CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan — As rain poured down during the early morning hours at Camp Hansen, nothing could deter the explosive ordnance demolition technicians with Marine Corps Base Camp Butler EOD from accomplishing their mission – to practice and implement the utilization of nonstandard demolition techniques on Aug. 18.
EOD technicians conducted a demolition range to increase proficiency in using nonstandard demolition techniques including drop-charge detonations, time-fuse setups and a robotics platform to remotely emplace charges. The day-long training gave both new and seasoned technicians the chance to practice methods that utilize minimal explosives in order to facilitate desired outcomes on a different number of targets and devices
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Source: DVIDS