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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, walk away from a blast area during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. During the exercise, Airmen identified explosives and installed igniters, fuses, and blasting caps to high explosives and completed assemblies to simulate leftover munitions before activation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, walk away from a blast area during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. During the exercise, Airmen identified explosives and installed igniters, fuses, and blasting caps to high explosives and completed assemblies to simulate leftover munitions before activation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, swing spin igniter, fuse and blasting cap assemblies before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. The assemblies are spun to remove coils and straighten the fuses to easily attach to high explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, cut a fuse cord before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. The fuse cord is a non-electronic means to detonate explosives. When lit the fuse cord burns slowly until it reaches the blasting cap to set off the explosive charge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, prepare an assembly of igniters, fuses and blasting caps before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. During the exercise, EOD technicians evaluated explosives after a simulated air attack. Once identified, the explosives are marked for detonation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Dejulio, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight commander, and Tech. Sgt. Shane Bridges, 386th ECES explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, punch a hole into a C4 block before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. EOD technicians punch holes into high explosives to insert blasting caps, which are used to trigger the explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, unpack ignition sources before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. Igniters are used as a pyrotechnic device to light the fuse to detonate the explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight at Ali Al Salem Air Base, unpack fuse cords before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. The fuse cord is a non-electronic means to detonate explosives. When lit the fuse cord burns slowly until it reaches the blasting cap to set off the explosive charge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Clearing the path, making a bang

Senior Airman Zachary Virdin, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal journeyman, assigned to Ali Al Salem Air Base, exits a vehicle before a rapid airfield damage repair exercise at Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2019. EOD technicians train to detect, disarm, detonate and dispose of explosive threats all over the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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Behind The Curtain: Protecting the force, focusing on tomorrow

A force protection mural is placed by the force protection flight area at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Sept. 4, 2019. The flight is assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and it's manned by 132 Airmen from over 91 different AFSCs from around the Air Force and provide a security buffer between other country nationals such as contractors, their employees and the general base population. In addition to performing as security forces augmentees in case of increase of the threat level to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)
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386 AEW development project expected to deliver morale boost in AOR

The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is close to halfway complete on their tents to trailers lodging construction project Mar. 23, 2018. The project will remove the existing tents and generator power infrastructure and replace them with semi-permanent facilities hooked up to commercial power, resulting in improved quality of life for Airmen and transient personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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386 AEW development project expected to deliver morale boost in AOR

The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is close to halfway complete on their tents to trailers lodging construction project Mar. 23, 2018. The project will remove the existing tents and generator power infrastructure and replace them with semi-permanent facilities hooked up to commercial power, resulting in improved quality of life for Airmen and transient personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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386 ECES: Saving money, making lives better

Staff Sgt. Paul Holmes (left) and Senior Airman Lazaro Galvan, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron electricians install light-emitting diode light fixtures at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 2, 2018. LEDs are brighter, creating a high output factor with a low consumption driver which helps reduce costs.
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Deployed parents of boys will still see them open their toys

Tech. Sgt. Randle Mitchell, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron assistant chief of fire prevention and Master Sgt. Shalenna Mitchell, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing finance budget analyst, pose with their sons Rashawn, seven, Ryan and Stefan, six months, during a family photo Oct. 22, 2016. (Courtesy photo)
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Deployed parents of boys will still see them open their toys

Master Sgt. Shalenna Mitchell, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing finance budget analyst, video chats with her children Dec. 21, 2017, while on deployment at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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Deployed parents of boys will still see them open their toys

Master Sgt. Shalenna Mitchell, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing finance budget analyst, video chats with her children Dec. 21, 2017, while on deployment at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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Deployed parents of boys will still see them open their toys

Master Sgt. Shalenna Mitchell, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing finance budget analyst and Tech. Sgt. Randle Mitchell, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron assistant chief of fire prevention, video chat with their children Dec. 21, 2017, as they do daily while on deployment at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)
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Rock firefighters receive HAZMAT training

Firefighters from the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron work on a pressure tank during hazardous materials training Dec. 19, 2014. The course is required for all Air Force firefighters and includes the initial training and an annual refresher course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis/released)
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