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(explosion booming)

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(haunting music)

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- EOD is Explosive Ordnance Disposal.

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Currently what we're
using is some Mark 82's.

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They are the target for the explosion.

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What we do is we actually
take all the ordnance

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that is a threat to anyone,
and we wind up disposing of it.

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Whether that is a roadside IED,

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or a bomb that just fell off an airplane,

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we can deal with any of
those types of situations.

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If IED's or UXO's, an unexploded ordnance,

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are all over the
battlefield, then a commander

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does not have freedom of operation.

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If a commander doesn't
have freedom of operation,

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he's gonna start losin' troops,

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because then he's dictated
to where he can or can't go.

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EOD ensures that commanders
have the freedom of operation

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throughout their entire AO.

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- [Soldier] Fire in the hole!

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(explosion booming)

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