JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – A U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, returned home Oct. 16 following a month of treatment for injuries he suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated in Afghanistan Sept. 14. Staff Sgt. DJ Dutton, from the 647th Civil Engineer Squadron, was able [...]
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Hurlburt airman severely wounded in Afghanistan
A Hurlburt Field airman seriously injured in Afghanistan on Friday will be met by his wife at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.Tech. Sgt. Joe Deslauriers, an explosive ordnance disposal technician at Hurlburt, lost both legs just above the knee and his left hand after an improvised explosive device detonated, according to [...]
EOD Airman receives Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal with Valor
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – After a 750-pound bomb exploded in a compound in war-torn Afghanistan, an Edwards Airman used his bare hands to dig through piles of rubble in a daring attempt to save the lives of two children who were trapped under debris. Members of Team Edwards gathered Aug. 3, 2011, to watch as Senior [...]
EOD Airman becomes hero
Staff Sgt. Beau Chastain, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, hugs his 11-year-old daughter, Emma, after returning home from Afghanistan. Chastain returned from a deployment early after sustaining a gunshot wound when his EOD unit was attacked in the Helmand Province. via McConnell Air Force Base – Media Gallery.
EOD Airmen honored for combat action
Lt. Col. Mark McCloud, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, congratulates Tech. Sergeants Cory Kemp and Jermaine Kindred, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians during a decoration ceremony Jan. 26. Both sergeants received Purple Hearts after sustaining injuries from an improvised explosive device detonation in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in September. Sergeant Kemp also received an [...]
Shaw Airman awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. – Although Joshua Labott is only 21 years old, he has already seen and experienced more than most people will in their entire lives. Senior Airman Joshua Labott, explosive ordnance disposal technician, entered the Air Force about four years ago — right out of high school. His original intention was to [...]
EOD Airmen honored for bravery: 2 Purple Hearts, 1 Bronze Star, 5 Combat Action Medals
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Before getting down to business at the 633d Civil Engineer Squadron commander’s call March 18, seven explosive ordnance disposal Airmen, decked out in full service dress, stood at attention on the base theater stage. “Attention to orders,” echoed throughout the auditorium as approximately 250 civil engineers, leaders and family members listened [...]
Colorado Air National Guardsman receives Purple Heart
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (9/24/09) – Tech. Sgt. Richard Gibbons, 140th Civil Engineering Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, received a Purple Heart medal Sept. 19 at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. His vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while on a mounted patrol in Afghanistan earlier that week. Gibbons sustained non-life threatening injuries to his shoulder [...]
EOD who overcame devastating blast retires
Tech. Sgt. Christopher “Matthew” Slaydon insists he’s nobody special. But the 38-year-old explosive ordnance disposal team leader is so extraordinary that Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz made it a point to attend his retirement ceremony Thursday at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. “I’ve been given a lot of credit for being an [...]
Wounded EOD technician has big plans
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) – One step on May 11 changed the life course of an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron here. Staff Sgt. David Flowers, 28, was deployed with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, when he was wounded by an anti-personnel mine on [...]
Don’t call him a hero
ANDREWS AFB, Md. – On a bright, sunny, first day of spring, the Andrews technical sergeant raised his right hand and re-enlisted. He knew full well the sacrifice he was committing to, for he had already given his right leg in the line of duty. In Iraq, on another beautiful, sunny day in May 2008, Tech. Sgt. [...]
EOD airmen injured by booby-trapped rocket
Two airmen wounded in a bomb explosion in Iraq don’t have to look far to see where the booby-trapped explosive went off. The 1-foot deep crater left by the bomb is inside their work compound at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, where Staff Sgt. Brandon Pfannenstiel and Senior Airman Robert Wester are members of [...]
Air Force amputee returns to Southwest Asia
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) – The walls of the sand-colored structures echoed an off-beat sound through the still Christmas Eve morning at this air base in Southwest Asia. A steady one-two reverberated through the blanket of fog. It is a runner, one would assume, but the sound was not exactly the recurring beat one might expect for an [...]
Air Force EOD embeds with Army Units
At 26, while on his second deployment to Iraq, Airman Skelton experienced just how exciting his chosen profession can get. During a two-month forward deployment to Forward Operating Base McHenry, where he and two other EOD Airmen were embedded with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division performing route clearing duties Airman Skelton’s life took a sudden [...]
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