3/C PCA NSW/EOD

Direct Action

Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions, taken to seize, destroy, capture, or recover in denied areas.

Special Reconnaissance

Acquiring information concerning the capabilities, intentions, and activities of an enemy

Counterinsurgency (COIN)

Those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat an insurgency

Counterterrorism

Prevention, deterrence, and response to terrorism

• v. Security Force assistance

• 1. DoD activities that contribute to unified actions by the US government to support the development of the capacity and capability of foreign security forces and their supporting institutions

• vi. Foreign Internal Defense

• 1. NSW offers training and other assistance to foreign governments and their militaries to enable the foreign government to provide for its country’s security

NSW Secondary Core Tasks

• i. Information Operations

• ii. Unconventional Warfare

• iii. Preparation of the Environment

Limitations

• i. Conservation of Forces

  • Cannot be replaced or expended quickly 

• ii. Sustained Engagement

  • Small in size, not a stagnant force

• iii. Timing

  • Need preparation for big missions

• iv. Support

  • Require support like every military force

NSWG1 Coronado Seals Teams

• 1. SEAL Teams ONE, THREE, FIVE, SEVEN

NSWG2 Little Creek Seal Teams

• 1. SEAL Teams TWO, FOUR, EIGHT, TEN

NSWG3 Location and Description

Undersea special operations, Pearl Harbor Hawaii

NSWG4 Location and Description

Organized personnel ready to deploy combat forces, Little Creek

NSWG10 Location and Description

ISR, Little Creek

NSWG11 Description

NSW reserve forces

EOD Purpose

Protect personnel and property

Missions of EOD

• Mobility(MOB)/Combat Expeditionary Support (CES)

  • Standard mission area. Support Army Units in IED, and surface MCM

• Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM)

  • MCM consists of EOD, surface ships, and air. EOD can bring UUV and technicians. 

• Special Operations Forces (SOF) support

  • Support the SEALS, and Army Special Forces

• Expeditionary diving and salvage

  • Up to 300 feet deep

• Weapons exploitation

  • Recover IEds, ordinances and other captured enemy materials

• US Secret Service Support

  • Explosive hazards

Draper Kauffman

• Father of Naval Demolition

• Formed NCDU school in Ft Pierce Florida in June 1943 from SeeBee Volunteer

Historical Reasons for NCDUs, UDTs, SEALs

• NCDU’s

  • Clearing underwater hazards for WWII European Beach landings

• UDTS

  • Clearing landing hazards in Pacific theatre, lessons learned from Marines at Tarawa

• SEAL Teams

  • Need for unconventional warfare capabilities during Vietnam, created by JFK

What drove the need for EOD

Dud ordinance fired during WWII by German and Japanese forces

EOD insignia

Organization of EOD

Mark VIII SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) 

• VID: Mini submarine

• Can deliver up to 6 seals and their equipment

  

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP) 

• VID: Smaller HUMVEE, mix between HUMVEE and JLTV

• Protect crew from explosive events

  

 Rotary Wing and Tilt Rotor Aircraft

• VID: Its a helicopter

• Provide support, Insertion, and Extraction of Seals

Combatant Craft: Assault (CCA) / Medium (CCM) / Heavy (CCH) 

• VID: Grey speedboat with guns

• Insert and extract SEALS into medium to high threat environments

Lightweight Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle (LT-ATV)

• VID: Looks like an ATV

• Move equipment and operators into technical terrain
  

MED-ENG EOD IX Bomb Suit

Mk-16 Mod 1 UBA

No bubbles, CO2 is recycled, capable of diving to 300 ft of seawater 

• iRobot EOD Packbot Bomb Robot

• VID: triangle tracks, silver

• Capability: 46 lb payload, 30 lb lift, 4 cameras

• Foster-Miller TALON Bomb Robot

• VID: Completely round tracks, black

• Capability: 100 lbs payload, 20 lbs lift, 3 IR cameras