The Newsletter of the National EOD Association

The Newsletter of the National EOD Association
RSP
MARCH 2014
ZEUS-HLONS
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RSP
Volume 1/14 March 2014
National Officers
Charles G. Cobbs – Commander.
Robert J. Bureker – Vice Commander.
Frank A. Martinez – Adjutant.
James H. Paget – Treasurer.
David S. Tipton– Chaplain.
Richard C. Steen ¬–Past Commander.
Marvin G. Rumbaugh – Director.
William D. Ramsey – Director.
Douglass F. Rhodes – Director.
Richard W. Cross – Sgt. at Arms.
Robert E. Leiendecker – Historian.
Stuart A. Steinberg – Legal Advisor.
Bob Bureker – Webmaster.
Contributing Editors –Mike Vining,
Robert E Leiendecker.
Lewis F. Weinberg - CDR VN Vet Chapter.
David Tipton -Adjutant, VN Vet Chapter.
Michael R. Nichols – RSP Publisher.
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ZEUS uses a 10 kW solid-state heat capacity
(SSHC) laser beam to heat target ordnance
to the point of causing the explosive filler to
ignite and start to burn. Therefore it does not
depend on the type of fusing the specific
ordnance uses. The resulting neutralization
causes a low-level explosion that minimizes
collateral damage.
It has demonstrated the capability to engage
targets from 25 to 300 meters away, as long
as they are in line of sight. The Zeus system
can be fired up to 2,000 times a day.
( NOTE DOD has also asked for funds for a
portable trailer mounted 50KW laser unit)
Beginning Memorial Day 2012, a 13 year
program: Commemoration of the 50th
anniversary of the Vietnam War, May
28,2012 through November 11, 2025.
The new EOD Assistance Fund
Program is being put into action. NATEODA
members took it to heart and donated a total
of $3,450.00 .
. A monthly amount of $100.00 will be
provided to the Legal person assisting
veterans with (veterans) VA Health benefits
and other legal issues and supplies.
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VIETNAM EOD VETERAN CHAPTER
COMMANDER'S MESSAGE
LEW WEINBERG ON CONVENTION 2014
This native goods store located in Downtown Rapid City, surrounded by
great eateries and small shops. A must see for anyone wanting to
experience a wide range of Native art of high quality merchandise., Even
if you’re just looking, it will be worth an hour of your time,three floors in all.
For those without a car, our convention hotel the Ramkota Inn, runs a free
shuttle service.
http://www.prairieedge.com/
Our 2014 convention will be in Rapid City SD and, Lew Weinberg
will be the host and set up the hotel and make the arrangements for that
convention. Dave Tipton will host the 2015 convention in Las Vegas. The
committee is looking for a host possibly in Fayetteville NC for 2016, and
then, the 2015 is in Las Vegas to be hosted by David Tipton.
Lewis Weinberg, Commander
Vietnam EOD Veteran Chapter
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It's All About EOD
1. ACROSS
3. The last EOD Ball held at Indian Head, MD.
4. Center for the development of Army EOD procedures.
8. Could be dud-fired.
9. Model "T" Corporal
12. Trained to spot UXO's.
13. Approved for issue in 1969
17. Over 90 of us rest there.
20. Could be cal. .30 or cal. .50
21. What we try to do to finish the job.
23. US Squash warhead
25. EOD was nothing but...changed for the better though.
26. Have it or buy it.
28. IED kill mechanism.
30. Told it like it wasn't.
31. Alumni Association
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The military's best.
Part of the RSP.
Iraqi Task Force.
1974 EOD survey of the Suez Canal
2. DOWN
1. The EOD Memorial first dedicated.
2. Political protection.
5. British BIP.
6. What the Senior Badge used to be.
7. The EOD "bible".
10. Just before 89D.
11. Pre-deployment training.
14. 1950's Army EOD training site.
15. Past unit test.
15. Pentagon IED "brain trust"...or not.
18. The EOD badge
19. Deployed IED gathering group.
22. Where the US Army Technical Detachment is found.
23. Chemical body cleaner.
24. It's a go, or it isn't.
26. The "father" of Army EOD.
27. Liquid used in the 1970's to deaden batteries.
29. EOD Sections of Ammunition BN's in RVN.
30. FBI training.
33. The ammunition ____.
34. Single Service Manager.
36. The tech's downrange buddy.
EOD HISTORY - BY BOB LEIENDECKER,
NATEODA HISTORIAN
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First EOD UAV*
Pre-flightMSG Austin, Sp4 Mike Thompkins, Sp4 Dennis “Tiny” Birchfield,
unk from 287th and “Snowman”, 59th Clerk.
Take Off
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Crash of first EOD UAV
OOOPS! MSG James “Duke” Austin, SSG Charles Balch and a member from 287th
in Phu Bai examine the damaged UAV.
*UAV = Uncontrolled Aerial Vehicle
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NOW WHAT?’
To commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War, the Wisconsin
Departments of Military Affairs and Veterans Affairs are partnering to
distribute a special book to honor those veterans who served in that conflict.
"Korea Reborn: A Grateful Nation Honors War Veterans for 60 Years of
Growth" is available for free to Korean War Veterans or family members as a
gift of gratitude from the Korean government. Request your copy of the book
on the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs website or call 608-242-3239.
The book is available one per veteran or family. Due to high demand, the book
is backordered. So, please be patient
Cobra Rocket Pod 59th AH-1 Cobra Incident.
