Air Force recovered munitions database - trbas.com · Air Force recovered munitions database Installation Name Type of Munitions Ordnance Quantity Narrative Text Barksdale AFB M115A2,

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Installation Name Type of Munitions Ordnance Quantity Narrative Text

Barksdale AFB M115A2, SIMULATOR, PROJECTILE,

GROUND BURST

3 At 1400 Barksdale EOD Flight was called by the command post and connected to TSgt Moore of the 2SFS, who received a phone call from Lt Hobbs of the Mansfield Police Department that 3 (Simulator Projectile, Ground Burst) M115A2's was found in a yard of someone's home. After talking to the officer on scene, it was determined that the items were safe and did not require OSC, JAG, & PA (just a routine pickup). The EOD team received permission to respond and departed BAFB at 1500. We arrived on scene at 1600 and identified the items as GBS, M115A2. I determined that the items were safe and declared them a Level 2 for transport back to Barksdale AFB. The EOD team arrived back at Barksdale at 1700. We contacted OSI Special Agent Martin to see if he needed to keep them as evidence. He said yes, keep them as evidence until he finds out if he still needs them. We contacted Munitions Control to store these items until we can determine disposition. Two days later we contacted Special Agent Martin and he said it was ok to dispose of them. TSgt Davis, SSgt Montrose and A1C Guminiak transported the items to the EOD range and disposed of by detonation.

Barksdale AFB AGM114M, GUIDED MISSILE, AIRTO

SURFACE, HELLFIRE

1 Start Input From Event Log:

20050308 0915

Received phone call direct from Cpt Delahoussaye. Guidance section found in Fedex shipping container by civilian. PD was called and took possession. PD consulted with ANG personnel who advised them that it might be a GBU15. He then Contacted Barksdale EOD direct. SSgt Montrose advised him to call Command Post and provided relevant numbers.

20050308 0920

Received email from Cpt Delahoussaye containing pictures of item. Contacted Ft Sam Houston, spoke to Lt Garza and forwarded pictures.

20050308 0921

Contacted MSgt Whittemore and advised him of the situation. He stated that he would advise Lt Col Hammock

20050308 0925

Research in AEODPS led the team to ID item as AGM114 Guidance section. Some models contain a precursor warhead. Advised Lafayette PD and Lt Garza at Ft Sam.


20050308 0953

Received permission from Wing Commander to Respond to incident.

20050308 1025

Team departing Barksdale.

20050308 1530

Team arrives in Lafayette. Met up with Detective Shannon Hundley of the Lafayette PD. Also on scene was Agent Shelly Hopkins of the LA State Police Hazardous Materials division.

20050308 1618

Team Departs Lafayette with Guidance section. Guidance section Identified as AGM114M with no explosive hazards associated.

20050308 1930

Team returns to Barksdale, 2BW CP and 2CE CC notified.

End Input From Event Log

20050309 0700

TSgt Featherstun contacts 2 MXS to track down ID numbers on the item.

Throughout the course of the day numerous agencies contacted the unit to gather information, they are as follows:


Steven Vilardo, Special Agent, Fort Polk Resident Agency (CID)

Fort Polk, LA 71459 (337) 5312507/DSN 8632507

email: [email protected]

Spencer King, SA AFOSI/Det219

Barksdale AFB, LA 71110 (318) 4563881

email: [email protected]

Larry Reichardt, SA, FBI

Shreveport LA 71110 (318) 2072594

20050309 1500

Mr. Lee Folsom, Lockheed Martin, Ocalla FL. Contacted us and verified the serial number on the guidance package. He stated that the bins Fed Ex uses for fragile packages are the same they use to ship unclassified missile components. He was referred to Agent King (Barksdale OSI). We are awaiting Agent King's disposition instructions.

20050310 1400

Agent King of OSI gave the go ahead to return the item to its owners.


20050311 1300

Took the Guidance section over to 2 MUNS and had them package it up.

1600

Fedex came and picked up the package and it was sent to Lockheed Martin.

TSgt Featherstun

Barksdale AFB M42, GRENADE, DP 3 On Wednesday the 30th, Capt. Garza of the 79th Ordnance Battalion, called with a request for EOD support from Vaught Aircraft Industries in Grand Prarie, TX. During a cleanup and turn over operation by the Navy, three M42 submunitions and five 20mm TP rounds were found. The items were being stored in a bunker with a 1,000 lb. limit. The team responded on Thursday the 31st and met up with John Sedlack of VSE Corp. We found the items sitting in the bunker all together and decided to blow right there. After the first shot was initiated the primary of the cap went, but the secondary did not.(See attached picture) Another block was placed on the existing block and was then dual primed. The result was the same as before. We placed our final block and cap on the two previous, and got the same results as before. Four caps that only initiated the primary. We were instructed by our shop to secure the explosives in the bunker and that we would be out again Monday. The munitions were in a secure site in a locked bunker. Team responded back to Grand Prarie, TX on Monday, in coordination with Ann Carus and John Sedlack. The team recovered and prepared the submunitions, the 20mm rounds and the C4 from the previous operation for detonation using the two electric caps. The team hooked up the MX22 and capped into the C4 that was already there, and blew the shot. Upon examination, all items were


disposed of. Material Defecency Report was submmitted on M7 NonElectric Caps, NSN 1375010576439, Lot # IRI87L004008.

Barksdale AFB MARK II, 46 LB, BOMB, INCENDIARY

3 0900

2 BW/CP notified us that contractors on the East Reservation had located a bomb while digging an oil pumping station.

0920 Team departs shop.

09401100 Team is on scene and identifies ordnance as Mk 2 aerial drop bombs, incendiary in nature. An Xray of the items was performed and the Items were deemed safe for transport.

