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LUMUT, Malaysia– A U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team integrated with Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia to conduct joint training on counter-improvised explosive device (IED) and unexploded ordnance response from Nov. 1 through Nov. 10, 2023. The joint training Read More …
When archeologists found a crate of TNT in Eastern Alaska recently, an Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team at Eielson Air Force Base got a chance to practice their skills. And have a blast doing so. The archaeologists discovered Read More …
Evansville Police say they had to vacate a home while serving a warrant because they found an IED. It happened early Wednesday morning at an apartment in the 1000 block of Mary Street. Police say they made contact with the Read More …
Last weekend a Twin Falls grocery received a bomb threat. KMVT caught up with the Twin Falls Police Department’s Bomb Squad to follow up on the incident and their standard protocol. According to Sergeant Ryan Howe, the bomb threat at Read More …
Tunnels and “mouseholes” in walls also allow for undetected movement between buildings. Hamas fighters expect they can emerge from these holes to attack Israeli soldiers before disappearing again. In addition, Hamas sappers have likely prepared many improvised explosive devices (IEDs) Read More …
In an effort to improve the skills of operators of Explosive Ordnance Devices (EOD) in the North East (NE) theatre of operations, the Theatre Commander Joint Task Force (JTF) NE Operation HADIN KAI Maj Gen Gold Chibuisi on 6 November Read More …
The parking lot at St. Ann’s Church in Wilmington was turned into a display of Wilmington Police Department personnel and assets on Nov. 3, and students from the parish school were able to see all of them in action. Master Read More …
Two crude bombs found near the main gate of Rajshahi Rail station on Sunday night have been defused. Security guards of the railway station spotted the bombs wrapped with red scotch tape around 9:30 pm and informed the police. On Read More …
Homes were evacuated after two grenades were found at a house following an arson attack. Two men, dressed in black, broke into a house before setting fire to it on Parkview Road, Croxteth, Liverpool at about 22:40 GMT on Sunday, Read More …
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 Read More …
The humanitarian process used to detect and clear unexploded land mines has changed little since World War II. Until recently, Ukraine had no unified database that kept track of surveyed terrain or aggregated information from commercial, international, and government operators, Read More …
Three crude bombs were recovered from the Nilkhet area of Dhaka on Thursday morning, on the last day of a three-day blockade enforced by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and their allies. The bomb disposal unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Read More …
An additional 300 U.S. troops will deploy to the U.S. Central Command area of operations from the continental United States, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said today. These troops will provide capabilities in explosive ordnance disposal, Read More …
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Airmen with the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit partnered with the Innovation Lab here to streamline the process of making more realistic training ordnance. “The delay from ordnance hitting the battlespace to Read More …
The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a heavily armed man found dead Saturday morning at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs. Authorities have not named the suspect, but a statement issued Monday afternoon identified Read More …
5TH CANADIAN DIVISION SUPPORT BASE GAGETOWN, New Brunswick, Canada – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are training with military personnel from eight partner nations during Exercise Ardent Defender at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, Canada, Read More …
The personnel of the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) defused two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and saved the area from destruction in Janikhel on Wednesday. The police said that suspected militants had planted two IEDs, one each to a grocery shop Read More …
A WWII-era bomb found during works in the Athens suburb of Glyfada was diffused on Thursday morning. The Land Mine Clearance Battalion (TENX) conducted a special operation at the location of the discovery. Reports say that the 226 kg (500 Read More …
Gardaí arrested five men and seized drugs worth over €70,000 in an operation targeting organised crime in Co Limerick on Tuesday. A number of searches were conducted by gardaí attached to Limerick crime functional area at locations in Limerick, Cork Read More …
Soldiers from across Europe suited up in heavy diving equipment inside a cavernous flooded stone quarry deep beneath the Hungarian capital. Once their air tanks, flippers and waterproof diving suits were secured, they slipped beneath the cold water and, flashlights Read More …