. EOD Training Programs...................... B-l
APPENDIX C. FORSCOM EOD Detachments.................... C-l
Page 1-3, paragraph 1-5, EOD staff officers.
1-5c. Add the following at the end of the paragraph: Within
HQ TRADOC, general staff supervision of the TRADOC EOD program is
exercised by the TRADOC EOD staff officer, Operations Division,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Readiness and Intelligence.
1-5d. (Added) Commanding General, US Army Missile and Munitions
Center and School (USAMMCS) will designate an EOD staff officer as
primary point of contact for coordination of EOD related functions
performed by USAMMCS.
Page 1-4, paragraph 1-8, EOD Coordinating Group.
1-8e. (Added) The TRADOC EOD staff officer, or designated alternate,
will represent the CG, TRADOC at Department of the Army EOD Coordinating
Group meetings. Other TRADOC staff offices or agencies having a direct
interest in meeting agenda may, upon coordination with DCSORI, be
invited to attend coordinating group meetings.
Page 2-5, paragraph 2-5, US Army Training and Doctrine Command.
2-5a(1)(a) (Added) CG, USAMMCS will review programs of instruction
(POI) for EOD basic, special, and refresher training annually. Recommended
course revisions will be forwarded to HQ TRADOC, ATTN: ATTNG-PR-P. An
information copy will also be forwarded to the TRADOC EOD staff officer
(ATORI-OP-SW).
2-5a(1)(b) (Added) TRADOC EOD staff officer will coordinate all
EOD common-type training course revisions with the DOD EOD Technical
Training Acceptance Board (TTAB).
2-5a(2) Add the following at the end of paragraph: Proportionate
share will be based on Army student programmed input as compared against
total service inputs. Anticipated Army manning levels in support of
US Naval School EOD that fall below "fair-share" requirements must be
mutually agreed upon by CG, USAMMCS and US Naval School EOD.
2-5a(3)(a) (Added) CO, EOD Training Detachment #1, at US Naval
School EOD, in coordination with the TRADOC EOD staff officer, will
represent the CG, TRADOC as principal Army voting member. Representative
member is constrained from establishing Army EOD training policy, but is
to assure that policy, as established by USAMMCS and approved by HQ TRADOC,
is being met.
2-5a(3)(b) (Added) Liaison will be maintained between the Army
TTAB member and TRADOC EOD staff officer on all matters regarding
training policy and management which affect EOD training. Copies of all
meeting notes, minutes, acceptances, and nonacceptances will be furnished
HQ TRADOC, ATTN: ATORI-OP-SW.
2-5a(3)(c) (Added) CO, EOD Training Detachment #1, will maintain
liaison with the CO, US Army Technical Detachment, for exchange of ideas
and information to insure that the Army's EOD requirements are satisfied.
2-5a(5)(a) (Added) TRADOC EOD staff officer will furnish FORSCOM
a proposed schedule of EOD training and evaluation quotas at least 90
days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year.
2-5a(5)(b) (Added) CG, USAMMCS shall--
1. Establish an EOD unit refresher training program to accomplish
the following:
a. Provide all FORSCOM EOD operating detachments instruction on
conventional, chemical, and biological munitions and improvised explosive
devices. Emphasis will be placed on newer munitions systems, revised
render safe procedures, and an overview of older systems.
b. Provide FORSCOM EOD detachments, designated as nuclear weapons
disposal support, detailed render safe and disposal procedure training
on all Army nuclear weapons systems.
c. Provide FORSCOM EOD detachments, designated as nuclear weapon
emergency support units, emergency render safe procedures training for
all Army nuclear weapons systems.
2. Conduct biennially, an ARTEP Level 3 formal evaluation of all
FORSCOM EOD detachments. ARTEP 9-520 will be used as a guide for the
evaluation of the detachment's current mission. Tasks 7 through 11, 15,
and standards on Personnel Decontamination Station (PDS) and Contamination
Control Station (CCS) operations will not be evaluated.
3. Provide support requested by DA or FORSCOM Inspector General
during nuclear surety inspection (NSI) or Technical Validation Inspection
(TVI) of EOD detachments designated as nuclear weapons disposal support.
The nuclear phase of the ARTEP evaluation will not be administered to
those detachments which undergo a DA or FORSCOM NSI or TVI.
4. Submit reports on ARTEP results directly to the commander of the
appropriate EODCC with an information copy provided to HQ FORSCOM,
ATTN: AFOP-COD.
5. Provide necessary administrative and logistical support to EOD
detachment during evaluation and training period.
6. Prescribe and publish administrative requirements to be
accomplished prior to the detachment's arrival at USAMMCS. Requirements will
be coordinated with HQ FORSCOM, ATTN: AFOP-COD.