1200 Items are transported to the range and another team pulls explosives.

12301400 Items are disposed of.

The incendiary mixture in the bombs was dark and oily with a gasoline like smell. There was a granular texture to the contents which we believe was caused by the introduction of sand. No problems to report.


Barksdale AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 1430 Contacted by Cass county Sheriffs office through the command post. Stated they had found a grenade in a shed near Hughs Springs.

1500 Team departs Barksdale AFB

1600 Team arrives at Cass County Sheriff's Office. Instructed to follow Deputy Penny to the location of the grenade.

1700 Arrive on scene A large shed on abandoned property.

1705 A recon is performed and pictures taken.

1715 The grenade is determined to be practice grenade with the safety pin partially removed and a bolt in the bottom.

1725 An Xray of the Grenade reveals the possibility of a blasting cap, but no main charge filler.

1730 Due to corrosion, the position of the safety pin, decided to shoot the fuze with a MK 2, standard slug.

1745 Procedure worked as intended, removing the hazard of a cocked striker and allowing visibility. Confirmed no explosives.


1800 Cleaned up and departed, taking remaining components.

2000 Arrived back on base, revamped equipment.

Barksdale AFB AT4 CS HP , Cartridge, 84mm,

HEAT

1 1630 Received a call from the 2 BW/Command Post (through Ft. Sam Huston) notifying us of a possible AT4 rocket in Tool, TX. Contacted the responding officer and the onscene ATF representative, Agent Jim Parker, and was told that an AT4 launcher had been found in a row boat behind a home during a search and seizure operation. Officer Decker emailed SSgt Futrell pictures of the launcher, but condition could not be determined.

1800 Permission to respond was coordinated through 2 Wing and team departed Barksdale AFB.

2115 Team arrived onscene and determined that the launcher was unfired, but not loaded. Incident terminated and launcher was turned over to ATF as possible evidence. AT4 serial number was SN 809231, AT4 13229861, ATJ93A906002.


0100 Team returned to Barksdale AFB and reconstitutes equipment.

Barksdale AFB MK 2, GRENADE, PRACTICE

1 1400 Received a call from the Caddo Parish Bomb Team that they had recovered a hand grenade and we enroute to the Barksdale East Gate.

1410 EOD standby team met the responding officer and recovered an inert training Mk 2 hand grenade.

1430 Team returned to EOD shop with training grenade.

Barksdale AFB M56A3, 20MM, HEI 1 1912 Received request from SSgt Kinney of the 705th EOD Ft Polk, LA for the pick up of a possible 20mm HEI round found in Gibsland, LA.

1925 Flight Chief notified, stand by team enroute to shop to pick up GOV.

2000 EOD Team arrives at the shop, picks up GOV

2010 EOD Team leaves base, enroute to 1667 Gibsland LA 71028

2045 EOD Team arrives on site in Gibsland and takes control of 20mm HEI round. Item is placed in CMC and secured for transport back to Barksdale AFB.


2130 EOD Team puts 20mm HEI round in storage. (Bunker D6)

2205 EOD Team arrives back at shop. Incident Terminated

29 Aug 2005 20mm round retrieved from bunker D6 and turned in to inspections for further disposition

Barksdale AFB Target Practice Projectile

1 Barksdale EOD was notified by Ft Polk EOD of an incident located in Saltillo Texas. The Call originated from Matt Gibbs, who notified the Sulfur Springs Police of a possible ordnance item found in his yard, EOD then responded to the call the following morning. Once onscene the Team quickly Identified the item as a inert round and declared the item safe to transport. The item was then shipped back to Barksdale AFB, where it will serve out the rest of it's natural life as a training aid.

The Item was found in 60D218, there is a picture in the T.O. but the only nomenclature that is given is Target Practice Projectile.


Barksdale AFB 12lb case shot 1 29 Oct 05

1700 Team notified of a possible UXO found at 533 Boulevard, Shreveport by the local police department.

1815 Team arrives onscene. UXO is xrayed, but no clear image can be seen. Team transports as hazardous and stores item.

1900 Team returns to shop and reconstitutes equipment.

31 Oct 05

0900 Team further investigates item in Civil War Ordnance TO and item is identified as a 12 pound case shot cannon ball.

1000 Team transports UXO to EOD range and performs a disposal procedure.

1130 Team returns to shop and reconstitutes equipment.

Barksdale AFB ANM8, HAND, SMOKE, HC

2 1315 EOD Team notified by Command Post to assist Bossier City FD for some grenades turned in by military member returning from Iraq.

1340 Team contacted Bossier City Fire Chief Ian Snellgrove for information on items. Mr. Snellgrove stated that they had two smoke and one illumination grenades still in original containers and pins in. He said that he would meet us at the North gate to turn the items over to us.

1410 Team received military grenades from Mr. Snellgrove and identified them as one MK1 MOD 2 Illuminating Grenade and two ANM8 HC Smoke Grenades. Team then transported items to Munitions Inspections and turned them in for disposition.

1530 Team returned to shop and reconstituted equipment.

Barksdale AFB MK 1, GRENADE, ILLUMINATING

1


Barksdale AFB M2A1, APERS, BOUNDING

1 1 Nov 05

1500 Notified by Capt. Garza at Fort Sam Houston. We received pictures of the item and determined that it was a practice munition. Using ORM, we thought it would be best to wait until the next morning to start operations.

