Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marine Breaks Bomb Suit Run World Record

Digitial Imagery & Video Distribution System ^ | September 11, 2009 | Cpl. Ryan Young

[Stoat]

"Since I have been an EOD technician, 10 EOD techs that I have personally known, either through training or working with them, have died trying to render safe explosive hazards," said Herbert, who is from Everett, Wash. "I think this was a good way to honor them and honor their memory ... by doing something challenging that requires hard work and dedication to accomplish."

[Tijeras_Slim]

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[Stoat]

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[DuncanWaring]

You beat me to it...

[Lurker]

Me too.

[CodeToad]

That's one hellova bomb he's running from.

And just for fun in the spirit of the article:

[Mr. Jazzy]

OooRah!!!

When you see one of THESE guy run, YOU better FLY!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Piece of cake.. 80 pounds.. under 10 minutes .. ya just got to find your stride. ;-)

Next up, the keg backpack sprint. quarter mile.. 130 pounds of frosted aluminum and beer.

Kudos to the Sgt. and the squadron for keeping it light.. and safe for others.

[NEMDF]

God Bless the United States Marines.

[TomGuy]

If you see me run by you,
you need to try to keep up.

[Vendome]

I would pass out after 100 yards.

[Squantos]

I hold the record for the deepest free dive in one......albeit they were called a BBS3 back then.

Fall off a pier in one of those an its a come to jesus scramble !!

[NormsRevenge]

They handle some strange packages over there..

Marine Wing Support Squadron 271

Heavy Equipment engineers move an old MIG-25 to the scrape yard.

[Lady Jag]

[skimask]

For those of you interested in Bomb Disposal Teams, you should see the movie “Hurt Locker”. An excellent movie.

[CougarGA7]

LOL!!..No, that’s wrong of me. Sounds like a dangerous situation.....LOL! Sorry, I can’t help it.

[Deaf Smith]

"130 pounds of frosted aluminum and beer."

In the 70's the Budweiser steels were 168#. We had the Parking Lot to Third Floor Dorm Run. The run was invented to get past the RA's on duty. On the shoulder, up the stairs.

[wbill]

Good for him. To be honest, though, on reading the title I thought that he had a different motivation...

[Stoat]

For those of you interested in Bomb Disposal Teams, you should see the movie “Hurt Locker”. An excellent movie.

Thanks very much for the recommendation!  The opening sequence and trailers make me want to rent it....people interested can see them at Hulu and probably other places as well.

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=Hurt+locker

 

 

[Squantos]

Good thing was no one could tell I’d pissed myself when they hauled me out.