Some careers are mapped out long before they begin. For Staff Sgt. Lucas Shappell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Leader with the 934th CES, the path to becoming an Air Force Reserve EOD technician wasn’t planned.
After six years in the Navy, Shappell thought his military career had come to an end. But in 2022, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive from his home, he joined an Air Force Reserve EOD unit. “It was kind of a coincidence and a perfect match,” Shappell said. What began as a continuation of familiar work quickly grew into something more: a new community, and a new mission.
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