Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce Stowe of Northfield, Minn.,
Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce Stowe of Northfield, Minn., and Commander of the 788th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Capt. Amir Abu-Akeel observe the placement of Kuwait ordnance set to be destroyed. According t... More
Airmen line up in front of an earthen berm before they
Airmen line up in front of an earthen berm before they practice throwing Ground Burst Simulators and smoke grenades into a ditch during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron, Nov.... More
An explosion sends a snow and chunks of ice into the
An explosion sends a snow and chunks of ice into the air in the Eagle River Flats, Feb. 19, 2013. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and the 716th Ordnance Company of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richards... More
Pfc. Leo Debengek, from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer
Pfc. Leo Debengek, from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carefully attaches a block of C4 explosive to the ring main in preparation for the ini... More
Fire In The Hole, US Army Photo
Combat engineers of the Nebraska Army National Guard's 128th Engineer Battalion, 67th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, put their weight behind a breaching blanket as they detonate a C-charge during demolition trai... More
341st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal
341st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal Airmen coordinate with teams from the U.S. States Environmental Protection Agency and Cascade County Sheriff Department before a controlled detonation o... More
U.S. Airmen walk with a construction worker to a site
U.S. Airmen walk with a construction worker to a site where multiple unexploded ordinance lie in Conway, S.C., April 4, 2018. The range in Conway was once used by now deactivated Myrtle Beach Air Force Base dur... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepares explosives on an explosive ordinance disposal range in Sigonella, Italy, Ja... More
A member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 10557
A member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 10557 plays pool while celebrating the reopening of the VFW, at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Feb 11, 2020. While at the reopening, members were offered side act... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, gives instruction on timed detonations during an Explosive Ordinance Disposal demoli... More
Paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry
Paratroopers of 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Airborne) take cover as a bangalore torpedo explodes; taking out a mined wire obstacle during a combined arms live fire training range in the Gr... More
Fire in the Hole, US Army Photo
U.S. Army combat engineers from 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment Soldiers detonate an explosive charge on a door at a training range during Noble Partner 20 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia Sept. 12, 2020. No... More
Fire in the Hole, US Army Photo
U.S. Army combat engineers from 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment Soldiers detonate an explosive charge on a door at a training range during Noble Partner 20 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia Sept. 12, 2020. No... More
Fire in the Hole, US Army Photo
U.S. Army combat engineers from 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment Soldiers detonate an explosive charge on a door at a training range during Noble Partner 20 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia Sept. 12, 2020. No... More
Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce Stowe of Northfield, Minn.,
Command Sgt. Maj. Bruce Stowe of Northfield, Minn., and Commander of the 788th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Capt. Amir Abu-Akeel, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry... More
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of supply, pulls the rip cord from a Ground Burst Simulator grenade moments before throwing the grenade into a ditch d... More
Mike Walsh, a research mechanical engineer with the
Mike Walsh, a research mechanical engineer with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of Hanover, N.H., opens a plastic bag containing a block of ice that will be used as a control subject in a h... More
Two 500 pound bombs hit the mark on Camp Grayling’s
Two 500 pound bombs hit the mark on Camp Grayling’s Air to Ground Gunnery Range during Operation Northern Strike on Aug. 13, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Anthony Mack, Michigan National Guard/Released)
Engineers from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion,
Engineers from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepare to detonate explosives Jan. 26, 2016, at Fort Stewart, Ga. This blast is part of an ann... More
Spc. Nathaniel Born, an explosive ordnance technician
Spc. Nathaniel Born, an explosive ordnance technician assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, alerts those in the immediate area to the danger of detonating explosives during a demolition event on Camp Bon... More
Soldiers assigned to 122 Aviation Support Battalion,
Soldiers assigned to 122 Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade detonates a series of M18A1 claymore mines during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 18. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. St... More
Jars containing potentially explosive chemicals are
Jars containing potentially explosive chemicals are positioned in a wooden box with C-4 demolition explosives at the Big Seven mining complex Sept. 14, 2017, in Neihart, Mont. Four blocks of C-4 were used to de... More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer, 20th
