[CPEO-MEF] EOD Training

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EOD takes part in wing's deployment

by Shad West
Hilltop Times (UT)
November 11, 2004


The radios in the command post started squawking before the sun rose on 
Saturday. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams from across the country 
climbed out of their mummy bags and strapped on their Kevlar vests and 
donned their helmets. Airmen ducked out of the tents to scrape the ice 
from windows and warm up their Humvees and pick-up trucks. With early 
morning temperatures below freezing, Airmen kept their gloves on as they 
tried to rip open their Meals-Ready-to-Eat. There wasn't time to heat 
the chicken enchilada or chicken noodle, and the Airmen ate it cold as 
they were briefed on the morning calls.

EOD personnel from McChord AFB, Wash., Tyndall AFB, Fla., Edwards AFB, 
Calif., and Minot AFB, N.D., spent eight days in Utah's west desert 
training on more than 170 different scenarios that members brought back 
from their deployments to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

"We wanted to bring in EOD troops who had been deployed so they could 
pass that knowledge on to the Airmen who will deploy in the spring," 
Capt. Sean Haglund said. "The training is as close to what our people 
will see in the region with the added luxury of 'hot washing' the ops 
when they are complete."

For the entire article, see
http://www.hilltoptimes.com/story.asp?edition=179&storyid=5082

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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