Sgt. Joseph Reyes, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 217th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, California Army National Guard, creates an improvised water disruption charge using detonation cord and a plastic bottle full of water during their annual training at Camp Roberts, July 7. Using water to defeat a device is a safer because the water does the work of the explosive.

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