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NEVADA TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Nev. – U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians teamed up to destroy a 12,000-pound missile cache. EOD Soldiers from the Fort Irwin, California-based 759th Ordnance Company (EOD) and Read More …
Marines may be learning whole new ways to fight in a new kind of littoral battlespace, against different adversaries such as the Chinese military, but an old foe still lurks on any likely future battlefield: improvised explosive devices. While the Read More …
The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried — about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he stole 13 pounds (6 kilograms) of C4 plastic explosives from the training Read More …
There is no shortage of dangerous jobs in the US military, and one of the more dangerous is that of an explosive ordnance disposal technician, the troops serving in military bomb squads. EOD technicians run toward deadly threats that others Read More …
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers competed with U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force EOD technicians during the 3rd East Coast EOD Team of the Year competition, Oct. 18 – 22. Three Army EOD Read More …
The US military sometimes likes to add a spark to its air shows with a massive pyrotechnic display known as the “wall of fire.” Most recently, the Marines did this at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, Read More …
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams from across the Department of Defense competed in the third-annual East Coast Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Year Competition hosted by 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) on Read More …
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -= In September, Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding an amphibious, unmanned robot system to support littoral operations globally. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Remotely Operated Vehicle is a next-generation, box-shaped robot that enables Marines to Read More …
FORT IRWIN, California – A seasoned U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician earned the Master EOD Badge on Fort Irwin, California, Sept. 14. Staff Sgt. Gabriel M. Leon from the 759th Ordnance Company (EOD) earned the badge after eight years Read More …
Members of the U.S. Marine Corps 3D-printed a headcap for the rocket motor used to detonate a M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, the branch announced on Monday. The headcap is part of a Mk22 5-inch rocket motor that Read More …
