EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL OVERVIEW
The continuing development and availability of foreign and US high-technology munitions that disperse numerous submunitions and area-denial ordnance have led to the proliferation of UXO on the battlefield. Battlefields will be littered with UXO from two sources: ordnance that has failed to function as designed or area-denial ordnance. UXO limits battlefield mobility, denies the use of critical assets, and threatens to injure or kill soldiers at levels unprecedented in past conflicts. Because of this threat, commanders at all levels must incorpo-rate EOD support into the planning process. Graphic Training Aid (GTA) 9-12-1 provides more details on UXO hazards.
EOD's function is to protect the commander's combat power. Its mission is to eliminate or reduce the hazards of domestic or foreign conventional, nuclear, chemical, and biological munitions and improvised explosive devices that threaten personnel, military operations, facilities, and materiel. In a theater of operations, the TA is allocated one ordnance group (EOD) whenever two or more EOD control teams (EODCTs) are deployed. This group provides C2 for all US Army EOD units in theater.
At the corps level, EOD support is provided by an EODCT with up to 10 subordinate EOD detachments allocated from the ordnance group (EOD). This EODCT operates out of the COSCOM and provides a coordina-tion team to the corps rear CP while providing C2 for all EOD detachments operating in the corps area. Each rear area operations center (RAOC) in the corps rear, up to four, will have an EOD detachment in DS. Each division in the corps, up to five, will have an EOD detachment in DS. These detachments, each with their five EOD response teams, operate out of the division rear CP with DISCOM support. The five response teams provide EOD support down to the brigade level within the division. Remaining EOD detachments provide GS to the corps.
EMERGING DOCTRINE,AMMUNITION XXI LOGISTICS
Due to recent changes and the realities of the future battlefield, arming the CONUS-based force-projection Army requires a new cultural thought process in logistics operations. The focus will remain on support to the combat soldier, however, the conditions under which the future force will operate demand that the ammunition logistics system undergo significant changes. There are more than 20 Ammunition XXI initiatives being studied. In keeping with the scope of this student **** (ST), a few merit mention in this chapter.
a. Modular ammunition units. These ammunition units are capable of providing support elements that are interchangeable, expandable, and tailorable to meet the Army's changing needs. Essentially, the modular ammunition company consists of an HQ platoon, heavy-lift platoon(s) (HLP), and medium-lift platoon(s) (MLP). The number of MLPs and HLPs can be increased or decreased based on mission requirements and will be deployed in the required numbers to functional locations as required to provide the quantity of ammunition required.
b. Strategic-configured loads (SCLs). An SCL consists of ammunition that is configured at a CONUS depot or facility in a complete round mix for artillery and in a weapon system mix for other systems (e.g., tanks, attack helicopters, etc.). It is loaded into an ISO container/ISO-compatible flatrack for shipment to the theater. This would significantly reduce the lift requirements within the theater of operations.
c. Mission-configured loads (MCLs). An MCL is ammunition that is configured/reconfigured from SCLs and breakbulk munitions into complete round mixes/weapon system mixes to meet a specific theater of operation requirement. Building MCLs is essentially "fine-tuning" SCLs.