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Capt. Paul Mahoney, Commanding Officer of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) in Maryland, visited U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts at Picatinny to gain a deeper understanding of how Army EOD units train, organize, Read More …
Senior Minister Ly Thuch says unexploded ordnance continues to threaten border communities, underscoring the importance of public awareness and coordinated efforts to protect lives. Protecting communities from explosive ordnance requires both effective clearance operations and public awarenes, Senior Minister and Read More …
U.S. Marines with 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, trained alongside Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members during a bilateral live-fire ground response training on Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 23, 2026. During the training, Marines Read More …
U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa continues to strengthen Tunisia’s ability to counter improvised explosive device threats through a long-term partnership focused on professional military education, technical expertise and institutional development. The partnership reached another milestone Sept. 8–9 when Read More …
When Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen returned from operations in the U.S. Central Command theater, their after-action reports described a changing fight: attacks on the installation itself, at a pace and scale the career field hadn’t seen in decades. In roughly Read More …
The Pune Airport, in coordination with the (CISF) and other stakeholder agencies, conducted the annual Bomb Threat Mock Exercise under the Bomb Threat Contingency Plan (BTCP) to assess emergency preparedness and strengthen inter-agency coordination in responding to bomb threat situations. Read More …
The U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and 15 partner nations successfully concluded the ninth Multi-National Mine Warfare Exercise 2026 (MNMIWEX 26) off the southeast coast of Busan, Oct. 16, 2026. The multi-day evolution brought together surface mine countermeasures Read More …
A joint counterterrorism exercise involving competent authorities of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states was held in Minsk, Belarus, from October 4 to 8, marking the first time Belarus has hosted the exercise since joining the SCO, with counterterrorism law Read More …
The Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot in Angus will be the host location for an exercise this week. From October 5-9, the depot is hosting Exercise Cunning Pine 2026. It’s a collaborative Explosive Device Ordinance Disposal (EOD) exercise between police and Borden Read More …
The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd.), has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening military relations with the United States, particularly in counter-terrorism operations. Musa made the remarks on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving Major General Matthew Brown, Commander of the Read More …
U.S. Marines with 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company and members of Thailand Mine Action Center completed a Deploy for Training bilateral explosive ordnance disposal exercise at Phu Lam Yai Training Ground, Sept. 4, 2026. For two weeks, the exercise centered Read More …
Military and civilian medical and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) defence experts from 16 nations have gathered in Sweden for the CLEAN CARE multinational Tabletop Exercise (TTX), bringing together approximately 75 participants from NATO Allies and partner nations. Hosted Read More …
The Indian Army’s Eastern Command has conducted joint Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (Counter-IED) training for Indian Army and Assam Rifles personnel as part of efforts to strengthen operational preparedness against evolving explosive threats. The training was conducted by Eastern Command’s Counter Read More …
AUSSOM troops stationed at Jowhar airport in Somalia’s Sector Five have completed a three-day awareness training focused on the dangers posed by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and safety at checkpoints. The training was delivered by the AUSSOM BNDF explosive ordnance Read More …
K9 units have become an increasingly important component of India’s security and emergency-response infrastructure. Specially trained dogs are deployed for explosive and narcotics detection, search and rescue, tracking, security operations and other specialised tasks. To showcase the contributions of K9 Read More …
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army will send troops to Russia to participate in a field training exercise for demining, a defense spokesperson said on Friday. The field training exercise of the Experts’ Working Group (EWG) on Humanitarian Mine Action under Read More …
Marking the 80th anniversary of U.S.-Philippines diplomatic relations and the 75th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty, the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with the Government of the Philippines, hosted a five-day Capstone Workshop and Combined Tabletop Exercise in Manila from August Read More …
Twenty-five veterans and family members from Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast have completed a UNDP-supported retraining programme and are now qualified to work in humanitarian demining. The eight-week training programme combined classroom instruction with intensive practical exercises at a training site near Read More …
A 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command Soldier recently earned the coveted Jungle Tab at Aeronaval Base Cristóbal Colón, Panamá, July 3, 2026. Sgt. Trent K. Kruckenberg, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with the 18th Ordnance Company EOD, Read More …
The National Center for Explosives Training and Research, located on Redstone Arsenal, recently hosted 21 members of the Mexican Federal Police, Federal Attorney General’s Office, State Police, and Mexican Military Personnel for an intensive Post Blast Investigative Techniques course. This Read More …