[SandRat]

EOD -- tick - tick - tick - tick -tick - tick -tick - tick - BOOM!!

[yarddog]

One of my best friends was seriously injured in Viet Nam. He and a few other soldiers were sitting maybe 100 feet away while some Engineers disarmed a booby trapped 155mm shell.

He wasn't that smart although he is a fine fellow.

[Calpernia]

“The tactics of our enemies in the global war on terrorism have made it necessary for us to stay a step ahead of them, and that is what the AIEDD School will accomplish,” said AIEDD Division Officer Lt. David Blauser. “We are taking well-trained EOD technicians and making them better through teaching, demonstrating and exercising how to use their tools and skills more effectively.

"Our EOD technicians in Iraq and Afghanistan have done a great job so far in countering the IED threat, but we cannot become complacent," he continued. "This course will use the most up-to-date intelligence and experience from forward-deployed EOD units to hone the technicians’ skills.”