Fall, '69, the 59th Ord. Det (EOD) received a call from Quang Tri Combat
Base Airfield Ops. saying that a damaged AH-1 Cobra helicopter was
coming in and the Cobra pilot was requesting EOD help. SSG Dennis
Miller, Sp5 Dave Ferling, and Sp5 Tim Roumph arrived at the airfield,
which was fairly close to the unit. The Cobra hadn't landed yet and the
pilot was having trouble getting it on the ground. They had been over the
DMZ and taken several hits from a NVA 7.62 light machine gun. The
hydraulics were inoperable and eventually, the pilot skidded the aircraft
onto the airfield. Machine gun fire had hit one of his rocket pods and set
off the motors on 4 of the 2.75" rockets. Bullets had also struck the
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aircraft and gotten inside the armor plates in engineering and ricocheting
between the plates taking out the hydraulics and other items. The ride
they had when those motors torched off had to be more than exciting!
The following photos show the damage. We had to radio the unit to bring
the deuce and a half and some tools. Getting the pod off was not easy as
the side thrust from the motors had torqued the pod on its mounts. That,
also, kept the pilot from jettisoning the pod. Finally, we were able to
release it and load it into the truck for later disposal. The pilot of that
Cobra should have received an award for one hell of a job of brute force
flying the ship back to Quang Tri, saving the aircraft, himself and his
gunner.
SSG Miller in rear and Sp5 Tim Roumph examine the damaged rocket
pod.
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Fire in the Hole! SFC George Kucher, 59th Ord. Det. (EOD), Quang Tri
Combat Base, enjoys initiating a disposal shot at the demo area west of
Dong Ha Combat Base.
Demo activity from the 59th and the Marine EOD Unit in '69 at the demo
area 3K west of Dong Ha Combat base.
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POLICE and LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARMENTS
FORT WORTH TEXAS
FORT WORTH — Southeast Loop 820 and East Rosedale Street in Fort
Worth were reopened early Sunday morning after being shut down for five
hours over ight Feb 15
•Judge: Pair were linked to FW bomb scare will remain in jail
•Mother of Tarrant County bomb suspect speaks out
•Arlington woman pleads guilty to federal charges after 3 pipe bombs
found in truck
•Arlington pipe bomb woman gets 10 years in jail, accomplice 37 months
Bomb scare.
The Fort Worth bomb squad detonated four charges that were found
in a pickup truck that spun out on a slick road during a police pursuit.
Two people are in custody, and one of them — Kimberly Suzanne
Al-Homsi — is well-known to police and federal agents.
The Fort Worth bomb squad worked through the evening on the
threat. They sent a robot to check a possible explosive device inside the
truck.
U.S. Embassy in Algeria Warns of Protests
Thailand
Thailand has had a continuous IED insurgency in its southern provinces
since 2003. At times it exceeded the volume of IEDs in Iraq and
Afghanistan. However, the Thais did not have the extensive resources that
the Coalition was able to bring to bear in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also from
the outset; the Thais had to operate within very restrictive boundaries of
domestic law, unlike the first half of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and
more closely resembling the US domestic response conditions. These
parallels are what we looked at as they were a closer parallel to the US
paradigm than Iraq or Afghanistan. Further, the Thai lack of equipment
and resources mirrored many municipalities in the US, where sadly,
despite Billions of dollars spent on Homeland Security projects, very little
has reached some critical areas having been either diverted or utilized in a
way that was not effective vs. the IED threat.
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So when we looked at Thailand, we saw what worked and what didn’t with
a view to how this could assist analysis of the domestic US and in some
ways US military C-IED community.
Recently, Thailand was able to realize at multiple levels the integration of
many different programs and institutionalized the skill sets among many of
its personnel that allowed an effective CIED program in some areas.
Notable among the reasons for the success was the training and
implementation of search. The initial concept was developed by the British
during the “Troubles” (or “Cause” depending on your color preference), and
later modified by the US Military into the Tactical Site Exploitation (TSE)
concept for training to US Soldiers, Marines and Airmen that operate
overseas. The importance of this program was that every soldier (and by
extension in a civil society policemen, security guard, teacher, etc) is a
sensor and can collectively detect and report far more efficiently a wider
area than a few personnel that are limited in their reach. The Thais
received a modified version of both that we developed to take advantage of
their larger manpower pool (security guards at every building, larger
security details on EOD teams, etc.) and lack of sophisticated and
expensive equipment. The process enabled the Thais to incorporate these
techniques into their normal operations that increased the IED detection
rate and reduced the effective attacks by IEDs against first responders.
The community involvement and IED awareness and especially search
training allowed a capability improvement that would be impossible
otherwise. This is something the US should take note of.
However, we also began to note that as the smaller 10k to 20k IEDs that
were designed to kill police, first responders, and forensics personnel were
being detected and successfully rendered safe, there was a transition by
the insurgency to larger devices such as VBIEDs that were placed in
narrow shopping areas to inflict mass casualties against a broad range of
targets by a delivery method that was easily deployed and hard to detect in
time.
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The reason for the shift may not totally have been due to the increased
effectiveness of the Thais as countering the previous tactics, and may have
also been a change in targets, but it was risky. Attacks against a large
section of the civilian population threatened to isolate the separatist Muslim
groups from the people they were intending to influence and gain support.
So the verdict is still out as to why they change in tactics, but there is
evidence to suggest that it might be due to the weakening effectiveness of
the insurgent IEDs vs. a very robust search program by the Thais, a
testament to the success but also a stark warning regarding the untended
consequences of that success.
SYRIA
LIVELEAKS Febuary 20 ,2014. Video of Syrian citizens seen using 2
hydraulic jacks to pry open an 18X36 inch ¼ inch thick boiler bomb which
was to be used against them but did not detonate.
Just like we of Vietnam found the VC doing. LiveLeak.com - Syrian citizens
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attempt to disassemble an unexploded barrel bomb: Aleppo
ITEM.LIVELEAK.COM
Hoping to gain access to the TNT contained inside it, some rather
reckless citizens work to disassemble an unexploded barrel bomb.
