The Sailors of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 were awarded the Battle Efficiency Award (Battle "E") during a ceremony at EODMU 6 headquarters onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Feb. 27.

The Battle "E" is awarded annually to ships and units which display the maximum condition of readiness in their group, and for their capability to perform their wartime responsibilities. Commands are graded in areas such as operational efficiency, readiness achievements, material readiness, training, schedule, and cost performance.

"Throughout their work-ups and deployment, the 'Kegbusters' of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 have set the standard for excellence," said Capt. John Moulton, commodore of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2. "I am proud of their record of accomplishment this past year, culminating in their receiving the Battle 'E.'"

EODMU 6 Sailors recently returned from a six-month deployment to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility. During their deployment, EODMU 6 personnel conducted theater engagement, partnership building, mine countermeasures, EOD, salvage-diving, and force protection operations.

"The crew and families of EODMU 6 recently completed a very successful deployment, supporting three geographic combatant commands through operations such as countering violent extremists and building partner capacity," said Cmdr. Patrick Gerhardstein, commanding officer of EODMU 6. "It is a well-deserved honor for the unit to be selected for the Battle 'E.'"

"The Battle 'E' is about everyone coming together at a given point in time and excelling at what you do operationally, while taking care of each other and making sure that your team as a group is the best team out there," said Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. "You have consistently and unequivocally proven your commitment to excellence in providing our Navy with forces ready to fight and win. I am immensely proud of you, your unit, and your selfless service. Congratulations, Mobile Unit 6."

EODMU 6 is assigned to EODGRU 2, headquartered at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. EODGRU 2 oversees all east coast-based Navy EOD mobile units, including one forward-deployed mobile unit in Spain, as well as EOD Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 2, EOD Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 2, and the only east coast-based mobile diving and salvage unit, MDSU 2.

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