Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers get explosives training in Barbados

A pair of female soldiers with the Royal Bermuda Regiment are set to be the first women in the battalion trained in searching for explosives. Lance Corporal Co-shae Bartrum and Lance Corporal Ashley Grant are both undergoing training in Barbados Read More …

Turkey to train Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces

The Turkish government has recently put the Military Training Cooperation Agreement signed with Uganda on its agenda for approval. The Military Training Cooperation Agreement, signed on September 13, 2022 in Ankara, establishes a legal framework for military training. Activities include Read More …

Soldier dies during training accident at Fort Johnson, Louisiana

According to authorities, a soldier was killed due to a training accident at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson on Saturday, May 11. According to Fort Johnson’s public affairs office, the soldier was assigned to the 749th Ordnance Read More …

DHS S&T Releases Market Survey Report for Non-Detonable Training Aids for Explosive Detection Canines

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has released a new market survey report to help emergency responders identify non-detonable training aids for explosive detection canines. Non-detonable training aids emulate the scent of explosives, Read More …

African Lion 24 features forensics IED simulation in Bizerte, Tunisia

Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, run a simulated improvised explosive device scenario with the Tunisian Armed Forces during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 3, 2024. Read More …

Protecting Civilians from the Risk of Explosive Ordnance in the Gaza conflict

Delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged people of Gaza is a life-threatening task. No humanitarian aid can be delivered unless the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) assesses the risk of explosive remnants of war, and supports humanitarian convoys by avoiding Read More …

NNSA delivers training at German military school to improve the country’s interagency response

Last month, NNSA’s Office of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation (NIPC); the NATO Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Centre of Excellence; and the German CBRN Defence, Safety, and Environmental Protection School teamed up to deliver emergency preparedness Read More …

Balikatan 24: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training

U.S. Marines with 3rd Explosive Ordnance Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group; 1st EOD Company, 7th ESB, 1st MLG, and service members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines conduct a controlled demolition range during Exercise Balikatan Read More …

New York National Guard sharpens disaster readiness skills during Homeland Response Force exercise

CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, New York – Soldiers from the New York National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division came together at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill, April 15 to 19 to hone their command and control capabilities as the Region Read More …

RCN: Clearance Divers, NTOG mine Army event for recruits

The best way to recruit high-level fitness members to high-intensity trades is to go where these people are, says one Clearance Diver (CD). In search of new recruiting grounds, Master Sailor (MS) Mark Littler partnered with MS David Aubin from Read More …

Freight train derails, explosive found – TSA exercise with Union Pacific

Imagine a freight train derails and emergency responders rush to the scene, only to find the derailment worse than they thought. They discover an improvised explosive device (IED) on one of the derailed tank cars that was spewing toxic chemicals. Fortunately, Read More …

Solomon Islands: 12 law enforcement officers graduate from course on handling explosives

Twelve law enforcement officers, including regional police forces and defence, graduated from the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) level 1 course at Hells Point in Honiara recently. The graduates, consisting of four officers from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Read More …

Australia: Clearance divers put to the test

The robot’s video feed showed an innocuous-looking cardboard box, but from intelligence gathered, Chief Petty Officer Thomas Buchanan knew it was time to put on a bomb suit. Earlier that day, the Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Task Group headquarters Read More …

Singapore: Security officer to be charged for failure to dispose of fake bomb during exercise

A 46-year-old security officer’s failure to dispose of a fake improvised explosive device (IED) used in a simulation exercise led to police officers being activated to investigate a bomb threat. Investigations by the police then led to the discovery of Read More …

Lebanon: Chinese, French peacekeepers exchange mine clearance, EOD experience

The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-Role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had exchanges on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) with the French peacekeeping battalion on the morning of April 4, the International Day Read More …

New Jersey, Delaware, Idaho Guard Conduct Interagency Training

TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey, Delaware and Idaho National Guard participated in interagency chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives training with the FBI and state and local law enforcement March 25-28. In the training scenario, the FBI has Read More …

Australia: Nations combine on mine warfare activity

The Royal Australian Navy has laid sea mines for the first time in nearly 50 years during Exercise Dugong. The mine warfare and clearance diving activity, from March 4-22, was designed to test a combined force from Australia, New Zealand Read More …