Chapter 1 EOD in the Operational Environment Army EOD supports the Army mission of prompt, sustained land dominance throughout full spectrum operations by identifying, diagnosing, rendering safe, exploiting, and disposing of all explosive ordnance or comparable threats regardless of filler; as required provides support to joint, interagency and multinational missions. EOD units are the Army's preeminent tactical and technical explosives experts. They are properly trained, equipped, and integrated to attack, defeat, and exploit explosive ordnance. Explosive ordnance is defined in Joint doctrine as all munitions containing explosives, nuclear fission or fusion materials, and biological and chemical agents.
DesignationATTP 4-32
EditionDec 2011
StatusSuperseded
Pages54
FunctionSustainment
CollectionRecent Archive
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