2 Nov 05

0800 Team left the shop heading toward Sulpher Springs, TX, with all equipment deemed necessary.

1130 Team arrived at Sulpher Springs Police Department to find a M2A1 practice landmine and a separated practice fuze with nomenclature M2A3. The item was found in a deceased civilian's residence. Team found the practice landmine to be empty

1133 Team placed items into CMC and departed from Sulpher Springs.

1500 Team arrived at Barkdale AFB.

Beale AFB M115A2, SIMULATOR, PROJECTILE,

GROUND BURST

1 25 May 05

1815 SSgt Smith received a call from Butte County Deputy Sheriff Malinowski (bomb technician) concerning a routine military munitions pickup.

26 May 05

0500 Proceeded to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.

0615 Arrived at Sheriff's department and met with Deputy Sheriff Malinowski.


0630 SSgt Smith and A1C Mclellan were taken to their holding bunker and looked over the items to be picked up.

0730 Left the sheriffs department.

0900 Turned items over to Munitions Inspections.

0915 Arrived back at the EOD shop.

Beale AFB Army 2.36" Rocket Practice, M7A1

1 Team notifed of possible UXO found in a farmers field

Team responded after standby officer arrived at shop

Once on scene team went down and found a practice 2.36" AT Rocket (M7A1)

Item picked up and team returned to base

Incident terminated


Beale AFB M18, HAND, SMOKE, YELLOW

1 12 August 05

1200 Received call through the 9 RW Command Post about a possible munitions pickup. SSgt Smith talked to Sgt Eich of the Sierra County Sheriff's Department. During a routine DUI stop in Truckee, CA, they had found an M18 Smoke Grenade (safe) and a M49A2 mortar w/M52 PD Fuze (modified) in the back of a vehicle on 9 August. The gentlemen in the vehicle stated that he had modified the M49A2 to be a smoke bomb (meaning that he could smoke marijuana through it). SSgt Smith verified the condition of both items with Sgt Eich. Sgt Eich stated that the round had been used to smoke marijuana due to the residue that was left inside the holes which modified the item into a smoke bomb. Sgt Eich then transported the items to a storage location at the Sierra County Sheriff's Department located in Downieville, CA. SSgt Smith scheduled to have the items picked up on Monday morning, 15 August 05, from the Sierra County Sheriff's Department in Downieville, CA.

15 August 05

0700 EOD Team left Beale AFB.

0835 Arrived at Sierra County Sheriff's Department in Downieville, CA and again verified condition of the items. The M18 still had the safety pin installed (Sgt Eich had placed 2 zip ties to ensure the pin could not be removed). The M49A2 was empty and had been modified/used to smoke marijuana.

0945 Team left Downieville, CA enroute back to Beale AFB.

1115 Arrived back at Beale and turned items over to Munitions Inspections.


1145 Team reconstituted all gear. Mission Complete.

Beale AFB M205A2, GRENADE, STRIKERRELEASE

1 2330 Team notified by command post of a possible hand grenade found off the side of the road by a civilian

0025 CE standby officer arrived at shop

0030 Team departed shop to incindet scene

0145 Team arrived on scene

Once on scene the police stated that the item was a live hand grenade sitting against a tree. Item was found by a couple of kids doing a GPS scavanger hunt. They had got the GPS cordinates through a web site.

Team chief went down range with the team member as a safety backup. Item was found to be a fake MK2 frag grenade. The item resembled the MK2 hand grenade and the M21 practice grenade, but the grenade was solid metal with a fired M205A2 fuze. The fuze was fired but had the spoon placed back on with the safety pin in place. Item had no explosive hazards, scene cleared.

0215 Team departed scene with items

0300 Team arrived back at base, incident terminated


Beale AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 2330 Team notified by command post of a possible hand grenade found off the side of the road by a civilian

0025 CE standby officer arrived at shop

0030 Team departed shop to incindet scene


Once on scene the police stated that the item was a live hand grenade sitting against a tree. Item was found by a couple of kids doing a GPS scavanger hunt. They had got the GPS cordinates through a web site.

Team chief went down range with the team member as a safety backup. Item was found to be a fake MK2 frag grenade. The item resembled the MK2 hand grenade and the M21 practice grenade, but the grenade was solid metal with a fired M205A2 fuze. The fuze was fired but had the spoon placed back on with the safety pin in place. Item had no explosive hazards, scene cleared.

0215 Team departed scene with items

0300 Team arrived back at base, incident terminated

Beale AFB M158, SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION,

GROUND, RED STAR CLUSTER

1 1130 Bob Husk arrived at shop, with pictures of a flare that was found on base during the remediation of Dragon Town.

1145 Obtained permission from Command Post to proceed.

1150 Arrived at location

1155 Recon item, item was fired and empty.

1200 Returned to shop.


Beale AFB M126A1, SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION,

PARACHUTE, RED STAR

20 1200 Call received from OES that they were contacting the command post to request support for a mortar found in a home in Chico CA.

1430 All permissions received. Team departs.

1600 Team arrives on scene. Team chief makes contact with the representative on scene, Mr Phil Porto, the CDF Fire Marshal. He takes us inside an old shed and shows us the item. Mortar is removed. Mr. Porto then takes the team chief to his van an turns over 3 boxes of munitions collected by him over several weeks.

1630 Team leaves scene with items

1800 Team disposes of items

1830 Team returns to shop and recontitutes equiptment


Beale AFB M6A5, ROCKET, 2.36 INCH, HEAT

1 1400 OES notifies us that they are requesting via the command post that we respond to a rocket found in Quincy CA. They email pictures and we make a preliminary ID of a 2.36 HEAT rocket.