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TROOP NEWS
IAVA (Iraq Afganistan Veterans Assocciation)
(a courtesy Posting)
IAVA is the first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for Iraq and
Afghanistan veterans with over 200,000 member veterans and supporters
nationwide. “We fight to improve the lives of our nation’s newest veterans and their
families.
REMEMBER PAST EOD MEN, BE CAREFUL, BE VERY VERY CAREFUL.
GREATFULLY TWO NOT VERY TYPICALLY HARD EOD DAYS
On May 31, 2011, while conducting a routine sweep with an incoming
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team in Kandahar, Afghanistan,
Technical Sergeant Ronnie Brickey visually identified a victim-operated,
pressure plate Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which saved the life of
another EOD technician. After rendering the IED safe, Sergeant Brickey’s
team immediately received fire from three separate locations. Sergeant
Brickey quickly organized EOD and Army security personnel, directing
them to a safer area where they could return fire. He provided cover fire
so his team could maneuver, even as enemy gunfire impacted mere feet
from his head. Sergeant Brickey’s decisive actions allowed his team to
engage with overwhelming firepower, causing the enemy to break contact
and retreat.
The next day an Army infantry element was ambushed by a complex IED
attack and sustained a casualty. Sergeant Brickey’s EOD team responded
and identified three more booby-trapped IEDs in the immediate area.
Once again, his team came under attack from insurgent small-arms.
Sergeant Brickey exposed himself to small-arms fire and the live IED to
make a safe evacuation path for his team. However, the soldiers were not
able to evacuate far enough away from the explosive hazard due to
accurate and effective small-arms fire. Sergeant Brickey then chose to
render the IED safe, even while under fire. He attached the appropriate
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tool to the IED by hand and directed his EOD team member to perform
the remaining remote procedure.
He covered the friendly machine gun team with his body to protect them
from the potential blast. His actions ultimately allowed the machine gun
team to destroy the enemy, ending the 40-minute gunfight.
His team then continued the mission, successfully disrupting and
disposing of all remaining IEDs. For his heroic actions, Sergeant Brickey
was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor. This was his fifth Bronze Star,
making him the fifth Airman in Air Force History to receive five or more
Bronze Star Medals.
EOD SSgt RUNS FOR AMMO
On September 5, 2012, Staff Sergeant Nicole Nellist faced her most
challenging mission to date as a member of the Explosive Ordnance
Disposal (EOD) Team deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
They were tasked to support the United States Marine Corps’ 1st Combat
Engineer Battalion in support of route clearance missions, mitigating the
threat from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), and keeping supply
routes open.
En route, several vehicles in Sergeant Nellist’s convoy were significantly
damaged by enemy IEDs. While clearing four damaged vehicles and
tending to injured personnel, the team’s position came under direct enemy
attack from rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small-arms fire.
During the attack, Sergeant Nellist willingly risked her life to aid in the
extraction of two critically wounded Marines from their vehicles. As they
proceeded with the medical evacuation, the team faced more small-arms
fire from several well placed fighting positions, including a nearby
compound. Sergeant Nellist recognized the threat and used the advanced
optics in her vehicle to gain positive identification of enemy positions and
transmit them to her vehicle’s gunner.
With her supported Marine unit pinned down and her vehicle’s machine
gun sector of fire restricted, Sergeant Nellist made the tough decision for
her team to exit the safety of their heavily armored vehicle. Once
dismounted, she engaged the enemy with suppressive fire from her M-4
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so her team could set up a M-240B machine gun in an effective firing
position, allowing them to target the enemy insurgents and provide cover
for the rest of the convoy.
During the hour-long battle, Sergeant Nellist twice braved open terrain
while being targeted with enemy fire so that the machine gun’s low
ammunition could be resupplied.
Once the enemy was neutralized, she continued to assist in the
evacuation of casualties, ensuring their safe return to base. As a result of
her courage, heroism and selfless action under fire, Sergeant Nellist was
awarded an Army Commendation Medal with Valor and a Marine Combat
Action Ribbon.
EOD TSgt GOES RECON
On the night of September 21, 2012, Technical Sergeant Jarrod Mills
deployed directly into a known insurgent stronghold in the Helmand
Province of Afghanistan to clear a homemade explosive production site.
His Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team searched an island in the
middle of the Helmand River where they found and destroyed 50
kilograms of explosives and captured one insurgent who had been
scouting their movements. By late morning, the reconnaissance force and
EOD team returned from across the river when they took enemy machinegun fire from two positions on the far bank. The “recon” force team
dashed across the river to assault one of the firing points as two British
soldiers sustained
injuries by a grenade. Under direct enemy fire, Sergeant Mills led his team
across the open river bed to provide the recon force with additional
firepower and enable the injured soldiers to receive emergency medical
attention. The EOD team provided rear cover fire for the evacuation as
medics treated the wounded and moved them on stretchers to a
helicopter landing site.
Sergeant Mills’ team suppressed the enemy over a 400-meter stretch of
open space inundated with insurgent small-arms fire, engaging the enemy
in a direct assault on one of their firing points. Despite exposure to
incoming fire, the EOD team remained in position, even when Sergeant
Mills took a 7.62 millimeter round to his body armor plate. The courageous
efforts of Sergeant Mills and his comrades resulted in the killing of four
insurgents and critical wounding of seven more. Sergeant Mills and his
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team helped evacuate the two wounded British soldiers in a hostile
environment and ensured no further ally casualties. For his extraordinary
bravery and initiative, Sergeant Mills earned the Air Force Combat Action
Medal and Bronze Star.
On February 22, 2012, Senior Airman Andrew Williamson, a
Pararescueman stationed at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, responded to an
urgent medical evacuation request. Two soldiers were trapped inside a
burning Georgian armored vehicle that struck an Improvised Explosive
Device (IED).
