Real Life 'Hurt Locker'
Explosive Ordnance Team Clears Culvert in Afghanistan
3/16/2010 CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE AND SEE
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sheldon L. Sanders of Tyler,
Texas, a team leader with Team 1, 1st Platoon, 764th
Ordnance Company, Task Force Paladin, disassembles an
improvised explosive device in the Sikh-Rod District of
Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. |
U.S. Army Spc. David B. Anthony, of King George, Virginia,
helps U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sheldon L. Sanders, of Tyler,
Texas, a team leader, put on his Explosive Ordnance
Disposal 8 Bomb Suit. Both men are assigned to Team 1,
1st Platoon, 764th Ordnance Company, Task Force Paladin. |
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris L. Phillips, of
Waynesburg, Kentucky, a platoon sergeant with 1st Platoon,
764th Ordnance Company, Task Force Paladin, gathers the
remains of a recently defeated improvised explosive
device. |
U.S. Army Spc. David B. Anthony, of King George, Virginia, a
team member assigned to Team 1, 1st Platoon, 764th
Ordnance Company, Task Force Paladin, views live video
of an IED from his remote controlled Talon robot. |
U.S. Army Spc. David B. Anthony, of King George, Virginia, a
team member assigned to Team 1, 1st Platoon, 764th
Ordnance Company, Task Force Paladin, prepares his
remote controlled Talon robot to inspect a suspected
improvised explosive device. |
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More EOD Photos |
A member of the Iraqi army Explosive Ordinance Disposal
team demonstrates EOD gear during a parade honoring the
Iraqi army near Joint Security Station Sparrowhawk,
Iraq. |
An improvised explosive device is detonated in place by
the 764th Explosive Ordnance Team, Task Force Mountain
Warrior. The device was discovered by a construction
crew working on a road in the Dih Bala District of
eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. |
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EOD Team
Clears Culvert in Afghanistan