1630 Team has received all approvals and departs for Marysville to pick up Lt Ducharme.

1700 With Lt Ducharme on board team departs for Quincy.

2130 Team arrives at Quncy Sherrifs department and meets with Sgt Hendrics. Team Loads back up and follows him to the location of the item

2230 Team arrives on scene and inspects the item. Item is ID'd as M6A5 2.36" Heat round. Safety pin is in place so the item is paced in a CMC for transport.

2300 Team departs for home.

2330 A1C Ideker hits a deer. No damage to vehicle, deer has broken neck. TSgt Lewis has to cut its throat with his gerber to put it out of its misery. Team contacts Sherrif and notifies them of the death. They tell the team to continue on home and they will take care of the body.

0100 Item stored at muns until the morning for final ID verification and disposal.

0900 Item transported to range and disposed of by detonation.


Beale AFB M29A2 1 At 0730hrs we received a call from 2BW Command Post requesting an EOD response to recover what was reported as a 3.5" rocket that was discovered in Commerce Tx. The request originally went to the 79th Ord Bn (EOD) but they were unable to support due to other operational commitments. Capt Garza then requested 2d BW EOD support through the 2BW Command Post. In accordance with para. C9.2.1.1 of the Military Munitions Rule, the team responded to this incident under the assumption it was a level 1 emergency.

The rocket was discovered during the demolition of a dilapidated barn by the home owner on private property. It was determined that legal and PA representation was not warranted due to the details and location of the incident site. We departed the base at approx. 1000hrs and arrived on scene at 1300hrs. Initial reconnaissance revealed a M29A2 practice rocket with a partially burnedout live rocket motor. In the interest of public safety and since there was unexpended propellant remaining in the rocket motor, it was decided to dispose of the rocket motor onsite under level 1 conditions outlined in the military munitions rule. The location of the incident supported ideal conditions for a disposal operation IAW applicable technical data (Item was remotely moved to an open field) specified in this report. Due to the extremely dry conditions, local fire department support was requested and received prior to disposal operation. Incident was terminated at approximately 1430 hrs local.

Team returned to base, returned unused explosives, and reconstituted equipment.

Beale AFB M1907M, PROJECTILE, PTT

1 1605: Command Post notifies us of a projectile that was found in a Meth Lab raid in Sulphur Springs, TX.

1610: Ft. Sam Houston calls with the details of the incident and asks us if we can support. We call 2 CES/CC for permission.

1715: Team obtains permission to respond to incident. Team notifies Ft. Sam Houston and onscene agent in charge that we are responding.

1716: Team goes to WSA to pull required explosives.

1810: Team has obtained explosives and is departing the shop.

2050: Team links up with local police to escort us to the incident scene.

2115: Team arrives onscene and talks with onscene commander. The house belonged to a long time meth user. The civilian authorities had located a 4.7" round in a bedroom closet and asked for our assistance. Team


members entered house and determines round is safe to move outside for xrays. The round and fuze are identified using AEODPS. Xray showed the round to be empty but fuze hazards could not be determined. Item was transported to local firing range and fire department personnel called in to be on standby due to dry conditions in area. Team disposed of fuzed by detonation.

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Beale AFB M6, 2.36INCH, HEAT 7 28 Feb 06

1400 EOD Flight notified by 2 BW/CP of a request to evaluate ten 2.36" rockets and pieces, located on a Federal Reservation 12 miles north of Paris, TX. Location had been used as an impact area during WW II.

1500 Permission to respond was coordinated through 2 MSG/CC and team departs shop.

2000 Team arrives on scene and identifies UXO's as M6, 2.36" rockets. Two complete rounds and eight pieces were discovered. A detonation site was determined, with the assistance of the park ranger, Grady Dobbs, and the items were disposed of. A post detonation recon was performed and it was discovered that 5 additional rounds were uncovered. All on hand explosives had been expended and a team was requested to bring more the following day. Capt. Stefanovic, SSgt Futrell, and A1C Flowers remained in Paris, TX for the night.

1 Mar 06

0700 SrA Turner and SrA Tarr were dispatched from Barksdale with additional explosives.

1100 Additional explosives arrived onscene and a thorough recon was performed to determine a UXO free disposal location. The remaining 5 rockets were destroyed without uncovering any further UXO's.

1800 Team returned to shop and reconstituted equipment.


Beale AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1830 Team notified by 2 BW/CP that Officer Moon, of the Shreveport Bomb Squad, had a UXO in his possession and requested EOD assistance.

1915 Team met the officer at the East Gate to the Barksdale reservation. The UXO was identified as a MK 2 handgrenade, still in its original shipping container, Lot # 88A184. The officer stated that it was seized from a home in Shreveport. Team took possession of the handgrenade.

2030 The MK 2 was turned in to munitions personnel for storage and shipment. Team returned to the EOD shop.

Beale AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 0930 Cass County Sheriffs offices called to inform us about a handgrenade that was found during a meth lab clean up. I informed them of the need to call Ft. Sam Houston and our Command Post to formally request out help while our team prepped for the trip.

1100 The command post was called and spun up on the situation and permission was given to respond off base.

1150 We arrived onscene, informed the command Post and met with the Cass county Sheriff for a brief overview of what was happening and was informed that the clean up was still underway. A deputy led me to where the grenade was hidden in the woods and also told me that it had been handle by two people before we got there.

1200 The grenade was inserted into a sleeve resembling someone's glasses case. The grenade felt hollow by the weight and I could feel the hole in the bottom through the material. I removed the case and could tell it was an empty training grenade with an inoperable fuze and spoon screwed in the top. The spoon was pined but was loose and had no spring loaded firing pin inside the fuze. It was a previously fired and had a small chain with little bells attached to it.

1215 We briefed the Sheriff and clean up crew that it was an empty training grenade and assumed a standby role while they finished the clean up. I called the Command post and informed them of the possibility of two more grenades in the house and we were going to standby until the clean up was finished.