7. Prepare a fiscal year listing that reflects the dates when
FORSCOM EOD units can be scheduled to attend ARTEP and NSI or TVI at
USAMMCS. Subject list should be forwarded to this headquarters, ATTN:
ATORI-OP-SW, so as to arrive in sufficient time to allow compliance
with the 90-day time constraint at paragraph 2-5a(5)(a), this supplement.
8. Conduct individual EOD Chemical Phase I training in accordance
with training objectives and criteria established by DOD EOD TTAB.
2-5a(6) Add the following at end of paragraph: CG, USAMMCS will
provide the necessary support.
2-5a(8) (Added) Within HQ TRADOC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Training
(DCST), has staff responsibility for Army-wide EOD training.
2-5b(4) (Added) Within HQ TRADOC, DCST has staff responsibility
for Army-wide EOD training publications and training aids.
2-5c(7) (Added) Within HQ TRADOC, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Combat Developments (DCSCD), ATTN: ATCD-Z, is responsible for the
formulation and documentation of all concepts, doctrine, materiel
requirements, organizational studies, systems, and equipment test and
evaluations pertaining to the EOD program. The EOD representative
within DCSCD provides staff supervision for EOD actions within the
combat developments area of responsibility.
2-5c(8) (Added) CG, USAMMCS, will provide sufficient personnel to
carry out the functions outlined in paragraph 2-5c, AR 75-15.
Page 2-6, paragraph 2-7, Local commanders.
2-7d. (Added) CONUS EODCC and EOD detachments are assigned to
DCSOPS, HQ FORSCOM, for command and operational control, and in some
instances, are attached to TRADOC installations for administrative and
logistical support. FORSCOM provides EOD support to TRADOC activities
located in their geographic area of responsibility in accordance with
paragraph 2-2, AR 75-15, and paragraph 5-3e, AR 50-5. Direct liaison
with local and attached FORSCOM EOD detachments is encouraged to insure
optimum EOD service.
2-7e. (Added) TRADOC installation commanding generals shall--
(1) Provide administrative and logistical support to attached EOD
detachments, and as required, provide administrative and logistical
support to other EOD detachments or personnel when they are engaged in
EOD operations on TRADOC installations or within the vicinity of their
command. Administrative and logistical support will include, but is not
necessarily limited to: military pay; maintenance of individual personnel
records; organizational maintenance support; administration of stock
and nonstock fund activities; military justice and legal assistance;
personnel billeting; an adequate administrative work area with provisions
for storage of classified documents and suitable for conducting individual
and unit technical training (classified); and a readily accessible and
exclusive use area(s) for storage and disposal of both serviceable and
unserviceable explosive ordnance.
(2) Coordinate with the local USACC CO to insure that communications
in support of EOD mission requirements are provided.
(3) For installations with attached EOD detachments, designate a
single point of contact (POC) to receive, record, and relay to the
CO or a designated activity that information provided by the local EOD
detachment when responding to an off-post request for EOD assistance
from civil authorities. POC should be familiar with EOD operating
instructions and available on a 24-hour basis. (Installation operations
center may be designated as the POC.)
(4) Upon request, provide nontechnical and non-MDS related, personal
knowledge training to personnel of tenant EOD detachments in accordance
with AR 350-1, as supplemented.
(5) Coordinate all requirements for installation EOD support with
appropriate FORSCOM EODCC. FORSCOM EODCC are assigned the following
geographic areas of responsibility:
(a) 542d EODCC, Fort Dix, New Jersey 08640 - States of Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
(b) 543d EODCC, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473 - States of
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
(c) 546th EODCC, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234 - States of Arkansas,
Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Technical
and training assistance to 36th EOD, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, is provided
by the 546th EODCC.
(d) 547th EODCC, Fort Gillem, Forest Park, Georgia 30050 - States
of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (only counties of Christian, Logan,
Todd, and Trigg), Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee, and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.
(e) 548th EODCC, Presidio of San Francisco, California 94129 -
States of Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and
Washington. Technical and training assistance to 176th EOD, Fort
Richardson, Alaska, is provided by the 548th EODCC.
(f) 549th EODCC, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland 20755 - States of
Delaware, Kentucky (less counties of Christian, Logan, Todd, and Trigg),
Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia, and District of Columbia.
(g) 36th EOD, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, APO Miami 34004 - Canal Zone.
(h) 176th EOD, Fort Richardson, Alaska 99505 - State of Alaska.
(6) For installations to which FORSCOM EODCC are attached, program
and budget for sufficient funds and publish necessary orders to satisfy
EOD operational requirements of attached and tenant EODCC and all EOD
detachments under the EODCC operational control.
