Master Sgt. Kyle Chandler looks over the newly arrived students at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Preliminary Course, knowing this will be the hardest day most of them have ever experienced.
It will be the last day in the EOD specialty for some as well. The 26-day course has a 45% average annual attrition rate. Chandler is the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of the course. He and his staff of trainers and coaches will spend the next few weeks pushing the students to their physical, mental, and emotional limits before they move on to the Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal course at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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Source: DVIDS