Army Staff Sgt. Steven Wentzell, assigned to the 725th EOD stationed out of Fort Drum, , was injured in an IED blast in June 2011 while serving in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, where he broke numerous bones in his legs. He now serves in eastern Afghanistan as an EOD team leader and the noncommissioned officer in charge of training Afghan army EOD technicians. ( Army photo by Sgt. Gene Arnold, Task Force 4-1 PAO) The lucky one, An EOD tech%%%%%%%%E2%%%%%%%%80%%%%%%%%99s journey back to Afghanistan 811082

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