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Handle with care

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Graham Newman, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, operates an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. Personnel work together with reconnaissance robots to help locate, disarm and remove improvised explosive devices. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for people and handle potential explosives without risking any lives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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On the move

Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team use an F6A robot to approach a simulated improvised explosive device at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for the EOD team and handles potential explosives to minimize risk for EOD members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Take control

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Graham Newman, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance journeyman, operates a bomb disposal robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robot is equipped with several television cameras for remote viewing and a dexterous arm for hazardous tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Prepare to neutralize

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyrone Powell, left, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman and Airman 1st Class Derik Rosse, right, a 35th CES EOD apprentice, inspect an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. Personnel work together with reconnaissance robots to help locate, disarm and remove improvised explosive devices. The robots enter areas inaccessible or too dangerous for the EOD team and handle potential explosives to minimize risk to the EOD members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Detect, disarm and protect

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Connally, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, walks to a training site in a bomb suit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The bomb suit contains plates that protect EOD members from any shrapnel if an improvised explosive device were to detonate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Suit up

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tanner Connally, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal journeyman, receives help putting on a bomb suit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The bomb suit contains heavy body armor made to withstand the pressure that might be caused by a bomb explosion and any debris it might produce. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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EOD at it again

U.S. Airmen with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspect an F6A robot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2020. The robot helps EOD Airmen dispose of potential explosives without putting human life at risk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)
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Initial success or total failure

U.S. Air Force then-Senior Airman Douglas Smits, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, pauses for a photo outside in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2007. Smits suffered a traumatic brain injury during the deployment in support of a combat operation in Afghanistan. (Courtesy photo)
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Ironman World Championship

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Douglas Smits, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, pauses for a photo with his family on the Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, June 10, 2018. Smits initially wanted to complete a marathon after a year of healing from a back surgery, but instead completed an Ironman World Championship. (Courtesy photo)
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Teamwork makes the dream work

The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team pauses for a photo in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, November 10, 2019. "Initial success or total failure" is the EOD motto. EOD technicians train to detect, disarm, detonate and dispose of explosive threats all over the world. (Courtesy photo)
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Let’s get er’ done

Airmen with the 35th Maintenance Squadron munitions shop, tie down assets at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2018. It’s the responsibility of ammunitions systems specialists to assemble and process nonnuclear weapons. Working with attention to detail and extreme care, these experts handle, store, transport, arm and disarm weapons systems to ensure the safety and success of the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Storing assets

U.S. Air Force Airman Vivian Rowley, a 35th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management crew chief, ensures assets stay in place at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2018. It’s the responsibility of ammunitions systems specialists to assemble and process nonnuclear weapons. Several of the main duties of these specialists are to receive, identify, inspect, store, recondition, ship, issue, deliver, maintain, test and assemble guided and unguided non-nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Everything is almost done

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Trimble, the 35th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management production supervisor, ensures all tasks are finished at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18. 2018. It’s the responsibility of ammunitions systems specialists to assemble and process nonnuclear weapons. Several of the main duties of these specialists are to receive, identify, inspect, store, recondition, ship, issue, deliver, maintain, test and assemble guided and unguided non-nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Tightening up

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class LeRonte' Williams, a 35th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management crew chief, ties down assets at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2018. It’s the responsibility of ammunitions systems specialists to assemble and process nonnuclear weapons. Several of the main duties of these specialists are to receive, identify, inspect, store, recondition, ship, issue, deliver, maintain, test and assemble guided and unguided non-nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Better do it right

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Troy Decasteele, left, and Senior Airman Giuseppe Priolo, right, both 35th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management crew chiefs, ensure all shipments are ready at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2018. It’s the responsibility of ammunitions systems specialists to assemble and process nonnuclear weapons. Several of the main duties of these specialists are to receive, identify, inspect, store, recondition, ship, issue, deliver, maintain, test and assemble guided and unguided non-nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Xiomara M. Martinez)
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Photojournalist

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Master Sgt. Shota Nakano, Tohoku Sub Base, Tohoku, Japan, explosive ordnance disposal instructor, inspects an unexploded ordnance at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 30, 2018. A class of 3rd Air Wing personnel and the Tohoku EOD unit came to Misawa AB and underwent a focused training on how to perform reconnaissance operations on UXOs. They came to strengthen their foundational techniques in order to bring their knowledge back to their units and overall enhance future bilateral missions between the U.S. and JASDF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Airmen with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force 3rd Air Wing weapons maintenance technicians, Tohoku Sub Base, Tohoku, Japan,explosive ordnance disposal instructors, and the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD team pose for a group photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 29, 2018. For two days U.S. Air Force EOD technicians educated JASDF personnel of the basics on unexploded ordnances by going through classroom lectures to share how to classify different UXOs, practice searching for detonated ordnances and how to properly dispose of them. The teams worked hand-in- hand with each other, fortifying their bilateral teamwork and increasing the swiftness of their techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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An inert foreign rocket lays exposed during unexploded ordnance disposal reconnaissance training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 30, 2018. During the training, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal teams worked with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen from the 3rd Air Wing and the Tohoku Subordinate Base, Tohoku, Japan, EOD unit to practice executing a bilateral mission together. They also took the time to train newer JASDF personnel on foundational methods of UXO reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Japan Air Self-Defense Force 3rd Air Wing weapons maintenance technicians and Tohoku Sub Base, Tohoku, Japan, explosive ordnance disposal instructors, listen to an explanation of an ordnance during an EOD training course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 29, 2018. A group of 11 members came to enhance their knowledge on various ordnances as well as practice their English-speaking skills for future bilateral missions. The class covered searching, identifying and recovering unexploded ordnances. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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A fuse remains exposed on an inert sub-munition bomblet during a bilateral explosive ordnance disposal training class at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 29, 2018. A group of 11 Japan Air Self-Defense Force 3rd Air Wing weapons maintenance technicians and Tohoku Sub Base, Tohoku, Japan explosive ordnance disposal instructors, participated in the class. As a part of their training, personnel had to identify 20 various types of unexploded ordnances while knowing how different components make up the ordnance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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