MARINES SAVE EACH OTHER
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. The U.S. Marine Corps presented the
families of Capt. Mathew P. Manoukian and SSgt Sky R. Mote the Navy
Cross for actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. In a ceremony
Jan. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/US Marine Corps) (The Associated Press
Capt. Matthew Manoukian and Staff Sgt. Sky Mote were killed in 2012
after an Afghan police officer armed with an AK-47 burst into their military
outpost in Helmand province and opened fire, killing Gunnery Sgt. Ryan
Jeschke.
Manoukian and Mote confronted the intruder and shot back, allowing
other Marines to escape, the Marine Corps said.
Manoukian, a 29-year-old team commander, was working in the
operations center when he heard shots tearing through the walls. He
grabbed his pistol and fired at the policeman while directing others to
safety.
Mote, a 27-year-old EOD technician, was working nearby and ran to the
operations center.
"In his final act of bravery, he boldly remained in the open and engaged
the shooter, no less than five meters in front of him," the Marine Corps
said in a statement.
The men were from Northern California -- Mote was from El Dorado and
Manoukian was from Los Altos Hills -- and were part of the 1st Marines
Special Operations Battalion. They were the 15th and 16th Marines to
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receive the Navy Cross, the Navy's highest honor and the military's
second-highest medal of valor in combat.
Members of the battalion reunited for the ceremony, where Maj. Gen.
Mark Clark, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Special
Operations Command, presented the cross to Mote's and Manoukian's
families, U-T San Diego reported.
Clark said the men were participating in the command's new strategy of
building relationships with tribal leaders and Afghan security forces to
stabilize the Puzeh area. The approach exposed them to greater danger,
Clark said.
"The bravery of Matt, Ryan and Sky was a continuation of the brave
choices they made in the beginning, to choose a harder road fraught with
peril, in order to have a chance at victory," Clark said.
"Their efforts and their sacrifice were not in vain," he added. "Puzeh is still
stable today."
Statistics compiled by The Associated Press showed that while violence in
Afghanistan fell in 2012, insider killings by uniformed Afghans against
their foreign allies rose dramataly.
MINDANAO PHILIPPINES
The Philippine Star -- . GERRY GORIT,
Senior Superintendent George Tuson, chief of the Tacurong City Police
Office in Sultan Kudarat province. Tuson ,Senior Superintendent Rolly
Balquin, Sultan Kudarat police director, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Movement (BIFMral IEDs would be planted and eventually set off in the
city,” Balquin said Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur
Misuari Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
Mindanao was hit by two explosions, particularly in Cagayan de Oro City
and Zamboanga Sibugay province. explosive device went off in a garment
shop in Imelda town of Zamboanga Sibugay, injuring 14-year-old Alraffy
Barabadan. Hours after the explosion at the hotel in Cagayan de Oro,
police retrieved another IED, which was placed under a vehicle parked in
a street adjacent to the hotel. Chief Superintendent Gil Hitosis, director of
the Northern Mindanao Regional Police, had said that police investigators
are checking the explosions' link. “We are checking the possible link of the
explosions in Zamboanga and the Autonomous Region in Muslim
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Mindanao (ARMM), as we all know the Philippine government has an
ongoing peace deal with a group while the other group feels disgruntled.
But let me clarify that as of now we have no strong evidence linking the
explosion to the peace deal,” he said.
VIET NAM
UXO IN VIET NAM 2012
ByWyatt Olson -- Stars and Stripes -- Published: May 6, 2012
Wyatt Olson -- Stars and Stripes
Norwegian People’s Aid has provided technical assistance to Project Renew’s UXO
teams since.
Almost one-third of the 2,640 deaths in Quang Tri province since 1975 have been
children.
The new land release method begins with a non-technical team going into the
province’s most basic municipal configuration, called a commune. They first map
every street and building and determine the boundaries. They then go to every home
and begin collecting information about battles, fire bases and bombing campaigns.
They identify victims of UXO, who are interviewed about where and how they were
injured. “This takes a bit of time, but it’s not overly expensive with just two people on
the team,” Guthrie said.
Project Renew releases land by criteria set by the national government. In some
cases, Guthrie said, the NPA believes the criteria are too stringent. For example, the
country’s Ministry of Planning and Investing requires that properties it controls be
cleared 5 meters below the surface.
“There are not too many instruments in the world that can detect bombs at that
depth,” he said. “We question the fact that you should actually have to go to that
depth. Our immediate aim is to do the first 30 centimeters (about 1 foot) to release
land for humanitarian purposes, so that they can plow or dig for roots. If construction
is required, we’ll return and do a deep search.” The new land release method
challenges long-held assumptions by the Vietnamese government — and the
general public — about how land should be decontaminated.
That assumption is reflected — and perpetuated — in government estimates, which
Guthrie described as “exaggerated.” For example, Nguyen Thien Nhan, the deputy
prime minister, was quoted in the Thanh Nien Daily newspaper in April saying that
the country needed $10 billion and 100 years to clear UXO. Nguyen said the country
was seeking international funding for clearance. Searcy sees the government goal of
complete cleanup as bureaucratic inertia.
“I don’t think there’s any serious resistance, no real opposition,” Searcy said of
Project Renew’s land-release method. “It’s just that nobody is quite willing to be the
advocate for this just yet. As there are more demonstrations of success in savings in
time and money, I think they will adjust.”
