[kellynla]

All paid some, some paid all.

Semper Fi, Kelly

[kellynla]

ping

[kellynla]

The holiday
Veterans Day was first known as Armistice Day and celebrated the armistice that ended World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. It was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 and became a day to honor all U.S. veterans. It differs from Memorial Day, which honors those who died in service to their country.

[kellynla]

Terms and tools of the trade
• EOD : Explosive Ordinance Disposal team

• Three-person team: robot operator / explosives handler / team leader

• Escorted by a 15- to 20-Marine security detail

• Approach: Use the robot’s cameras to investigate IEDs. Use the robot to deliver TNT or C-4 to detonate IED when possible.

• IED : Improvised Explosive Device (roadside bomb)

• MRAP : Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle: A heavily armored vehicle that can withstand most IED blasts.

• TNT : Trinitrotoluene (dynamite): used to detonate IEDs.

• C-4 : Plastic explosive: stronger than TNT, used to detonate IEDs.

• Robot : carries four video cameras and a robotic arm with claw.

[kellynla]

Video:
IED Hunter
Link:
http://media2.ocregister.com/slideshow/read_veteransday1111/

[snippy_about_it]

Our guys are brave!

Thank you and enjoy your Veterans Day.

[VOA]

I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for Hollyweird to do a
film version of this modern “Danger: UXB” story.

[SandRat]

All paid some, some paid all.
Semper Fi, Kelly

In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[Travis McGee]

People who do this for a living are obviously nuts.

God bless ‘em.

[NormsRevenge]

It ain't luck if its meant to be. Kudos and Bump 8-]
Damn, I would have never made it in ordnance disposal.
Semper Fi

.(AFP/Pool/File/Chris Hondros)
A deadly and allegedly Iranian-made "EFP" armor-penetrating roadside bomb is seen
among during a press conference in Baghdad, 02 July 2007. The US military has
alleged that Iranian agents continue to smuggle Iranian made armour piercing bombs
-- explosively-formed penetrators (EFPs) -- to Iraqi extremist groups across the
country's long border.

[A.A. Cunningham]

LEONARD ORTIZ, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

The Marine who beat 70 Iraqi roadside bombs DISARMING DUTY: Marine Staff. Sgt. Matthew Bateman just returned from third tour in Iraq as an EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician who job is to detonate or disarm IEDs, Improvised Explosive Devices.