the EOD badge. We call it a crab because you know, it looks like a crab. Image via Wikimedia Commons We have one of the longest training pipelines in the military, especially with Navy EOD because ...

Crab” refers to the unofficial nickname for the explosive ordnance disposal badge, which has a distinctive shape.

The Navy's explosive ordnance disposal community is offering big retention bonuses to keep officers in its ranks. A Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the Explosive Ordnance ...

which was held at a Navy school on an Air Force base and attended by Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. “We place a lot of pride on our EOD badge, all four services share it,” said Silva.

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. John M ... Mateczun wore the same badge that bonds together EOD technicians across the services and throughout our history,” said Hirschey, a native of East Helena, Montana.

“Looking out at all of you here today, I know any one of you wearing the badge would have done the ... enemy fire exemplifies the ethos of the Navy EOD community as a warrior, professional ...

The Navy is offering big bucks to some explosive ordnance disposal officers — if they remain in the service for a few more years. Under a new policy, the Navy is now breaking up its incentives ...