Explosive ordnance disposal team leader, Staff Sgt.

Explosive ordnance disposal team leader, Staff Sgt. Andrew McGowin (right), and his team member, Sgt. Alec Wheeler (left), with the 797th Ordnance Company out of Fort Hood, Texas, tie a rope, connected to a 500-pound ordnance buried 3-feet in the ground, to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to aid in the safe extraction of the ordnance as part of a buried ordnance scenario during the largest 71st Ordnance Group (EOD) Team of the Year competition held at Fort Sill, Okla., Dec. 2-7, 2018. The week-long competition included intense EOD-specific training scenarios designed to be realistic and challenging. The winning team will advance to the Department of the Army EOD Team of the Year competition. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Public Affairs)