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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Navy Divers from EOD Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU 6), Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU 2), and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12 operated with the United States Navy Read More …
The Springfield FBI set off several homemade explosives Wednesday as part of a workshop making sure law enforcement, first responders and others are aware of the chemicals used to make them. “We teach them a classroom portion on the dangers Read More …
The Transportation Security Agency proposed regulations to require additional security vetting of public transit employees to mitigate the threat of “insiders” attacking the nation’s commuting networks. TSA is asking the public and stakeholders to weigh in on an idea to Read More …
An Arkansas community activist accused in the firebombings of police cars after the 2020 murder of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Mujera Benjamin Lung’aho, 33, of North Little Rock, pleaded to one count of malicious destruction of Read More …
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians joined Federal, state and local bomb squad personnel at a Civil War era unexploded ordnance course at the Gettysburg National Military Park. Around 35 bomb squad personnel Read More …
More than 50 police dogs serve and protect Amtrak’s trains and stations throughout the United States. From birth to adulthood, these canines are trained to work with their human counterparts, protecting them from threats such as bombs. A few of Read More …
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. — Team Little Rock hosted the Air Force EOD Team of the Year competition at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Aug. 8-11, 2023. EOD teams from around the world traveled to Little Rock Read More …
A Florida man was arrested after he left a homemade pipe bomb in a car wash trash can, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Anthony Ray West, a 58-year-old electrical engineer, was arrested and charged with manufacturing an explosive device Read More …
A Millsboro man will serve more than seven years in federal prison for building Molotov cocktails and threatening to blow up or burn down the group home where he lived. According to court documents, Job Gillette, 25, amassed 17 Molotov Read More …
EUGENE, Ore. — On Aug. 16, various local and state agencies came together for a joint training exercise to enhance emergency preparedness in Eugene and surrounding communities. The annual event called a Joint Hazard Assessment Team (J-HAT) training, involved members from Read More …
Authorities say they rushed to arrest a 17-year-old boy, alleging he was preparing to build bombs and select targets after being in touch with an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the arrest Monday, calling details Read More …
A tip from a community security group led to the arrest of a Reseda man who allegedly “called for the mass murder of Jews.” Ryan Scott Bradford, 34, was arrested last month after several agencies raided his home near White Read More …
The Austin Police Department confirmed its Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit along with Cedar Park Police and the FBI is conducting a follow-up investigation in Cedar Park Thursday in connection to Wednesday’s car explosion incident at St. David’s Medical Center. Read More …
CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – Highly specialized NATO forces honed their lifesaving and mission-enabling skills during live-agent chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada, July 10 – Read More …
FORT BELVOIR, Va. – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians are helping the Army improve state-of-the-art combat helmets to better protect them on high-stakes missions. EOD technicians from the 55th Ordnance Company (EOD) are working with Program Executive Office Soldier Read More …
What does it take to blast a path through a minefield? A monster of a vehicle – part tank, part bulldozer – firing a rocket attached to a cord of explosives. That detonation in turns detonates the mines that are Read More …
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an explosive device found this morning. A Sheriff’s Deputy found the device on a road in Springville. Sheriff’s vehicles blocked Secrist Road from Crystal Creek Road to Campbell Road while Cedar Rapids bomb Read More …
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. – The 5th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted Operation Frozen Peanut here, July 24-28. Operation Frozen Peanut is a routine exercise designed to test EOD capabilities, procedures, and readiness in the event Read More …
The United States has designated 20 individuals and 29 companies as being operatives and facilitators for the terror groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives. The announcement by the US Read More …
Evacuations have been ordered for an area of Fremont after authorities located explosive devices in a business on Industrial Place on Sunday, police said. Earlier, police were called to a report of domestic violence in the north end of town Read More …