USAF, USMC EOD conduct operations together

Members from the 407th Air Expeditionary Group unload ordnance and munitions from a trailer during an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operation in Southwest Asia, June 6, 2017. Personnel from the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron EOD, U.S. Marine Corps Special Marine Air Ground Task Force EOD and Italian Air Force members completed the task of disposing of more than 5,000 pieces of expired 30 mm rounds and aircraft decoy flares. EOD’s mission is to protect personnel, resources, and the environment from hazardous explosive ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction, which may include; incendiary, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards. They specialize in tools, techniques and personal protective equipment to detect or identify, monitor, evaluate, interrogate, mitigate, render safe, recover, and disposal operations on ordnance or devices delivered, placed, or made dangerous by any circumstances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ramon A. Adelan)