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal apprentice, prepares a remote firing system to detonate hazardous items from a safe distance in Conway... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepares materials on an explosive ordinance disposal range in Sigonella, Italy, Jan... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, inserts a detonation cord through a stick of TNT during an Explosive Ordinance Dispo... More
Soldiers from the Kuwait Ground Forces Explosive Ordnance
Soldiers from the Kuwait Ground Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal team load empty boxes on the truck to be hauled away from the detonation site. The boxes contained the Kuwait ordnance to be detonated and will... More
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron maintenance, pulls the rip cord off a Ground Burst Simulator moments before throwing the grenade into a ditch during Combat Readiness Training with the 628t... More
Spc. Brian Foote, an explosive ordnance disposal technician
Spc. Brian Foote, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 716th Ordnance Company, marks the time prior to the detonation test in Eagle River Flats, Feb. 19, 2013. Cold Regions Research and Engineerin... More
An M81 explosive ignites during engineer qualifying
An M81 explosive ignites during engineer qualifying table training conducted by 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Jan. 26, 2016, at Fort Stewart, Ga. This ... More
Tech. Sgt. Daniel Esselstrom, 341st Civil Engineer
Tech. Sgt. Daniel Esselstrom, 341st Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of explosive ordnance disposal and team lead for the demolition operation, walks away from the detonation site at the Big Seven mining c... More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer, 20th
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) apprentice, identifies ordnance using a specialized database in Conway, S.C., April 4, 2018. EOD... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepares a blasting cap for an explosive ordinance disposal range in Sigonella, Ital... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment and the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade employ a brazier charge during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Gra... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 54th
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct breaching operations during Exercise Full Tang at Baumholder Training Area in Rheinland-Pfalz, G... More
An explosive detonates during a Explosive Ordinance
An explosive detonates during a Explosive Ordinance Disposal demolition range conducted by U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Af... More
An EOD technician from the 788th Explosive Ordnance
An EOD technician from the 788th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company watches as the last of the five detonations goes off. All of the detonations are initiated through a remote control so soldiers can safely po... More
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of supply, pulls the pin on a Ground Burst Simulator during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnanc... More
Art Gelvin, an engineering technician with the Cold
Art Gelvin, an engineering technician with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of Hanover, N.H., stands in the crater of detonated mortar round in the Eagle River Flats, Feb. 19, 2013. Gelvin i... More
Engineers with Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion,
Engineers with Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carefully lower a 40-pound cratering charge into place Jan. 26, 2016, at Fort Stewart, Ga. A sh... More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Brinlee, an explosive ordnance
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Brinlee, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, alerts those in the immediate area to the danger of detonating explosives during a com... More
A bangalore torpedo detonates during a live fire breaching
A bangalore torpedo detonates during a live fire breaching exercise conducted by Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard June 8, 2017, at the National Training ... More
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer 20th
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zackary Stringer 20th Civil Engineer, explosive ordinance disposal apprentice is setting a "whipped" block of C4 in Conway, S.C., April 4. Whipping is a method used to ignite C4 ... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, emplaces explosives on an explosive ordinance disposal range in Sigonella, Italy, Ja... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade along side of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion and 4th Battalion 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment breach a... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment and 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade take cover after detonating an explosive designed to breach a barrier while ... More
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, attach blasting caps to detonation cord during an EOD demolition range on Naval Stati... More
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of supply, throws a Ground Burst Simulator grenade into a ditch during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explos... More
Marianne Walsh and Jon Zufelt, engineers with the Cold
Marianne Walsh and Jon Zufelt, engineers with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of Hanover, N.H., collect multi-incriment samples of explosive residue from the top of snow on a lake in Eagle ... More
Engineers from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion,