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After the high-risk cluster bombs have been located and cleared, Vietnam will have
to handle deeply buried bombs as does post-World War II Europe, where ordnance
disposal specialists are called in to move or detonate munitions unearthed during
construction. “Rarely do you hear of an accident or injury there,” Searcy said. “They
have a system in place to deal with it. Vietnam needs to look at it almost in the
context of having a fire department always ready to respond to an alarm.”
olsonw@pstripes.osd.mil
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LEBANON
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Naqoura, Lebanon - The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked
today the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
At a ceremony at UNIFIL Sector West headquarters in Shama, Force Commander
Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas highlighted UNIFIL’s contribution to the effort
of demining and its impact on helping to ensure safer and more prosperous lives for
the people of south Lebanon
ENGLAND
THE ARMY BOMB Disposal team has rendered safe a Mills-Type
grenade dating from the early 20th century which was washed ashore
following recent storms in Ballyshannon, County Donegal this morning.
The team were deployed to The Mall Quay at the request of local gardaí.
Arriving at the incident at 9.55am, they examined the grenade and then
transported it to a safe location.
Following this it was subsequently made safe by means of a controlled
explosion. The scene was declared safe at 10.20am and the team
returned to base.
The Defence Forces maintains Army Bomb Disposal Teams throughout
the State on a 24 hour basis to respond to requests for assistance. This is
the seventeenth call-out so far in 2014.
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IRELAND
Captain Richard McCarthy
A GROUP CALLING themselves the ‘IRA’ claimed responsibility for the
suspicious devices sent to British Army recruitment centers last week
according to UK police.
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement today that they are aware of a
claim of responsibility made over the packages that were found in seven
separate UK centres.
At least one of packages is said to have had a Republic of Ireland
postmark.
“The claim was received on Saturday, 15 February by a Northern Irish
media outlet using a recognized code word. The claim was allegedly
made on behalf of the ‘IRA’. The public is urged to remain vigilant and
report anything suspicious to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline 0800 789 321,” the
Met Police said.The first envelope was delivered to an office in Chatham
in Kent and a package was found in Reading on Tuesday before another
was discovered on Wednesday in the army town of Aldershot.
Four more were then found in Brighton, Canterbury, Oxford and Slough.
At least one of packages is said to have had a Republic of Ireland
postmark.
A spokesperson for 10 Downing Street said that the seven suspect
packages have been identified as “containing small, crude, but potentially
viable devices bearing the hallmarks of Northern Ireland-related
terrorism”.
The devices were dealt with by the police and bomb disposal units.
NIGERIA
U.S.donates bomb disposal equipment to Nigeria Police
Jul 25, 2013 - Monday, February 24, 2014 ... The police are a major
target for bomb attacks in Nigeria, “... anyone capable of carrying out
safe detonation of Improvised Explosive Device (IED).Also apprentices
at Lao Global Technologies (teaching volunteers RSP disarming skills
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PHILLIPINES
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao province Philippines, Shariff Aguak in
Maguindanao.
UNITED STATES
Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief
Tip: So-called 'works bombs' can cause injury
What do you get when you combine water, sodium hydroxide (more
commonly known as drain cleaner, particularly “Drain-O” or its myriad lowcost variant imitators), and a handful of small balls of aluminum foil in a
plastic soda bottle? On first evaluation, you get some random trash. But
when a person grabs and disturbs this debris, what you actually have on
your hands (or what’s left of your hands) is a very significant “boom” that
can leave you without a number of your fingers (or worse).
These things are often called “Works Bombs” apparently after the brand
name of a particular Drain-O knock off, and despite being incredibly lowtech, they’re very effective at causing significant bodily harm if not
disposed of properly.
Admittedly, these things have been around a while, but with summertime
heat often comes an uptick in the mischief caused by people who simply
have more time on their hands than brains in their heads. Because people
are — for the most part — total knuckleheads, these little devices are
increasingly being found left in mailboxes or other such places, ostensibly
as “practical jokes.”
Are these devices deadly? No. Would one ruin your whole day? Probably.
Stay safe out there
LONDON, OHIO police stop man for speeding, discover 48 bombs
Investigators found two pistols, two rifles, 48 explosive devices and tools
and materials to make additional explosives.
A man stopped for speeding in central Ohio was charged with illegally
making or possessing an explosive device after nearly 50 bombs and four
guns were found in his vehicle.
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Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 43, was arrested late New Year's Day on
Interstate 70 west of Columbus. Investigators found two pistols, two rifles,
48 explosive devices and tools and materials to make additional
explosives, according to The (London) Madison Press. Also inside was a
remote detonating device, Assistant Madison County Prosecutor Nick
Adkins said.
Investigators are trying to determine why the man had the arsenal. He
faces a court hearing Friday in Madison County.
According to the state trooper who stopped him for going 85 mph in a 70mph zone, Boguslawski said he had no weapons. However, the officer
returned with a ticket and saw the handle of a gun between the man's
knees.
"At that point, he drew his service weapon, held the man there and called
for backup," said Adkins.
Boguslawski told authorities he has an attorney, but none was listed on
the court docket. There was no phone listing for the street address listed
for him on court records.
Adkins said a $1 million bond set for the defendant reflected the possible
risk to the public. By Darren Skoldqvist PoliceOne Special Contributor
Public Safety Bomb Technicians have been working to keep our
communities safe since 1971, when the United States Army, who had
previously been responsible for “diffusing bombs,” formally turned over
that responsible to public safety. Since then, brave men and women have
stepped forward to answer yet another call to protect and serve the public.
Unlike other specialty disciplines, a unique aspect of the training Bomb
Technicians receive is the place they receive it. The Hazardous Devices
School, established in 1971, is located on Redstone Arsenal Army Base
in Huntsville, Alabama, and it is the only school of it’s kind. Accepting
applicants from Police and Fire agencies having federally accredited
bomb squads, “HDS” is the only place in the United States where bomb
technicians are trained. Once one has graduated from HDS, Bomb
Technicians join one of the smallest segments of public safety, with just
over 3,000 certified bomb technicians operating in the country.
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“Why would you want to work on bombs?!” is the most common question
bomb technicians field, and the simplest, most common answer is, “I don’t
know. It sounded interesting.” Try hard, and you won’t learn much more.
