North Carolina National Guard Army 1st Lt. Lindsey Blare of the 430th EOD places ordnance in a blast crater at Range 4D on Fort Pickett, Va., during this year's annual training exercise recently. During the unit's annual training, more than a dozen of their unit's bomb technicians practiced building and igniting "shots" using a variety of munitions during training at Range 4D on Fort Pickett. The 430th's soldiers conducted hands-on classes in the basics of demolition, using percussion actuated neutralizers, modular demolition initiators, timed fuses, blasting caps and small arms and mortar rou


North Carolina National Guard Army 1st Lt. Lindsey Blare of the 430th EOD places ordnance in a blast crater at Range 4D on Fort Pickett, Va., during this year's annual training exercise recently. During the unit's annual training, more than a dozen of their unit's bomb technicians practiced building and igniting "shots" using a variety of munitions during training at Range 4D on Fort Pickett. The 430th's soldiers conducted hands-on classes in the basics of demolition, using percussion actuated neutralizers, modular demolition initiators, timed fuses, blasting caps and small arms and mortar rounds. 430th EOD prepares next generation 130522-Z-FM999-099


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