Kunsan Air Base: 8th CES EOD Airmen maintain readiness

The 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight conducted routine land mine detection training at Kunsan Air Base, April 28. EOD technicians perform explosive ordnance disposal operations by locating, identifying, disarming and disposing of a wide range of hazards to include chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive materials.

This routine training helps EOD technicians refine tactics, techniques and procedures. The training consisted of using mine detectors to locate eight simulated land mines. The phrase, render safe procedures, refers to tactics to make a hazard safe and prevent it from detonating.

“If there is a land mine in the ground, there will be certain sounds a detector makes to alert the technician of the possibility of there being unexploded explosive ordnance underground,” said Senior Airman Cory McIellan, 8th CES EOD team member.