Posted on 10/28/2005 12:02:40 AM PDT by SandRat
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EOD BOOM!
BTTT
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A cache of captured enemy ammunition near Tikrit is destroyed by U.S. soldiers assigned to Task Force Liberty. The safe destruction of ammo caches keeps it out of the hands of insurgents and in some cases, allows Iraqi civilians to reclaim land.
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The way we did it was to check for boobtraps,do the intel collection as to type and quanity and any special markings, then turn over to the commercial EOD compaines like UXB International , Zapata Engineering etc for storage at an Ammo Supply Point (ASP) until they could schedule a demolition date.....
The big reason that EOD won't or don't do the demolition themselves everytime these days is the demands for a primary mission of IED's these days. Manpower for DOD EOD teams and even the commercial companies comprised for the most part of former military EOD or at the very least led by former military EOD specialists.
EOD on slow days will still do most of the demo work themselves yet as mentioned above the IED mission is taking a toll on time and personel.
If quanities were small then it was a small demolition or transport by the local EOD team or engineers that responded or found it , they transported the uxo themselves and turned it over to the ammo apes aka BB stackers for further processing.
Entirely possible that if it was in good condition it may even be put back into Iraqi Army stockpiles.....
Thanks for the ping Joe !.....Stay Safe !
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