SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – The 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight hosted 14 teams from 10 partner nations for the 2025 Eifel Krabben Improvised Explosive Device Rodeo exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Aug. 15- 21, 2025.
The IED Rodeo is an annual, large-scale exercise that brings together more than 100 participants from NATO militaries and allied law enforcement agencies for a week of immersive training scenarios, strengthening interoperability and enhancing readiness for combined peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. This year, EOD technicians were charged with disarming IEDs in a variety of scenarios, including hidden ammo caches, trench clearing, and neutralizing an IED production facility.
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