1320 Nothing else was found and we departed the scene for Base.

1430 We arrived back at Barksdale and resumed normal standby

Beale AFB MK 82 1 At 0900 26 July 2006, Chief Wright, Flight Chief, received a phone call from 2nd BW Safety, TSgt Ward requesting assistance with a Mk 82 located on second floor of the Post office, Weapons School. TSgt Martin and SSgt Gordon was dispatched to respond. The initial recon supported it was live tritonol filled ordnance with respect to paintings and marking. Team members understood the Mk 82 to have been in this location for approx. 10 years. They took the nose cover and BSU49 off the Mk 82 and an inert marking was on the tail ring. 2d MUNS verified the stamped markings and confirmed that the item was a empty 300lb. Mk 82. The Mk 82 was turned over to the owner terminated.

Beale AFB MK II, practice 1 1000 Team notified by command post of possible hand grenade in Jefferson TX

1030 Standby team arrives at shop

1045 team in route to Jefferson TX

1210 Team arrives on scene, Xray is set up and verified empty grenade w/functioned fuze. Incident


terminated, item brought back to shop for training on hand grenade disposal procedures.

0230 Team arrives back at EOD shop

0300 Equipment reconstituted complete

Beale AFB ANM65 Sand filled practice

1 A UXO was discovered on the East Reservation while contractors where excavating for privatized housing .

Contractors immediately called Command post who called 2nd CES EOD.

The team arrived on location at 1400. The item was confirmed as an actual bomb with nose plug. However it was half buried in dirt. Some careful digging around the UXO and determined that the back half was missing and the bomb itself was an empty casing.

EOD advises termination of the incident at 1530

Beale AFB ABCM25A1, HAND, CS1/DM1/ CN1, RIOT

CONTROL

1 Sgt Allen from the Caddo Parish Sheriffs office called and requested we meet him at the North gate for a ordnance pickup. During a search of a residence in Blanchard, La, he found a M25 A2 (CS) handgrenade. The grenade was pinned and safe at the time of discovery so, it was transported to Barksdale where we took control of the grenade and turned it into 2 MUNS inspection element for final disposition.

Beale AFB MARK II, HAND, FRAG

1 At 1505 SSgt Gordon was notified by the 2 BW command post that a hand grenade was found at an off base residence and that Bossier Fire Dept is bringing it to Barksdale's West gate. After all notifications were made SSgt Gordon and SrA Hall responded to the West Gate to meet with Fire Dept personnel. The grenade was tranferred to responding EOD team who inspected it and determined all safety pins were in place and were secured by tape. The team then transported grenade to the WSA and turned item over to munitions personnel for shipment to Hill AFB.


Beale AFB M116A2, SIMULATOR,

GRENADE, HAND

1 1200 California OES contacted the unit with a request for support for a pulled over vehicle with explosives inside. Team began preparing for rollout while individuals were seeking approvals.

1300 Clarification is received that the vehicle has a grenade like device in the seat. Approval is received and Team departed.

1400 Team arrived on scene and was briefed that the item was a white cylinder with"M116 GBS" printed on the outside. Team member approached and verified that the item was a GBS. The identification was verified by team chief. Item was placed in a can and returned to base for immediate destruction.

1600 Team returned to base and destroyed the item immediately due to the fact that the control and maintenance could not be varified

1630 operations complete

Five Mandatory Statements IAW AFI 323001and DODIEPAMMR, Chapter 9 Paragraph 5.(b.)(3.)

a)Type of Munitions: 1 ea M116 GBS

b)Manner/Location of Treatment/Storage: transported to the EOD range. Team detonated itusing 1ea M112 block, C4 and 2ea M6 Electric blasting caps.


c)Manner Which Munitions Transported: Moved by 9 CES/CED personnel in a GOV 6 pax truck (G632440A) until arrival at EOD range.

d)Detail Coordination: Team contacted Mr. Dandrige on 3 Jan 06 to advise them that we had destroyed the rounds by detonation

e)Justification: The items status could not be confirmed and therefore must be destroyed IAW 60D2517 and 11A142.

f)Emergency Permits: Level 1 permit not required

Beale AFB M49A2 1 1330: Received call from Yuba County Sheriff's Department word that during a fire in the basement of a house, the Fire Department had found a peice of ordnance in the attic. Sheriff was advised to notify the Beale Command Post after the information was taken down.

1530: Arrived on scene. After inspection of the item in coordination with AEODPS, it was determined that the ordnance had already been RSP'd. Onscene police said that the Fire Department had seen possibly more ordnance in the attic. After ascending a ladder, the 30mm was found. However due to severe instability of planks in the attic (member almost fell through the ceiling from them bowing and cracking), member withdrew from the attic because of the hazard. From where the member did get to though, no other ordnance could be seen. Items were transported to EOD range for detonation.

Five Mandatory Statements IAW AFI 323001and DODIEPAMMR, Chapter 9 Paragraph 5.(b.)(3.)


a)Type of Munitions: 1 ea M49A2 mortar, 1 ea MK 267 MOD 0 30mm projectile

b)Manner/Location of Treatment/Storage: Team detonated both items together using 1ea M112 block, C4 and 2ea M6 Electric blasting caps.

c)Manner Which Munitions Transported: Moved by 9 CES/CED personnel in a GOV 6 pax truck (G632440A) until arrival at field.

d)Detail Coordination: Team contacted MSgt Shew to advise them that we had destroyed the items by detonation

e)Justification: The mortar and 30mm projectile were in very poor condition making them both hazardous. In this condition they could not be transported over public roads and are completely unserviceable and therefore must be destroyed IAW 60D2322, 60D2597, 60D22220 and 11A142.

f)Emergency Permits: Level 1 permit not required

Beale AFB M7A3, HAND, RIOT CONTROL, CS

1 Team was notified of a riot control grenade in Linda, California. Team showed up on scene and Team Chief was escorted to the item which was in its original container. Grenade was found pinned and spoon was taped down. Item was put in a padded CMC and transported back to base where it was stored in the Munitions squadron holding area. Item is awaiting further disposition.


