Staff Sgt. Marc “Coop” Cooperman (center), an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, explains the rules of a robot obstacle course to Army EOD technicians, Sgt. Will Watson (left) and Staff Sgt. Andy Cota (right) September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. While other challenges were linear, the obstacle course asked EOD technicians to scout out problems and determine solutions as a team, made up of an operator and a spotter.

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