Chapter 9 PQS
Pipeline Order for NSW training
BUD/S -> SQT -> Trident
BUD/S Stands for, length
Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs 6 months in Coronado, CA
10 Types of Ordnance during EOD training
CORE Demolition Tools and Methods Bio and Chem Ground Air IED Nuclear WMD Underwater
10 Mission areas of Navy Special Warfare
Unconventional Warfare Direct Action Anti-Terrorist Operation Special Reconnaissance Foreign Internal Defense Information Warfare Security Assistance Drug Interdiction Personnel Recovery Hydrographic Reconnaissance
What does UBA stand for?
Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Mission of Naval Special Warfare
Using small units with unique ability to conduct military actions that are beyond the capability of conventional military forces.
The First EOD Group Who, Where
EODGRU ONE; San Diego, CA
The Second EOD Group Who, Where
EODGRU TWO; Norfolk, VA
HALO stands for:
High Altitude Low Opening
When were SEALs commissioned and by who
January of 1962 by JFK
Mk VIII SDV Mission, Payload, Speed, Range, Crew
Mission: Electrically powered, designed to deliver up to six combat swimmers and their equipment, operates as a "wet vehicle" being completely flooded thus swimmers wear an UBA apparatus. It is carried in a dry deck shelter aboard a submarine Payload: Equipment for up to 6 combat swimmers Speed: 6 kt Range: 70 miles Crew: 2 crew, 4 passengers
Mk V Special Operations Craft Mission, Payload, Speed, Range, Crew
Mission: To carry SOF forces, primarily SEAL combat swimmers, into and out of operations where the threat to these forces is considered to be low to medium. Payload: 7.62mm Gatling guns, .50 cal machine guns Speed: 65+ kt Range: 500+ miles Crew: 5 crew, 16 passengers
Naval Special Warfare Platforms
Mk VIII SDV, Mk V Special Operations Craft
EODGRU 1 Comprised of:
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 1 EOD Mobile Unit 3, 5, 11 EOD Operational Support Unit 7 Naval Special Clearance Team
EODGRU 2 Comprised of:
Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 2 EOD Mobile Unit 2, 4, 6, 8 EOD Operational Support Unit 10
Trident is a:
NSW designator
When was Naval Special Warfare Command Commissioned
16 April 1987
Phases of BUD/S
1: Hell week + Hydrographic Reconnaissance 2: Open and closed circuit diving 3: small arms, demolitions, tactics
How many platoons in a Troop
2 Platoons
SEAL team comprised of:
3 Troops, a Command and Control Element, and a support element
What do you learn at SQT
Extreme environment survival techniques, urban warfare, HALO parachute training
EOD Training Pipeline
Preparatory training (3 weeks) -> 51 weeks of additional training (9 are diving and equipment)-> Naval EOD School at Eglin AF Base in Fort Walton Beach, FL-> 3 weeks jump school-> 4 weeks at Gulfport MS on weapons and first aid-> 3 weeks EOD Tactical Training in San Diego, CA
SQT Stands for, length
SEAL Qualification Training 12 months +
SDV stands for:
SEAL delivery vehicle
What distinguishes Navy SEALs from other military forces?
SEALs strike from and return to the sea as Maritime Special Forces.
What does SEAL stand for?
Sea, Air, Land. The elements in which they operate.
SPIE stands for:
Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction
Who does an EOD group report to?
The Commander of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Commands
Mission of Explosive Ordnance Disposal
To render safe all types of ordnance, conventional and unconventional, improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear to include IEDs and WMDs.
