Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troopers from the 62nd Ordnance Firm (EOD) display their lifesaving and mission-enabling expertise throughout a U.S. Army recruiting occasion on Fort Carson, Colorado. The Army EOD technicians displayed their robots and bomb fits for busloads of scholars and neighborhood leaders.
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troopers from the 62nd Ordnance Firm (EOD) display their lifesaving and mission-enabling expertise throughout a U.S. Army recruiting occasion on Fort Carson, Colorado. The Army EOD technicians displayed their robots and bomb fits for busloads of scholars and neighborhood leaders.
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troopers from the 62nd Ordnance Firm (EOD) display their lifesaving and mission-enabling expertise throughout a U.S. Army recruiting occasion on Fort Carson, Colorado. The Army EOD technicians displayed their robots and bomb fits for busloads of scholars and neighborhood leaders.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. – Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troopers demonstrated their lifesaving and mission-enabling expertise throughout a recruiting occasion on Fort Carson, Colorado.
The 62nd Ordnance Firm (EOD) participated within the recruiting occasion that was hosted by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David M. Hodne, the commanding common of the 4th Infantry Division.
The 62nd EOD Firm is a part of the 242nd EOD Battalion, 71st EOD Group and twentieth Chemical, Organic, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command, the U.S. Division of Protection’s premier multifunctional all hazards formation.
From 19 bases in 16 states, Troopers and Army civilians from twentieth CBRNE tackle the world’s most harmful hazards in assist of joint, interagency and allied operations.
Throughout the occasion, the Army EOD technicians displayed their robots and bomb fits for busloads of scholars and neighborhood leaders.
Command Sgt. Maj. David Silva, the senior enlisted chief of the 71st EOD Group, stated the occasion “gave potential recruits and pillars of the neighborhood an opportunity to see what we do.”
The Fort Carson, Colorado-based 71st EOD Group instructions Army EOD technicians west of the Mississippi River and helps standard and Special Forces operations all over the world.
Silva stated serving within the EOD neighborhood has given him the chance to defeat explosive hazards, journey the world and shield the nation’s senior most leaders.
“I’ve seen all 50 states, 5 of seven continents, the best possible and worst of dozens of nations, spent Christmas on the White Home, protected the Pope in addition to presidents and quick roped onto the united statesAbraham Lincoln within the Persian Gulf,” stated Silva, a local of Lengthy Seashore, California, who has served within the Army for 29 years.
Silva inspired potential recruits who’re considering changing into an EOD tech to contact an Army recruiter.
Troopers who wish to function an EOD technician ought to name the in-service EOD recruiters on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, at (910) 432-1818 and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, at (253) 966-3902.