(7) Provide support for range clearance operations, e.g., search
personnel with supervisors for locating and marking unexploded ordnance
(UXO), appropriate UXO markers, bulk explosives, and any additional
support required for range clearance projects. All range clearance
operations shall be coordinated with the appropriate EODCC 60 days prior
to proposed starting dates. To insure that adequate assistance is provided
and that optimum technical planning and safety measures are considered,
the supporting EOD detachment CO must be consulted during the
preparation stages of the range clearance plan. Requests for EOD support
in range clearance will contain the size of the range to be cleared, an
estimate concerning the amount and type of munitions to be encountered
and cleared, the level to which clearance is desired, number of searchers
and supervisors available, and proposed clearance dates.
(8) Coordinate EOD support for USAR and ARNGUS annual training.
Requests for EOD support of USAR and ARNGUS annual training will be
submitted through HQ TRADOC, ATTN: ATORI-OP-SW, to HQ FORSCOM, ATTN:
AFOP-COD, at least 60 days prior to date EOD support is required. The
request will contain the following information:
(a) Estimated number of EOD personnel required. (Estimate can be
obtained by reviewing past USAR and ARNGUS training support requirements,
if available.)
(b) Date of arrival of first USAR or ARNGUS unit to be trained.
(c) Date last USAR or ARNGUS unit trained will depart.
(d) Date EOD personnel should arrive.
(e) Date EOD personnel will be released.
(f) Availability of vehicles, explosives, rations, and quarters.
(9) Upon request of HQ FORSCOM or appropriate EODCC commanding
officer, furnish dual status written comments regarding the tenant
EOD detachment commanding officer's manner of performance for efficiency
report purposes in accordance with paragraph 4-5b, AR 623-105.
(10) Maintain an Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Program to insure
that Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Agents (EORA) are trained. The
minimum objective for trained EORA is four agents per 1000 or fractions
thereof of the installation's permanent population. Preferred EORA
include, but are not necessarily limited to, military police, security
personnel, range safety personnel, fire protection personnel, medical
personnel, and those personnel normally associated with emergency or
disaster preparedness teams. FORSCOM EOD detachments, upon request, are
capable of providing a minimum 4-hour EORA course of instruction for
military and civilian personnel as outlined in appendix B.
(11) Assure that assigned military police, intelligence, key fire
department and postal personnel, who have a need-to-know, receive
annually, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) training. FORSCOM EOD
detachments can provide, upon request, a 4-hour IED course as outlined
in appendix B.
(12) Assure that civilian and military personnel responsible for the
conduct of IED "search and evacuation procedures" in response to bomb
threats are trained in their responsibilities. Designated personnel
should be able to recognize items within their area of responsibility
that are foreign to daily operations.
(13) Schedule and conduct IG inspections of FORSCOM EOD detachments
as indicated in appendix C. Reports of inspection will be forwarded
through EOD command channels to the Commander, FORSCOM, ATTN: AFOP-COD.
Following review and evaluation at that headquarters, a copy of the
report, with corrective actions indicated, will be returned for
information and retention to the IG office making the inspection.
APPENDIX B (ADDED)
EOD Training Programs
STANDARD PEACETIME EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE RECONNAISSANCE (EOR) COURSE
HOURS
Introduction: Mission, Responsibilities, Problems.......... 1/2
Identification of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)................. 1-1/2
Protective Measures for UXO Ordnance........................ 1/2
Reporting Procedures........................................ 1/2
Reconnaissance for Nuclear Weapons.......................... 1/2
Hazards of Transportation Accidents......................... 1/2
Subtotal......... 4 hours
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED) COURSE
Introduction and Background................................ 1
Explosives................................................. 1
Devices.................................................... 1
Safety and Search Procedures............................... 1
Subtotal......... 4 hours
APPENDIX C (ADDED)
FORSCOM EOD DETACHMENTS
Installations responsible for IG inspection of FORSCOM EOD detachments.
UNIT INSTALLATION
41st EOD Fort Bliss, Texas
43d EOD Fort Knox, Kentucky
48th EOD Fort Jackson, South Carolina
57th EOD Fort Belvoir, Virginia
61st EOD Fort Sill, Oklahoma
63d EOD Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
64th EOD Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
89th EOD Fort Benning, Georgia
123d EOD Fort Rucker, Alabama
142d EOD Fort McClellan, Alabama
147th EOD Fort Lee, Virginia
542d EOD (Control Center) Fort Dix, New Jersey
543d EOD (Control Center) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
The proponent of this supplement is the Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Readiness and
Intelligence. Users are invited to send comments and
suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recommended
Changes to Publications) through channels to Cdr,
TRADOC, ATTN: ATORI-OP-SW, Fort Monroe, VA 23651.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
OFFICIAL: ROBERT C. HIXON
Major General, GS
Chief of Staff
R. N. WAGGENER
Colonel, AGC
Adjutant General
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