Mine Warfare Association

Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Brian Stanley, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, fills a lift balloon attached to a simulated bottom mine in the Mediterranean Sea during exercise Noble Melinda 2017. The event is an Israel Defense Force-hosted, explosive ordnance disposal and mine countermeasures exercise designed to increase the interoperability of participating nations, enhance maritime proficiencies, and promote maritime safety and security in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Thompson/Released)

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, handle inert anti-personnel mines for practicing explosive ordnance disposal tactics, techniques, and procedures with Republic of Korea (ROK) Naval Special Warfare Flotilla personnel during the ROK Mil to Mil exercise at Naval Base Guam. EODMU-5 conducts mine countermeasure and improvised explosive device operations, renders safe explosive hazards and disarms underwater explosives such as mines. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)

U.S. Navy and German Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians inflate a lift balloon to recover a simulated mine during a mine countermeasures training evolution as part of a subject matter expert exchange at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 provides credible, combat-ready EOD forces capable of deploying anywhere, anytime in support of national interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charles Oki/Released)

Members of the Office of Naval Research launch the REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle for mine search and identification operations in the Baltic Sea in support of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018. BALTOPS is the premier annual maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region and one of the largest exercises in Northern Europe that is designed to enhance the flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist America A. Henry/Released)

U.S. Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class William Schofer, left, and other Sailors recover ordnance buried in an abandoned building. The Sailors are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Detachment 10. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Bart A. Bauer (RELEASED) US Navy 060420-N-7586B-212 U.S. Navy Hull Technician 2nd Class William Schofer, left, and other Sailors recover ordnance buried in an abandoned building

Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA)

We are a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to education and raising awareness of sea and land mines and the means to counter them. The purpose is to strengthen the national security of the United States and to help attain international security and humanitarian objectives of the United States.

Our objectives:

To provide education and training and to increase awareness about the military arts of mine warfare and the impacts of mines during and after hostilities
To enhance communication among individuals and organizations concerned about all aspects of mine warfare – mining and mine design, mine countermeasures and counter-mine activity, de-mining and remediation of areas contaminated by mines, unexploded ordnance, or hazardous chemical, biological, and radiological materials.

For additional information see our Mission Statement

Association of Minemen NATO Undersea Research Centre Naval Helicopter Association Naval Technology NSWC Panama City Division Office of Naval Research Royal Navy’s Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officers’ Association (MCDOA) The Wilson Institute for Global Humanitarian & Peacekeeping Demining