Engineers from Company A, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, pose in the impact area of an M81 explosive Jan. 26, 2016, at Fort Stewart, Ga. The Soldiers we... More
Former explosive ordnance disposal member puts dirt
Former explosive ordnance disposal member puts dirt on top of C4 and unexploded ordinance in Conway, S.C., April 4. The dirt helps contain any fragments that may otherwise fly freely and be harder to find. (U.S... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, detonates explosives on an explosive ordinance disposal range with assistance from a... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade detonate an explosive in order to breach a door during a live-fire exercise in the Eugen Kvaternik Training Range, ... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, assembles an electrical detonator during an Explosive Ordinance Disposal demolition ... More
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron maintenance, prepares to throw a Ground Burst Simulator grenade into a ditch during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron Nov... More
Army Pfc. Rene Eliste, explosive ordnance disposal
Army Pfc. Rene Eliste, explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 716th Ordnance Company, sets a C-4 to a 60 mm mortar in a low order detonation test in Eagle River Flats, Feb. 20, 2013. Cold Regions Resea... More
Unexploded ordinance is blown up in Conway, S.C., April
Unexploded ordinance is blown up in Conway, S.C., April 4. Team Shaw members work with the Conway community to dispose of any possible UXOs found on the construction site. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Cl... More
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground
A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, collects debris after detonating explosives on an explosive ordinance disposal range... More
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Staff Sgt. David Alderete, 1st Combat Camera Squadron maintenance, prepares to throw a Ground Burst Simulator grenade into a ditch during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron Nov... More
Mike Walsh, a research mechanical engineer with the
Mike Walsh, a research mechanical engineer with the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of Hanover, N.H., holds a shard of shrapnel leftover from the detonation of a 60 mm mortar in Eagle River Fla... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leonard, 20th Civil
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leonard, 20th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) journeyman, left, and Master Sgt. Nathanael Lindsay, 20th CES EOD flight chief, work together... More
Georgia Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Justin Cloud and
Georgia Army National Guardsmen Sgt. Justin Cloud and Spc. Joshua Swingle, combat engineers with the Douglasville based 848th Engineer Company, prepare to detonate a demolition charge on July 17, 2018, at Fort ... More
Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade,
Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, pull an M81 igniter to detonate a braizer charge during Exercise Rock Spring 19 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 6, 2019.
Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart, 628th Security Forces Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart, 628th Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge, pulls the rip cord on a Ground Burst Simulator grenade during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordn... More
Spc. John Hastings, explosive ordnance disposal technician
Spc. John Hastings, explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 716th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, pays out cabling to 60 mm mortars using C-4 to conduct tests on the effects of explosive residue on... More
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade receive a class on Greek explosives from Greek soldiers during Exercise Iron Sword 19 in Kilkis, ... More
Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart (left), 628th Security Forces
Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart (left), 628th Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer-in-charge, throws a smoke grenade during Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron, while Staf... More
Tech. Sgt. Denoris Mickle, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Denoris Mickle, 1st Combat Camera Squadron photographer, walks back to the 628th Explosive Ordnance Disposal building after performing grenade training Nov. 30, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air B... More
Staff Sgt. Edward Garwick, 628th Explosive Ordnance
Staff Sgt. Edward Garwick, 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron craftsman, observes smoke from a smoke grenade during a Combat Readiness Training session, Nov. 30, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. G... More
A smoke grenade lies in the grass after being thrown
A smoke grenade lies in the grass after being thrown into a ditch during a Combat Readiness Training with the 628th Explosive Ordnance Squadron, Nov. 30, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Airmen attended an ... More
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron
Tech. Sgt. Frederick Sheppard, 1st Combat Camera Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of supply, pulls the rip cord from a Ground Burst Simulator grenade moments before throwing the grenade into a ditch d... More
Cpl. Nick Arellano, military information support operations
Cpl. Nick Arellano, military information support operations assistant team leader from Englewood, Colo., detonates a cache of enemy explosives under the close supervision of explosive ordnance device in the Cha... More