19 May 2026 EOD Schoolhouse Opens Human Performance Center: Institutionalizing the Warrior Ethos for the EOD Community Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) celebrated a historic milestone for the Navy EOD community with the grand opening of its brand-new 6,000-square-foot Human Performance Center (HPC). Timed to coincide with the gathering of EOD leadership for the annual EOD Memorial Ceremony, the...
13 April 2026 EOD Mobile Unit 12, Royal Canadian Navy, Strengthen Partnership in Halifax U.S. Navy technicians from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit TWELVE (EODMU-12) and divers from the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic completed a joint Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) focused on strengthening Allied undersea capabilities, March 14-21, 2026. The...
10 April 2026 First Contact: Meet the Dive Medical Recovery Team of Artemis II The first face the Artemis II crew will see upon their return to Earth will be the face of a U.S. Navy Sailor.Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala make up the dive medical team who will be...
19 March 2026 U.S. Navy EOD Unit Earns Second Consecutive Battle “E” Award, Highlighting Warfighting Readiness For the second year in a row, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) announced that Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit EIGHT (EODMU-8) has been recognized for its sustained superior performance with the Battle Effectiveness (Battle “E”) Award for 2025, a testament to the unit’s...
09 June 2025 Maritime Expeditionary Security Group One Changes Command Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MESG) 1 welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Outlying Landing Field, Imperial Beach, California, May 30...
06 June 2025 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Awards FY24 Sailor of the Year Equipment Operator First Class Raymond Tam, a native of Chicago, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, was announced as Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Fiscal Year 2024 Sailor of the Year, May 30, 2025...
03 March 2025 U.S. Navy EOD Conducts Arctic Warfare Exercise ‘Arctic Specialist’ with NATO Allies in Norway KRISTIANSAND, Norway – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians from EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 at Naval Station Rota, Spain, completed Exercise Arctic Specialist in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 3-13, 2025.Arctic Specialist is an annual...
13 February 2025 NMCB 11 Seabees help stranded motorists Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East outside New Orleans, Feb. 6, 2025...
12 February 2025 U.S. Navy EOD and Divers Conduct Arctic Warfare Training Exercise SNOWCRABEX 2025 LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2, conducted Snow Crab Exercise 2025 at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota, Jan. 27-Feb. 7.SNOWCRABEX, controlled this year by Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, is a two-week exercise designed to test and evaluate Naval...
18 December 2024 MSRON 1B Strengthens Alliances through Exercise Bull Shark Sailors from Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 1B, assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, provided maritime security during Exercise Bull Shark, Nov. 26, 2024. Bull Shark, a biannual joint training, combines the expertise of U.S., Djiboutian, Spanish and French maritime forces to...