Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Sgt. Adisak Supaphan, a Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) student, as he inserts a blasting cap into C4 during an electric demolition range during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November 23, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 1-2 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’


Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Sgt. Adisak Supaphan, a Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) student, as he inserts a blasting cap into C4 during an electric demolition range during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November 23, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 1-2 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMAC’s mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the Department of Defense’s HMA Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.


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Keywords: action, eod, explosives, humanitarian, landmines, thailand, tmac