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Army bomb tech, three other troops dominate Food Network’s ‘Chopped’
A civilian chef didn't know what to do with the powdered eggs in round three.
By Davis Winkie
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Navy EOD officer dies in training accident
Fowler was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1.
Prosecutors: Chief distributed ‘intimate visual image’ and attacked a sailor with shovel
Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposalman Sean M. Conley faces several other charges, too.
Navy officer faces court-martial in wife’s death, ending a long legal odyssey
Navy officials refused to take jurisdiction over Lt. Craig R. Becker's case since his wife's 2015 death in Belgium.
After soldier’s death, Army Guard investigates training, equipment provided to deploying EOD unit
Sgt. James Slape, a soldier with the North Carolina National Guard’s 430th Ordnance Company, died Oct. 4 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, from an improvised explosive device.
Learning how to work with your robot colleagues
As an applied cognitive scientist who has conducted research on human teaming in highly technical settings, I can say human-robot systems won’t be as good as they could be if the designers don’t understand how to engineer technologies that work most effectively with real people.
By Nancy Cooke, Arizona State University
Navy sees recruiting challenges on the horizon
The Navy hopes more recruiters, beefier enlistment bonuses and a wider social media outreach will help bring in the next generation of sailors.
By Mark D. Faram
EOD sailor cleared a daisy-chained minefield during 10-hour firefight with ISIS
Thomas continuously maneuvered during the fight under a barrage of small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar fire to engage the enemy and clear a path for the convoy.
By Jon Simkins
Marine Corps EOD techs will soon have this ‘throwable robot’ in their arsenal
EOD teams have a new tool to get to hard-to-reach places, and to investigate bombs and other threats.
By Todd South
New tech will use virtual reality to help EOD 'see' mine threats on the battlefield
The Army is developing technology that will help bomb technicians for the first time get a visual on buried threats such as landmines or IEDs.
By Todd South
Air Force medical team evacuates sailor wounded by IED in Syria
The 34-year-old sailor was left with a 2 percent survival rate following the detonation, leaving his rescuers “shocked he survived the initial injury."
By Kyle Rempfer
EOD petty officer awarded Silver Star
Thomas was presented with the award for his “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.”
By Mackenzie Wolf