final nredo recruiting brief may 2009[1]

Version 1 - May, 2009 UNCLAS

Navy Reserve

ENGINEERING DUTY OFFICERENGINEERING DUTY OFFICERAn OverviewAn Overview


•• Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101––Why are we here?Why are we here?––Who are we?Who are we?––What do we do?What do we do?––Where do we Work?Where do we Work?––When do we work?When do we work?

• Direct Commission Engineering Duty Officer–What are we looking for?–What is the Application Process?

• REDO DCO Training Pipeline• REDO Career Progression

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Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101Why are we here?Why are we here?

The Engineering Duty Officer Community serves the warriors of the Navy by providing experienced Naval Engineers known for bringing effective business and technical solutions. They are the only Naval Officers whose primary job is to design, engineer, buy, build, maintain, modernize, and dispose of ships and ship systems.


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101Who are we?Who are we?

• We are a highly-educated, highly experienced engineering officer corps responsible for leveraging our nation’s industrial and technical might to keep our Navy #1 in the World.

• Small in number with < 1,250 officers (~750 Active & ~500 Reserve), < 2% of the Navy’s total Officer Corps., we manage ~25% of the Navy’s budget.


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101 What do we do?What do we do?

Mission areas include:• Fleet Maintenance• Acquisition Program Management• Systems Engineering• National Missions:

– Diving & Salvage– Strategic Systems/Missile Defense Agency– Naval Reactors


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101What do we do?What do we do?

• Serve as Operation Center Watchstanders coordinating NAVSEA’s incident response efforts

• Screen & prioritize maintenance work at Regional Maintenance Centers (RMCs)

• Exercise new & repaired ship systems as part of sea trials• Perform shipboard equipment configuration validation

audits• Analyze & conduct trend analysis on Casualty Reports• Conduct salvage efforts of damaged ships• Oversee Naval Shipyard maintenance activities• Conduct quality checkpoints of work at contractor facilities• Conduct inspections of museum ships



• Serve as the military POC for the conversion of commercial ships to Army preposition ships

• Provide advance planning support to ships’ crews to prepare for entering a shipyard & improving effectiveness during a scheduled overhaul

• Lead cross functional teams to make improvements in planning & conducting ship maintenance & modernization

• Assess foreign technology developments to avoid “technology surprises”



• Conduct configuration validations of onboard equipment• Support R&D activities at Naval Research Lab• Conduct command inspections for the Office of the

Inspector General.


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101Where are our units located?Where are our units located?


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101Where do we work?Where do we work?


Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101When do we work?When do we work?

• 2 days per month (typically a weekend) and a 2 week Annual Training period (AT) per year – 36 days per year.

• Flex Drilling - You can “save up” your drills and perform work for 1-2 weeks consecutively in lieu of weekend drills.


• Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101–Why are we here?–Who are we?–What do we do?–Where do we Work?–When do we work?

•• Direct Commission Engineering Duty OfficerDirect Commission Engineering Duty Officer––What are we looking for?What are we looking for?––What is the Application Process?What is the Application Process?

• REDO DCO Training Pipeline• REDO Career Progression

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Direct Commission Engineering Duty OfficerWhat are we looking for?What are we looking for?

• Undergraduate Degree with at least a “3.0” GPA in:– Naval Architecture– Engineering (Engineering Technology degrees are excluded)

• Materials, Mechanical; Electrical; Electronic; Industrial; Aerospace; Civil; Chemical; Nuclear; Ocean; Marine; Environmental

– Physics– Chemistry– Computer Science– Mathematics– Operations Research– Systems Engineering

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• Graduate Degree (Masters or Doctorate) in one of the above OR are working toward completion of a graduate degree


Direct Commission Engineering Duty OfficerWhat is the Application Process?What is the Application Process?

• Contact your local Navy Reserve Officer Recruiter.

• Application for Commission.• Security Clearance Application.• College Transcripts.• 3 Face to Face Interviews with Navy Officers, 2

should be Engineering Duty Officers.• Package Reviewed by Reserve Component

Engineering Duty Officer Community Manager


Direct Commission Engineering Duty OfficerWhat is the Application Process?What is the Application Process?

• If selected, you will receive a commission as an Ensign in the US Navy Reserve.

• You will be assigned to a unit local to your home of record (HOR) for your initial assignment.

• You will be assigned a Qualifying Officer who will track your progress through the Engineering Duty Officer Qualification Program.

• You will select a Mentor Group to affiliate with and be assigned a mentor to guide.

• The rest is up to you...


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• Reserve Engineering Duty Officer 101–Why are we here?–Who are we?–What do we do?–Where do we Work?–When do we work?


•• REDO DCO Training PipelineREDO DCO Training Pipeline• REDO Career Progression


REDO DCO Training PipelineREDO DCO Training Pipeline

• The Navy Reserve Engineering Duty Officer Qualification Program is designed to familiarize the new officer with general military knowledge as well and provide him/her with technical knowledge to provide the maximum support to the fleet.

• Ref – NAVSEAINST 1001.3L


REDO DCO Training PipelineREDO DCO Training Pipeline

• First 4 Annual Training Periods Consist of:– Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination School,

Newport, RI– At Sea Training onboard an active duty or Navy

Reserve Force ship.– First Industrial Tour, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH

or First Industrial Tour West Coast, Puget Sound– Reserve Engineering Duty Officer Basic Course,

Engineering Duty Officer School, Port Hueneme, CA• Followed by….ORAL BOARD


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–Why are we here?–Who are we?–What do we do?–Where do we Work?–When do we work?


• REDO DCO Training Pipeline

•• REDO Career ProgressionREDO Career Progression


REDO Career ProgressionREDO Career ProgressionLCDR John DoeCareer Goal:

Supervisor of Shipbuilding Command

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Acquisition Certifications: AL1

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QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?


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BenefitsBenefits

• Retirement eligibility after 20 years of service. Pension at Age 60.

• Military discounts in dozens of venues.• Unlimited use of military commissaries and other base

facilities including Bachelor Quarters.• Networking with several hundred of the most talented

engineers from across the US.• GI Bill education benefits.• Personal recognition for outstanding achievement.


Realities of Activation/MobilizationRealities of Activation/Mobilization

• Since 09-11-2001, over 85 Reserve Engineering Duty Officers have been activated to support the Global War on Terror (GWOT), with 30 additional officer utilizing Active Duty for Special Work (ADSW) funds. They have filled a variety of mobilization jobs, both engineering and non-engineering, both in combat zones and out.

• Examples – Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Overseas Shipyard Project Officers, Navy Customs, Counter IED Teams.

• At present, the Navy expects that fully qualified EDs will be mobilized once every 5 calendar years.

• Typically, only qualified 0-3s, 0-4s and 0-5s have been activated. A numbered activation list exists in the NRED Community to assist officers in predicting their mobilization dates to minimize disruption to civilian life.

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