How difficult is it to become a engineer officer that is dive qualified and in a dive unit in the Army?

2020-04-17T17:13:21-04:00

Response by COL David Turk made Apr 17 at 2020 6:56 PM

2020-04-17T18:56:20-04:00

I’d like to know too. I’ve never heard of a dive qualified engineer officer (unless they earned it as enlisted or on their own).

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 18 at 2020 3:07 AM

2020-04-18T03:07:31-04:00

Very.
Luck and Timing will be your biggest challenge but you have to be the top guy on the list because there are only a hand full of dive units.
As an Enlisted Engineer, I wanted to branch 12A and go to a dive unit. The Army had other plans.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 24 at 2020 4:16 PM

2020-04-24T16:16:21-04:00

The engineer dive field is extremely small so each year on average 3-5 engineer officers are selected to go to Phase 1 (Fort Leonard Wood) and Phase 2 (NDSTC, Panama City Beach, FL), of dive school. These officers then become the lieutenants and captains that serve with dive detachments.

As far as difficulty... it’s a pretty selective and competitive process, and there is a timing element associated with it as well. Typically Dive Officer selection is only hosted once a year at Fort Leonard Wood, and in the past only lieutenants who were enrolled in EBOLC could attend. The last two years have been different though, and the selection was open to all lieutenants in specific year groups.

If you’re serious and interested, send me a message and I’ll put you in touch with someone who can get you the latest information on the selection process.

I was selected to be a dive officer in 2013, and I completed command of a dive detachment in April 2019.