Beale AFB M68 81MM training mortar

1 1500 Deputy Joe Palmeroy contacted the Beale Command Post. Notified by command post of mortar round found hanging in individuals shed ceiling.

1525 Team departed shop

1545 Team arrived on scene, Sent down SrA Churchill to inspect the item and SrA Eisnor as safety back up.

1550 Team identified item as a training round and ended the call.

1630 Team arrives at shop

Beale AFB 60 mm mortar, model unknown

2 07 DEC 2007

1600 Flight notified of grenade and uxo pick up from Butte county sheriff office

08 DEC 2007

0800 Team left shop for Butte county sheriff office


0915 County sheriff brought team to ordnance in holding area

0935 Team collected items and placed in CMC's with packing material

1030 Team departed sheriff's office and headed back to range for disposal

1130 Team arrived on range for disposal (TSgt Smith/SrA Menchaca met team for Disposal)

1230 Team disposed of uxo's by detonation

1300 Team arrived at shop and reconstituted equipment


Burlington IAP M2A1, HAND, FRAG 1 1500 Received call from ATF agent requesting pickup of unknown condition military ordnance item found in gun shop during routine inspection

1530 Departed shop for incident site

1615 Arrived incident site and determined item safe to transport

1630 Departed site for return to shop

1715 Arrived back at shop. Upon further inspection, item determined to be inert.

1730 MC resumed normal duties

Cannon AFB BDU33 1 Notified by the NM State Police through 27th Fighter Wing CP for assistance needed at Roswell NM for unknown military ordnance item.

1210: Team received approval from CP to depart base.

1230: Team picked up CO's legal representative.

1430: Arrived on scene at DOT HQ in Roswell NM.

1435: Team member performed Recon.

1440: Team member and team chief determined ordnance to be an expended BDU33 with no explosive hazard.

1455: Spoke with DOT public affairs representative.

1500: Departed Roswell NM.

1715: Arrived back on base.

1725: Response terminated normal standby resumed.


Cannon AFB Dupont Civilian #8 Blasting Cap

1 1012: Notified of a request for assistance to Carlsbad NM by Ft Bliss TX EOD, verified with Ft Sam Houston EOD Control center, made on base notifications, contacted Carlsbad PD for further details, team draws 1 explosive response kit from MSA.

1123: Permission given to respond, CE officer arrives, team departs for Carlsbad.

1530: Arrive at Carlsbad PD, contact corporal Snow, verified 1 civilian blasting cap.

Shunted leg wires, placed in 663 for transportation to Police Rifle Range.

1545: At Rifle range, disposed of cap IAW 11A142.

1600: Complete operations.

1630: Depart Carlsbad after refueling vehicle.

2000: Return to Unit, refuel vehicles, reconstituted equipment.

2044: Operations complete, resumed normal standby.

We consider this a Level 1do to the condition of the caps leg wires, ours and the Carlsbad police's inability to store civilian explosives, the high winds and static in south New Mexico.


Cannon AFB M14, CARTRIDGE, DRILL, 105MM

1 0700 Standby team notified by Command Post of an off base request for EOD support by the Levelland Texas Sheriffs department to inspect a munition item found by a local resident in a building he recently acquired.

0730 Team leaves Cannon AFB for Levelland Texas located @120 miles east of base.

1015 Team arrives at 2024 Rice Drive Levelland Texas and meets with Mr Watson, the person that requested help. After doing a basic recon on the item the cartridge case was xrayed to confirm no explosives were present and that the interior of the cartridge matched description in T.O. Item was positively ID'd to be an inert M14 Drill Cartridge. There were no explosive components inside the item according to A2122 Ammunition Inspectors Guide (TM 91904 1944). Since item was safe and was the legal property of Mr. Watson the round was left in his possession.

1045 Team terminates response and heads back to Cannon AFB

1330 Team arrives at Cannon AFB, reports team returned to Command Post, reconstitutes equipment and returns to normal duty.

Cannon AFB BLU63 (D1)/B, Bomb, Dummy

1 1500 Received call from Lt. Grah of the Clovis PD that he had a couple of items that he wasn't sure of, and wanted the EOD team to evaluate to ensure they were safe. Team advised them to notify the 27 FW Command Post to make the request.

1530 Received official authorization to depart the installation. Team was notified that the Police had in their possession what appeared to be a fired LAW Rocket tube, a small blue baseball sized item that appeared to have BB's embedded all around the body. They also had what appeared to be a Stainless Steel, softball sized, sphere that had a spanner cap on it the size of a quarter. It also had "95MM" stamped on the outer body, along with "4 KG". Team was told to go to the main police station to meet with the LT.

1545 Arrived at the police station. Team found out that the LT had those munitions items in the back seat of his unmarked police car. Team Chief inspected the blue baseball and LAW while they were still sitting in the back seat of the cruiser. It was readily apparent that the LAW Tube had been fired.


