Staff Sgt. Rommel Antonio, a team leader with the 710th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, and a Woodland, Calif., native, prepares for a controlled detonation of more than 5,000 pounds of explosives June 7, 2011 at Qa’qaa range, near Baghdad. Soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and the 710th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company assisted and observed the controlled detonation of seized ordnance, which was planned and performed by the 17th Iraqi Army Division’s Field Engineer Regiment


Staff Sgt. Rommel Antonio, a team leader with the 710th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, and a Woodland, Calif., native, prepares for a controlled detonation of more than 5,000 pounds of explosives June 7, 2011 at Qa’qaa range, near Baghdad. Soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and the 710th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company assisted and observed the controlled detonation of seized ordnance, which was planned and performed by the 17th Iraqi Army Division’s Field Engineer Regiment. ( Army photo by Lt. Col. Todd Reed, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD –C) Preparing Controlled Detonation by United States Forces - Iraq (Inactive)


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