What is common amongst bomb technicians is a thirst for the adrenaline
that comes with new, often dangerous experiences. Recognized as a
group of people who base their action on taking calculated risks, and in
fact selected for the penchant for unconventional thinking, the people who
choose pin on a “crab” do so for the opportunity to do something very few
will ever even have a chance to see. The risk we take is only surpassed
by the excitement and satisfaction of seeing what some call, “The Final
Barrier Between Heaven and Hell!”
Being a bomb technician is not a position that relies on luck, but one that
relies on risk. Taking the calculated risks we take relies on a great deal of
training; a knowledge of chemistry, physics and electricity, and a nerve
steady under the most stressful of situations are only a few of the skills
required. Knowing that making the wrong choice—or taking the wrong
risks—might result in the loss of lives or cause damage to homes and
businesses, makes the task we set out to complete no easy one.
In the forty years Public Safety Bomb Technicians have been active, the
tactics employed by would-be bombers has evolved from simple, Vietnam
era booby traps to highly elaborate devices which can be activated from a
world away. Just as the internet has revolutionized the world with access
to information, it has brought to the public information and recipes for
dangerous explosives once only found in eclectic book shops and passed
hand-to-hand in the underground counter-culture of the anarchist fringe.
Today, one only need search the internet for phrases heard in the news
such as “TATP” to find a post on a bulletin board—or a video available for
public access, guiding even the most inexperienced malcontent through
the steps to make a deadly explosive device.
Just as the term improvised explosive device, or “IED,” has emerged from
the war on terror, so has a renewed anti-government sentiment grown
from the looming recession faced by so many otherwise law-abiding
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Americans. Cases such as the Hutaree Militia in Michigan and the Aurora,
Colorado incident demonstrate a growing trend in American not only of
“lone wolf jihadists” like Faisal Shazad, but bring to the surface the
growing threat from the sovereign citizen movement. As separatists move
to establish themselves outside the purview of the United States
government, more incidents like these and the horrific bombings of the
World Trade Center and the Murrah Federal building are what our bomb
technicians seek to prevent.
Bomb Technicians answer a call to keep America safe by stepping
forward when so many others would turn and run away. Why do we do it?
The answer is simple; We do it to protect the freedom our communities
enjoy.
WEATHERFORD,TEXAS
Marcus Burchison, an EOD tech was presented with a home makeover by
citizens, honoring him for his wounds in War.
CALIFORNIA
217th EOD, Law Enforcement Team Up for Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Training
NATEODA CONVENTION
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6, 2014 Reunion Webpage. Please pass the word to your
email list to get the word out to all of our members.
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Image Detail: Pfc. Brianne Roudebush While conducting range clearance
during their annual training at Camp Roberts July 12, the California
National Guard’s 217th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company
consolidated unexploded ordnance in order to render the range safe.
For three days, law enforcement officials from the Santa Cruz
County Sheriff's Office, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and the
Antioch Police Department were invited out to train with the
217th.
Pfc. Brianne Roudebush, 69th Public Affairs Detachment, July 23, 2012
The temperature steadily rises past 100 - sun blazing, sweat dripping,
anticipation growing- as they take cover behind a Humvee. In the
distance, they see the fiery explosion and seconds later, hear the
thundering “boom.”
The California National Guard’s 217th Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Company spends a lot of time out on the range. Their annual training at
Camp Roberts, July 6-17, was no different. As they gear up for a
deployment to Kosovo, the company has focused on sharpening their
skills and ensuring that they are effective in their capabilities as EOD
technicians.
“Our AT objective was to conduct more specific EOD operations and
continue growing in the EOD field, allowing us to become more proficient
in our tasks for the upcoming deployment,” Staff Sgt. Ruben Sanchez, a
team leader for the 217th, said.
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Over the course of the 12-day training, they practiced gathering
information and identifying ordnance, shot M107 long-range disruptors
and M249 light machine guns, did range clearance on the live ammo
ranges and blew stuff up.
For three of these days, law enforcement officials from the Santa Cruz
County Sheriff’s Office, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the
Antioch Police Department were invited out to train with the 217th.
The benefit of interagency training is that each agency brings a different
mindset and skill level, Sgt. 1st Class Stevan Mays, the 217th’s incoming
first sergeant, said.
Officer John Fortner with the Antioch Police Department said that since
the police academy does not have a course on explosives or ordnances,
they were eager to learn.
“For us, the mere exposure to their career and their training and
experience is invaluable,” Fortner said. “Theoretically, the notes we take
here can be taken back to our police department and save someone’s
life.”
In the past, the Department of Defense’s EOD teams were the ones
called out to respond to bomb threats in local communities, Mays said.
Now, it is increasingly becoming the responsibility of local police
departments due to budget cuts. However, EOD does continue to provide
support for those communities that do not have local bomb squads.
“We are being proactive in starting to foster some of these outside
relationships,” Mays said. “In an age of reduced budgets for both civilian
law enforcement and California National Guard across the board, it makes
sense and benefits everyone to conduct this joint training and reduce
expenses.”
The most beneficial part of the training for Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s
Office Lt. Amy Christey was being able to use the demolition ranges.
Since her team does not get the chance to go out on demolition ranges
often, they were able to do things they normally cannot do.
“I’m so grateful that this opportunity was brought to us and that we can
work so well together because we’re really in this together,” Christey said.
Training with the deputies and officers also gave the EOD team an
opportunity to see how law enforcement handles threats in urban
environments.
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“Law enforcement looks at things from a judicial standpoint and we, as
EOD technicians, look at things from a tactical combat aspect,” Mays said.
While the unit has deployed multiple times to both Iraq and Afghanistan,
their mission in Kosovo will require an entirely different set of skills
because it is a NATO peacekeeping mission rather than a combat
mission.