The team chief started to return to the EOD Trailer when, with out telling the TC, pulled out the remainder of the items from the back of his vehicle. Now that the items had been remotely moved by the LT, TC had him place the items down on the sidewalk, after getting some materials to brace the ordnance items with. TC dressed out in EOD 8 and subsequently conducted a recon on the BLU63 and sphere with the RTR4. Nothing was revealed indicating any CBRNE hazards as a result of the recon. The team could not readily identify the exact purpose of the sphere (it was obvious that it was not an ordnance item after the diagnostics) until Lt Keener mentioned that it resembled a shotput. Armed with that perspective a picture of the item was sent back to the EOD shop by a camera phone where it was confirmed via the internet that the item was in fact a 4Kg Track and Field Shotput. Team relinquished control of all the training/inert ordnance items back to the LT for evidential purposes, to include the sphere.

1850 Team completed initial reconstitution and departed from the Police Station

1900 Team arrived back at Station/EOD shop. Team finished reconstitution at shop of tools and equipment used.

NOTE: Once any legal proceedings are complete with the individual that had the items are complete the Clovis PD, with approval of the District Attorney, should relinquish the M72A1 Launcher and BLU63 training aid to the EOD Flight. This should prevent any future issues resulting in those items being in "civilian" hands.


Cannon AFB M81A1, 40MM, AP 2 1055 team receives call from Cannon CP for off base assistance in Tucumcari NM. The local Police

Dept requested EOD support for two 40mm projectiles found by a local construction company tearing down old warehouses.

1147 Team leaves Cannon AFB after equipment loadout and picking up explosives from the MSA.

1400 Team arrives on scene in Tucumcari NM (87 miles from home station) to find Fire, Medical and an impressive/correct cordon established by local law enforcement. Team met with OSC and then SrA Olguin performs recon on items and determines they are M81A1 TPT 40mm projectiles. SSgt Leaverton confirms the recon for positive identification of the rounds. Due to the deteriorated state of the munitions long distance transport/long term storage was ruled out for safety purposes and team transports rounds to a prearranged near by disposal site for disposal by detonation.

1420 Team arrives at the disposal site (local police rifle range on the outskirts of town) and sets up the shot.

1437 Shot complete and checked for success. No scrap was found at the blow site. Incident terminated and team packs up and heads back to cannon.

1730 Team arrives back at Cannon AFB and reconstitutes equipment.

Local contacts in Tucumcari:

Lt Chuck Newman Tucumcari PD 5054612160

Lt Baker NM State Patrol 5054035301


Cannon AFB BDU33D/B, PRACTICE

1 5 Feb 06

0800: Call from Command Post for Clovis PD requesting EOD to look at a possible UXO. Detailed description given over the phone included nomenclature of "BDU33". Cordon was shrunk from 3 blocks to 100 ft.

0810: Team arrives at shop to prepare for call.

0820: Team leaves for location at Commerce and Main St.

0841: Team arrives on scene

0845: SrA Hiller performs recon, takes pictures, and positively identifies item. SSgt Wilcken verifies SrA Hiller's identification that item was a BDU33 and that no cart was present. Since no hazard was present, item is picked up and response was terminated.

0905: Team returns to base. End of response.


Cannon AFB MK 106 MOD 0, 5 LB, PRACTICE

2 Monday 2/6/2006 received a call from the New Mexico State Police regarding two "orange bombs." Vannes fielded the call, received the information and explained that all they would need to do is call the installation Command Post for the EOD flight to come out and get them. The shop expected the call to come in shortly thereafter, it never did.

Friday 2/10/2006 1700 hrs

Vannes received a phone call from Sgt Bess of the New Mexico State Bomb Squad; he was sitting at the front gate to CAFB with two "orange bomb" (exactly as described by the previous NMSP officer on Monday). Vannes and Brown responded to the main gate.

1720 Arrived on scene and made contact with Sgt Bess. Sgt Bess turned over 2 MK106 practice bombs (identity verified by both EOD Techs via 60 series) which he brought to the gate in his police cruiser. Sgt Bess placed the two bombs in a spare tire to prevent any "issues" with the items. Brown probed the bombs IAW 60 series tech data, which revealed they were both in fact empty. Further inspection revealed that the bombs did not in fact appear to have ever been loaded or dropped.

Information was gathered from Sgt Bess regarding how they were found. A female active duty military member recently divorced from her now NOT active duty military husband, whom had brought the items from work approximately two years ago. The bombs were just sitting in the garage "gathering dust" and she decided that she no longer wanted them in the house, so she called the state police.

The items are in very good condition and will be utilized for training purposes in the future.


Cannon AFB M228 Grenade Fuze, practice delay

226 6 April 2006

1500 notified by command post of a UXO call to Amarillo TX. Got contact info and called Sgt James of the Amarillo Bomb Squad. He had been given several unknown pieces of ordnance and needed them identified and possibly disposed of. He had them in his explosive holding area and said it would be best if we came out the next morning. We agreed and made plans to go early following morning.

7 April 2006

0630 Mountain Team (Evans, Leaverton, Hamski, Queer) departs Cannon for the city landfill in Amarillo where the APD Sgt has his explosive holding area.

0930 Central Team arrives onscene, meets up with Sgt James and he advised us that he had his own explosive allocation but there was a strict burn ban in Amarillo at the time due to no rain in 180 days and that over 50,000 acres in the county had burned down a few days prior. Team proceeds to recon the items needing evaluation. Items were grenade fuses, LAW rocket motor sections, a mortar and hand grenade.

1030 Central All items positively identified through AEODPS and confirmed by team chief. It was unknown if the mortar or grenade had been properly inerted in the past so team chief made the decision to transport the possible live unarmed munitions as well as 20 M72A1 LAW rocket tail sections to Melrose AF range. The plan was to perform emergency disposal of the mortar, grenade and grenade fuses and demilitarize the LAW rocket tail sections at the range due to a greatly reduced of wild fire due to a properly prepared blow site.

