FORT LIBERTY, N.C. – A U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leveraged its experience, flexibility and grit to take first place in the recent all-Army EOD Team of the Year competition on Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
Staff Sgt. Tyler A. Grieve and Sgt. Tristin E. Lindsey from the Fort Drum, New York -based 760th Ordnance Company (EOD), 192nd EOD Battalion, 52nd EOD Group, prevailed over the other highly qualified and well-trained EOD teams during the all-Army EOD Team of the Year competition, April 21 – 26.
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Source: U.S. Army
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