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NEWS | April 21, 2023

502nd Air Base Wing command team visits EOD

By Thomas Coney 502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs

Brig. Gen. Russell D. Driggers, Joint Base San Antonio and 502nd Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Casy Boomershine, JBSA and 502nd ABW command chief, visited the 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal training site at the JBSA-Chapman Training Annex April 17, 2023, for a demonstration of the EOD team’s full range of capabilities.

The command team observed a controlled detonation by the 902nd CES Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, were briefed on the composition and destructive force of various training munitions, learned about the EOD 10 bomb suit and helmet ensemble, and viewed the Man Transportable Robot System Increment II, or MTSR II, explosive ordnance disposal and observation robot.