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Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are rendered safe. ''Bomb disposal'' is an all-encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated functions in the militar ...
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79th Troop Command Massachusetts Army National Guard
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United States Army National Guard
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Location
The 387th EOD Company is located on Camp Edwards,
Otis Air National Guard Base
Otis Air National Guard Base is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was known a ...
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Description of Duties
EOD Soldiers are the Army's "preeminent tactical and technical explosives experts. They are warriors who are properly trained, equipped and integrated to attack, defeat and exploit unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction."
[{{cite web, title=EOD Description, url=http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/intelligence-and-combat-support/explosive-ordnance-disposal-specialist.html, publisher=US Army, access-date=16 January 2013]
References
Explosive ordnance disposal units and formations
Military units and formations in Massachusetts