R3 was awarded a $26.9 million, four-year, 42-person EOD instructor support contract at EOD Training and Evaluation Unit ONE in San Diego.  The support entails high-risk training and instructor support across all EOD mission areas, unmanned undersea systems, homemade explosives, and virtual reality training modalities.  The training is accomplished in San Diego, Darwin Wash EOD training center at NAWS China Lake, CA, Hawaii, and Guam.

R3’s win is alongside our teammates Point One, Orca Maritime, and Peraton who provide critical capabilities to the team.  Gene Rathgeber, R3’s Program Manager, said “We are humbled to be chosen for this support amongst the other vendors. Considering this was a best-value award, we are even more pleased to be recognized in this manner.  Finally, we are appreciative of our team of quality instructors that set the stage for this selection.”

R3’s Human Resources department had the opportunity to visit our Port Hueneme team supporting Underwater Construction Team TWO at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme, CA.

Pictured left to right are R3’s Tony Flores, Kenneth Bontempo, and Timianne Dent, each of whom provides world-class diving-related support activities across the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command enterprise at UCT TWO.

Since its establishment in 1973, UCT TWO has deployed to every naval installation in the Pacific, as well as several sites in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Antarctic.  UCT TWO is the only Naval Construction Force unit to utilize this deployment cycle to maintain year-round availability.