Navy Engineering Duty Officer - EDO | Developing and Maintaining Warfighter Capabilities 

Not everyone goes to MIT--that's a pretty selective group. But I know a large number of officers who've gone.

I joined like a year ago, basic is just mental if you can force yourself you can make it through I'm not special in any way but I just made myself get through it. The aptitude tests aren't hard you get what you put into studying and what you know.

I'm a retired EDO. There are similar occupations in the Army/USAF, but the Navy is unique in how we develop and employ them - ours have to first qualify in a warfare area (surface, submarine, aviation, etc) and then get an Engineering Master's Degree in a field (ME, EE, SE, are common). Navy then puts their EDOs in prime leadership positions to drive technology develop and weapons acquisition alongside our civilian acquisition workforce. A very small group of people is responsible for leading the huge amount of work that keeps the Navy technologically superior and also keeps our current Navy operationally maintained and ready. It's a fantastic job!

@@sneakerboots What are the ones in the army and air force?

@@vdog3248 They don't have a name that I know of, but they get a special MOS that designates them as Program Management. My brother is one in the Air Force, he went into the field straight out of college, never serving in a front line capacity like I did as a SWO before I transferred to the EDO community.

@@sneakerboots if you willing I would love to hear more about your time as an Edo it's something I'm considering currently.

Quite sad 😭

Ready to die really 😢

That’s different. This video is referencing the 1440 officer designator which is also called EDO.

@@calebmacdonald6189 95% of people on a ship see the EDO as engineering duty officer. So this video is unique

"confidently wrong."

It is crazy that this guy thinks a woman who is an EDO and is narrating an official Navy EDO video doesn't know what she is talking about. Mansplaining is an epidemic.

@OliviaHill-justforfunsies if you read the above comment I was corrected. Yes majority of the time EDO refers to the engineering duty officer on a ship for that duty section. I had no idea. So before you can me names get your facts straight buddy boy