In a combat environment, the EOD team could destroy unexploded
ordnances and improvised explosive devices where they lay without
moving or handling them. In preparation for the Kosovo mission, the team
spent a lot of time transitioning toward circuit disruption and collection of
evidence, Cpt. Franklyn Pangelinan, the commander of the 217th, said.
“Kosovo is an urban area so we are not going to be able to just blow items
in place because we have to worry about collateral damage,” Pangelinan
said.
The team will also be working with the Kosovo Security Force and the
Kosovo Police, teaching a five-week EOD course to the KSF and
continuing joint training with other host nations.
Sanchez believes that many people do not know that EOD does so much
more than just blow stuff up. “There’s a plethora of jobs we can do. It’s not
like any other occupation in the military,” Sanchez said.
They can provide support for other units on ranges, conduct IED and UXO
training, and deal with UXO hazards on base to make training areas safer
for soldiers.
“This EOD unit provides a unique capability that otherwise doesn’t exist in
the California National Guard," Pangelinan said.
“Right now, the California Guard is focusing on missions like the
Homeland Response Force, the Chemical, Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear and High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package
and the Civil Support Team,” Pangelinan said. “If they come across an
explosive device, what’s next? They’re not trained to deal with that
explosive. So either the California Guard reaches back to a local bomb
squad that may or may not be trained for that specific item, or they can
deploy a team from this EOD unit which is trained to operate in a chemical
or radioactive environment and they know how to deal with these
explosive hazards. That’s how we apply in a Defense Support of Civil
Authorities role,” Pangelinan said. “That’s how we [are] important to the
California National Guard.”
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Knowing that their training has prepared them for anything that may come
their way, they pack up their gear into their Humvees and head off, ready
to mobilize for their deployment to Kosovo.
PENNSYLVANIA
Based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, NABCO INC.
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — Beasley will receive
his award during the Salute to Freedom Gala in Raleigh Oct. 27, 2012.via
4th FW Airman earns USO-NC Spirit of Freedom Award.Air Force District
of Washington –Some of Sergeant Thrower’s accomplishments include
leading a team of 33 EOD technicians with a 100 percent success rate
and zero casualties during a six-month deployment tvia AFDW Airman
earns AF-level EOD award.JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON,
Alaska – Tech. Sgt. Andrew Adrian received a Bronze Star from Col.
Robert Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson 673d Air Base Wing
commander, at the Explosive Ordinance Disposal shop here Nov.
18.team leader for 1st Platoon, 309th Engineer Company, 1st Combat
Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division Forward and I Marine
Expeditionary Force. bases and combat outposts. He led his EOD team
on more than 90 combat missions and directly contributed to a substantial
decline in the enemy’s ability to conduct attacks on coalition and civilian
targets with their weapon of choice, the Improvised Explosive Device.
Final Roll Call
By SGM Mike R. Vining, USA (Retired)
CWO4 Robert A. “Bones” Daley, USN (Retired), age 76, of Leesburg,
Florida, passed away on 14 October 2013. Dennis was born on 7 March
1937. Robert was a 30-year veteran of the Navy and served in Explosive
Ordnance Disposal. Robert was also the former Post Commander of
American Legion Post 150 and former American Legion District
Commander.
Dennis LeRoy Miller, Sr., USA, age 71, of Suffolk, Virginia passed away
on 16 October 2013. Dennis was born on 7 May 1942, in Salem, Oregon.
Dennis served in the 269th Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Dong Tam,
Republic of Vietnam, 59th Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Quang Tri,
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Republic of Vietnam, and the 42nd Ordnance Detachment (EOD), Bien
Hoa, Republic of Vietnam, from 1969 to 1971. After the Army, he worked
for the Army Corps of Engineers as an Explosive Ordnance Safety
Specialist, serving as a Safety Occupational Health Specialist for the
Military Munitions Design Center. Dennis was laid to rest at Albert G.
Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia.
Wife of SGM Kenneth Ray “Ken” Foster, Elizabeth Rose “Liz” Foster,
age 80, of St. Robert, Missouri passed away on 11 November 2013. Liz
was the Sr., USA, who was killed on 28 September 1976, by a domestic
terrorist bomb in Quincy, Illinois. Liz was laid to rest at the Missouri State
Veterans Cemetery, Waynesville, Missouri. Ken was laid to rest at Rowan
Memorial Park Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina. Their children are in
the process of having their father reinterred next to their mother at the
Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Waynesville, Missouri.
Joseph H. "Joe" Krum, USA, age 84, of Lansdown, Virginia passed
away on 4 December 2013. Joe was born on 13 November 1929. Joe
served in the U.S. Army Bomb Disposal program post- World War II
during the occupation of Germany and was NATEODA life member #170.
Joseph H. "Joe" Krum, USA, 19365 Cypress Ridge Terrace No. 812,
Lansdown, VA 20176. I have had numerous e-mail exchanges with
Michael Long, who recently informed the NATEODA of Joseph Krum's
passing last December. I just got an e-mail from Mike saying that Joe
bequeathed $1,000 to the NATEODA in his will. Nothing has gone
through probate yet so it will take awhile for that to happen. I passed Jim
Paget's mailing address to him for when the time comes.
Carol Burdis Ferris, age 73, of Brownsboro, Alabama, passed away on 8
December 2013. Carol was born on 25 December 1939, at Sunderland,
England. Carol was the wife of SGM James G. Ferris, USA (Retired),
NATEODA member #926. Carol was laid to rest in Haynes Cemetery,
DeLong, Illinois.
MSG Donald Lee “Don” Mears, USA (Retired), age 62, of Alexander,
Virginia, passed away on 11 December 2013. Don was born on 13 March
1951. Don served in overseas EOD tours in Greece, Hawaii, and Kuwait.
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Don was the Safety Officer/QC, ERT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Maryland. Don was laid to rest in a private ceremony.
