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FORT LEE, Va.-- Explosive ordnance disposal Soldiers will be offered a new advanced professional development course starting in October.
The two-week Advanced Team Leader Operations Course is a pilot that will replace the Global Anti-terrorism Operations Readiness Course.
According to Timothy Travis, EOD Division chief, Munitions and EOD Training Department, Ordnance School, the new course is generally a shift from being solely deployment-based to one that focuses on all aspects of the EOD mission.
“Now, EOD Soldiers get to focus more on CONUS (domestic) missions as well as the overseas missions,” he said. “We will emphasize both missions as opposed to one.”
EOD Soldiers (military occupational skill 89D) receive technical and tactical training to handle and defeat unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction. The wars in Southwest Asia have dominated EOD resources over the past decade.
The new course will target mid-level to senior Soldiers, said Jennifer Gilliam, EOD course manager.
“Our community – the developers, supervisors and Soldiers – felt like we needed something a little more advanced,” she said, comparing the old and new courses. The new course was designed for EOD team leaders who are typically in the ranks of staff sergeant and sergeant first class. “It will cover tools, demolition, electronics and robotics, culminating in a number of scenario-driven exercises.”
In addition to targeting a specific group of EOD Soldiers and providing an enhancement in content, the ATLOC will add a higher level of rigor – “critical thinking skills, mental and physical toughness and comprehensive technical skills” – to further challenge students, said Gilliam.
“The main goal,” she said, “is to ensure that we keep our leaders current and provide them with an advanced learning experience in which they will not only learn from the instructors but also their peers.”
ATLOC is expected to have 12 courses in the first year and graduate approximately 500 Soldiers, said Gilliam.
| Date Taken: | 07.17.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 07.17.2014 11:21 |
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