[antimedia] antimedia: My friend, Dan, the EOD man,....

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My friend, Dan, the EOD man,....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1176342433.shtml


   ....is [1]famous! Centcom has published a story about Dan's work
   defusing an old 500 pound Russian bomb that's been sitting around for
   eighteen years.

     The 755th Expeditionary Mission Support Group Explosive Ordnance
     Disposal flight detonated a Soviet 500-pound bomb 18 years after
     the Soviet Air Force dropped it on a house in Charikar.
     The mission to attempt to render the bomb safe came after Charikar
     village elders requested Coalition help in removing the weapon and
     required coordination between Bagram air and security assets.
     The bomb, a Russian FAB-250TS, could have thrown fragments and
     debris up to 4,000 feet into the homes of 30 local families.
     âThe people being so close made it a challenge,â said Tech. Sgt.
     Daniel Montrose, EOD team leader from Poynor, Texas. âHad it been
     out in a field, it would have just been a matter of moving
     livestock. We wouldnât have even bothered to try to defuse it.â
     The Afghan National Police and the 13th Psychological Operations
     Battalion had to evacuate the villagers to a safe area while CH-47
     Chinook helicopters from Task Force Pegasus flew in eight loads of
     sandbags to cover the weapon.

   The results were......interesting.

References

   1. http://www.cfc-a.centcom.mil/News%20Release/2007/April/046-EOD%20Sometimes%20you%20defuse%20the%20bear.htm