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Eric Gordon, a 2nd CES EOD technician. Samuel McCalister, a 2nd CES EOD technician. Tasked with identifying and neutralizing IEDs in deployed locations, EOD technicians are continuously put into harm's way. Immortalized in the 2008 film "The Hurt Locker," the EOD career field is one of the most dangerous jobs in the warfighting environment today. Improvised explosive devices are the No. 1 threat to coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, accounting for 7,800 deaths and casualties in 2010 alone, according to USA Today. "Having to stay on top of training and equipment issues in between exercises and inspections, along with our high deployment rate, takes a combined effort from everyone in the flight. "Everyone in the flight was honored to be recognized for their hard work," said Tech.Source: Military.com

Nov 18, 2010 by Anonymous Anonymous | Posted in Military
I heard the weaning rate is extremely high ..? I also heard that on a class of 15 only 2 have gone ... That alone scares me to pick this AFSC with my recruiter ... I do not want to wash and be left with security forces ...
EOD School is one of the highest attrition rate among all military formations.
Oct 27, 2010 by Frank | Posted in Military
I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, still in the DEP with 3 or 5 months to do, and what MOS is not final. I have been giving some thought and I hear this EOD MOS has a high dropout rate.
I'm a little uncomfortable that your current DEP and do not know your exact time left in the DEP and also that you do not know yet that we AFSC in the Air Force.
Aug 16, 2010 by Mike | Posted in Military
First you need to become an officer, which means you either have to have a bachelor's degree from an accredited university, or enroll in the air force officer candidate school. After that, you should be able to choose the EOD route. I didn't know the
by Spook86
[As] the two weapons separated from the aircraft as it began to break apart -- five of the six arming devices on one of the bombs became activated, causing them to carry out many of the steps needed to arm themselves. Three of the bomber's eight crew members died in the crash (USAF photo via the Goldsboro, NC News-Argus. Five members of the augmented, eight-man crew survived. One of them, pilot Adam Mattocks, was unable to eject, but somehow lived, according to news reports at the time. The aircraft commander, Major W. S. Tullock, ordered his crew to eject. The other nuclear device aboard the aircraft slammed into the ground at more than 700 mph and broke apart....
Too many people who were NOT EOD were commenting on this video and giving false information, Sorry I had to disable comments.
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Military Readiness, Joint Policy Needed to Better Manage the Training and Use of Certain Forces to Meet Operational Demands
Creator: Sharon L. Pickup | Technology & Engineering - 2008-09
For example, the nonstandard force deployments of Navy and Air Force EOD
personnel result in fewer personnel being available for standard EOD missions.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Supporting air and space expeditionary forces, a methodology for determining Air Force deployment requirements
Creator: Don Snyder, Patrick Mills | History - 2004-06-01
All EOD UTCs start with the prefix 4F9X* and include manpower, ... The general
concept always is to deploy an EOD Prime BEEF lead team (4F9X1) consisting of
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Publisher: Rand Corporation
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Advanced robotics for Air Force operations
Creator: Lester A. Gerhardt, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Advanced Robotics for Air Force Operations, National Research Council (U.S.). Air Force Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems | Technology & Engineering - 1989
The Naval Ordnance Disposal Technology Center, Indian Head, Maryland, is
responsible for military services research on EOD. Air Force requirements for
EOD ...
Publisher: National Academies
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Just Call Me Moose!, Growing Up Italian in America
Creator: Karl R. Bossi | Biography & Autobiography - 2005-04-18
Months later my team gave a crash course in explosives recovery and disposal
operations to several Vietnamese Air Force EOD sergeants. ...
Publisher: Gondola Pr
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