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The women of explosive ordnance disposal
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| Laura McGowan
Posted on 03/22/2010 6:42:59 PM PDT by SandRat
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Senior Airmen Elizabeth Loncki in Iraq. She was killed Jan. 7, 2007, as her explosive ordnance disposal team tried to dismantle a car bomb planted near Baghdad, Iraq.
(U.S. Air Force photo)
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03/22/2010 6:42:59 PM PDT
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SandRat
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posted on
03/22/2010 6:43:23 PM PDT
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SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
special breed indeed.....
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posted on
03/22/2010 6:48:09 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: SandRat
Those girls are something else - it takes nerves of steel to be an EOD!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
03/22/2010 6:48:24 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: SandRat
I can’t speak at all about their nerves, but when I was raising baby pigs (300 a week) I had young women handling the babies, as they were more dexterous, faster, and kinder than young men.
Some of that natural skill would obviously give a woman an edge in a tricky bomb situation.
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posted on
03/22/2010 6:52:27 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: SandRat
WOW
Those are some brave women
To: Balding_Eagle
Amen! God Bless Them!
But you gotta remember that women have been doing everything men can do for decades now...but we've been doing it in high heels while dancing backwards! ;)
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posted on
03/22/2010 6:57:56 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
OH yeah, but remember, we’ve gotta catch you if you fall!
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posted on
03/22/2010 7:05:43 PM PDT
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Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Tennessee Nana
Here in South Dakota there used to be an army depot called “Igloo”.”Black Hills Ordnance Depot”.
Built around 1942, it housed ammo and bombs, grenades and such.
The munitions were made by the local women and the sons of these women would talk about their mothers making munitions,
yea they say,, my mom could make a hell of a grenade
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posted on
03/22/2010 7:13:41 PM PDT
by
South Dakota
(Drill baby, drill)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
To: South Dakota
To: ConorMacNessa
If you have not seen the movie “Hurt Locker” I can highly recommend it. There is a scene in a grocery store that says it all. Adrenaline addiction is a real bitch.
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posted on
03/22/2010 7:18:19 PM PDT
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Professional Engineer
(Petroleum, oil, lubricants. Add liquid oxygen. What could go wrong?)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
To: mad_as_he$$
Haven't seen it, Mad - will take a look.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
03/22/2010 7:22:03 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: SandRat
When I was in Vietnam, it was common practice to have the wife walk in front of the family ox in case of landmines. You might say they were the original EODs.
To: SandRat
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posted on
03/22/2010 9:02:30 PM PDT
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freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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posted on
03/22/2010 9:21:32 PM PDT
by
PhilDragoo
(Hussein: Islamo-Commie from Kenya)
To: South Dakota
The munitions were made by the local women and the sons of these women would talk about their mothers making munitions, yea they say,, my mom could make a hell of a grenade My Aunt made 500 and 1,000 lb bombs at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition plant. They poured the molten explosives into the bomb cases.
Earlier, during WW-II she had made bomb fuses at "Stop-Nut", where my mother worked as an elevator operator, being too young to work in the factory. Later it became Elgin watches.
Much later, I attended electrical engineering classes in the same building, also did most of my computer work there, since it also housed the University Computer Center. (Computer filled a room, IBM-360-65). My wife worked there as a student I/O clerk.
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posted on
03/22/2010 10:36:17 PM PDT
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El Gato
("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
To: PhilDragoo
Dang right we can handle it. Women rule the world, now if we could just get one as President!
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posted on
03/23/2010 4:23:58 AM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Looking for our Sam Adams)
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