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August 18, 2017
Volume 41, number 33
EOD detonates to educate Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 786th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight conducted an all-day training session to maintain skills and readiness at the EOD training range Aug. 9 on Ramstein. The EOD technicians used improvised techniques with small cans and C-4 to create explosives designed to break open safes and breach doors. “Most things that we do are perishable skills, so if you’re not constantly practicing those skills, you will forget them or forget the right way to do it,” said Airman 1st Class Logan Keller, 86th CES EOD apprentice. “We’re out here training mostly on improvised shape charges to see the effects from those and seeing what it will do against different targets.” EOD technicians used the malleable C-4 “putty” to create the charges into whatever shape they needed to get See EOD, Page 2
Senior Airman James Boyce, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, takes a photo of a breached safe with his phone at the EOD training range Aug. 9 on Ramstein. Boyce and his fellow technicians created charges out of C-4 to cut holes through the metal.
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the bus stop. • Show your children how to go safely to and from the bus stop using hands-on instruction. Cross streets only at designated crossings; do not cross
the street between parked cars. • Review the five safety rules listed later in this article with your children. Follow up and reinforce these rules. • Stress good behavior and
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safety on the bus. Students must present his or her bus pass to the driver while boarding the bus. • Report any safety or See SAFETY, Page 6
LIFESTYLES
With school starting Aug. 28, officials remind parents
and students to reduce children’s risk for accidents and injuries by ensuring the following safety actions: • Look at and know your children’s route to and from
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NEWS
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