Wife of MSG William D. Ramsey, USA Ingeborg Rosa Schwemmer
Ramsey, age 86, of Hagerstown, Maryland passed away 15 December
2013. Ingeborg was born on 12 April 1927, in Nurnberg, Germany. She
is the (Retired), NATEODA member #94.
Wife of Noel Gene Buchanan, USA, NATEODA member #1141. Martha
Paulette Buchanan, age 70, of Meneola, Texas, passed away on 15
January 2014. Martha is the Martha was born on 8 September 1943, to
the late Frederick Raymond and Alice Edwards. Interment will be at the
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
CW3 Joseph Robert Curry, USA (Retired), age 88, of Madison, Alabama
passed away on 5 February 2014. Joe was born on 23 September 1925,
at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Joe served three Ordnance tours in the
Republic of Vietnam. Joe was NATEODA member #1101. Interment will
be at the Madison City Cemetery, Madison, Alabama.
Bobby A. Edmunds, USA
30 December 2012
HTC Edward “Jeff” Jeffords, USN (Retired), age 77, of Lake Wales,
Florida, passed away on 5 September 2013. Jeff spent 23 years in the
Navy and served as a Navy Diver and Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Technician. He served on the Presidential Dive Team under President
Nixon and in 1966 he assisted in the raising of one of three nuclear
bombs from the waters off Palomares, Spain. Jeff was laid to rest at
Colonial Grove Memorial Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Elizabeth Rose “Liz” Foster, age 80, of St. Robert, Missouri passed
away on 11 November 2013. Liz was the wife of SGM Kenneth Ray
“Ken” Foster, Sr., USA, who was killed on 28 September 1976, by a
domestic terrorist bomb in Quincy, Illinois. Liz was laid to rest at the
Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Waynesville, Missouri. Ken was laid
to rest at Rowan Memorial Park Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Their children are in the process of having their father reinterred next to
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their mother at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery, Waynesville,
Missouri.
Carol Burdis Ferris, age 73, of Brownsboro, Alabama, passed away on 8
December 2013. Carol was born on 25 December 1939, at Sunderland,
England. Carol was the wife of SGM James G. Ferris, USA (Retired),
NATEODA member #926. Carol was laid to rest in Haynes Cemetery,
DeLong, Illinois.
MSgt Jack E. Meyer passed away July 9 2013 in Brainerd, Minnesota.
Thank-you Sincerely his wife Jacqueline, Meyer for 61 years.
MSG Donald Lee “Don” Mears, USA (Retired), age 62, of Alexander,
Virginia, passed away on 11 December 2013. Don was born on 13 March
1951. Don served in overseas EOD tours in Greece, Hawaii, and Kuwait.
Don was the Safety Officer/QC, ERT at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Maryland. Don was laid to rest in a private ceremony.
LTC Henry W. Stupackwitz, USA (Retired), age 93, of Hermon, Maine,
passed away on 8 January 2014. Henry enlisted in the Army on 16 March
1943 and his 26-year career spanned World War II, the Korean War, and
the Vietnam War. His military assignments took Henry to several states
as well as Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, Korea, and Thailand, where he
worked for the United Nations removing Chinese guerrillas from the
Burmese jungles. Henry went through the Army’s Bomb Disposal
program during World War II. He was the Operations Officer, of the 548th
Ordnance Detachment (EOD), at Presidio of San Francisco, California, in
1958. In 1966, Henry served in the G-3, 12th Ordnance Ammo Group,
Republic of Vietnam. Many of Henry’s Army assignments were not in
EOD. Henry was a NATEODA member #224 and passed Director.
Henry’s list of medals includes the Bronze Star Medal, American
Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory
Medal, National Defense Service Medal with One Star, Korean Service
Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, United Nations
Korean Service Medal, and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with
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Palm Unit Citation, and Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Badge.Lansdown, VA 20176Tel. 703-723-0822
CW3 Joseph Robert Curry, USA (1925 - 2014), NATEODA member
#1101. He served three Ordnance tours in the Republic of Vietnam. Joe
was born on 23 September 1925 and passed away on 5 February 2014,
at age of 88.Joseph Robert Curry, USA131 Yancy Road Madison, AL
35758.Tel. 256-430-2868
Martha Paulette Buchanan, age 70, of Meneola, Texas, passed away on
15 January 2014. Martha is the wife of Noel Gene Buchanan, USA,
NATEODA member #1141. Martha was born on 8 September 1943, to
the late Frederick Raymond and Alice Edwards. Interment will be at the
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
If you know of an EOD veteran or spouse that has passed away,
please email me at: sgmmvining@gmail.com.
You are not forgotten
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Gift time is coming.
There are some nice pieces of EOD
jewelry available.
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contact me directly if they want to purchase. The beads are $69 plus $6
shipping. I also have the Basic EOD bead, but I did not get a picture of it
before it sold, so it is available. I am also making a pair of earrings for
Peg, those will be done in January, I do not have a price as of yet though.
My Facebook page is: www.facebook.com/followingorders
Thank you so much for contacting me and promoting my jewelry, all
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For Membership, Address and other information changes,
Tax-deductible donations, Meeting information
Commercial & Non-commercial displays at meetings,
and Meeting site proposals
Contact: Frank A. Martinez, Adjutant, NATEODA
19124 46th Avenue West, Lynnwood, WA 98036-4640
Telephone: 425-697-4102
E-mail: frankntinam@frontier.com
For NATEODA hats, pins, patches, and belt buckles
Contact: James Paget, PO Box 567
Clinton, AR 72031
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For NATEODA Jackets Contact: Bob McDaniel,
Treasurer, NATEODA