1100 Central Team departs from Amarillo to Melrose range and calls ahead to home station to have explosives delivered to the range.

1230 Mountain Team arrives at Melrose, arranges a fire truck and road grater to stand by blow site in case of fire and sets up the disposal. Shot is setup and initiated. Blow site is checked afterward and there were no fires


or any munitions residue left.

1330 Mountain Team arrives back at home station, reconstitutes the equipment/vehicles used and all is returned to service. Call Terminated.

Charleston AFB M48 Sand Load 1 31 May 05

1600hrs: Received phone call from Deputy Lou Howard requesting assistance to pick up a 75mm projectile found at a Morningside residence in North Charleston, SC. The projectile was found by the North Charleston Fire Department when responding to a small residential fire at that residence. Deputy Howard removed the item from the residence and was waiting for CAFB EOD at a pickup location off Rivers Avenue at Trident Technical College, North Charleston, SC.

1605hrs: EOD operations notified the Command Post to get permission to respond and notified the standby team. Also notified was the 437 CES/CC, Col (S) Hicks.

1620hrs: EOD standby team, SSgt Pulice, SrA Waide, and A1C Griffin met at the shop, prepared vehicles, and gathered all required gear.


1635hrs: Received permission to respond from 437 MSG/CC Col Doran.

1640hrs: Team departed EOD shop in route to pickup location.

1700hrs: Team arrived at pickup location and examined the item. Item was found to be a 75mm M48 projectile with a sand load. The projectile was fuzed with a stamped "EMPTY" M57 PD fuze. Also recovered was an inerted shell casing. Team secured the item and returned to base.

1720hrs: Team arrived at the EOD and xrayed the item to verify absence of any hazards. XRays reveal an empty fuze and projectile. No hazards.

1730hrs: SSgt Pulice positively identified the round and TSgt Banks, EOD Flight Superintendent, examined the item IAW AMC policy on turning in recovered munitions to the MSA, and verified team's finding.

1745hrs: Team stored the item for the night. Demolition will be conducted at a later date this month.

1750hrs: Gear was reconstituted.

1 June 05


1000hrs: Completed EOD Report. Mission complete.

Additional info on events leading to ordnance discovery:

Deputy Howard advised EOD Team Chief that when questioning the individual who had the item, he discovered that it is common practice for the kids of Morningside to use metal detectors to search the local creek beds to find items such has the one described above. Items such as bolt action rifles have also been discovered there in the past. None of these items were found at the residence in question, and the current location and disposition is unknown.

Charleston AFB MK 25 MOD 3 1 15 Aug 05

0945 hrs: Received phone call from CAFB Command Post advising of a request from the Edisto Beach Fire Department for the pickup of a Naval Marine Marker found on the beach earlier in that day. At 0925 hrs, the marker was reported as smoking. MSG/CC approval was already granted to respond to the incident. Notifications were made IAW EOD Team Chief Guide. Team was assembled and gear prepared. Team chief contacted Chief Mills for the current status of the marker and with safe handling/storage instructions. The marker was no longer smoking.

1000 hrs: Response team departed CAFB in route to Edisto Beach. EOD Operations started to coordinate a demolition operation on the Navy range, but the Range Officer could not be contacted. (Note: Contact was finally made at 1230 hrs but inclement weather prevented the operation. Range operation will be scheduled at a later date.)


1100 hrs: Arrived at Edisto Beach Fire Department. Team Chief (SSgt Pulice) positively identified the marker as a MK 25 MOD 3 Marine Marker. The marker had functioned as designed. The smoking was the result of crusted red phosphorus residue left inside the marker. The round was handled and packed for transportation IAW 60S 2250.

1115 hrs: Departed Edisto Beach in route to CAFB.

1225 hrs: Arrived at CAFB EOD compound. Marker identification was verified by TSgt Quincy Banks, Superintendent, IAW AMCI323001. Return notifications were made. Marker info: MK 25 MOD 3, NSN 1370 006901458, LOT# 13KC0574, HAZ CLASS 1.3G.

1230 hrs: Gear was reconstituted while the marker was transported the MSA to await disposition at a later date.

1300 hrs: EOD report was prepared.

1500 hrs: Mission complete.


Charleston AFB 9.2" shell 1 3 Oct 05

0945 EOD team was requested by Charleston City Bomb Squad to identify/evaluate a large projectile

dug up from underneath a residence in Mount Pleasant. Civilian bomb squad members had

transported the projectile to their police warehouse.

1000 Team met with civilian bomb squad personnel to identify the round. No markings or colors could

be found, as the round was very rusted. An attempt was made to Xray the round, but xrays

would not penetrate the thick casing. This, and the fact that cement was found on the base of

the round, coming out of "filler holes," led the team to believe that the round was cement filled.

Several pictures and measurements were taken of the round. The team exhausted all available

resources to identify the round on site; however, no ID could be made. All information was

forwarded to EOD TECHDIV as describe at the bottom of this narrative.

1500 Munition was transported to Charleston AFB for storage until further ID attempts could be done.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The pictures and measurements of the munition was sent to EOD Technical Division, for help positively identifying the round. After approximately two weeks, Tech Div replied that the round was a 9.2 inch shell fired


from a Mk I or II Vickers howitzer produced during WWI. The team could not confirm this in AEODPS, as the only reference found was in D2110 in a table of very poor visual quality.

The TECHDIV asked us to document the continuation of the RSP step by step with pictures and xrays.

The only range near us sited to complete this is closed for renovation until early CY 06, at which time the round will be exploited further. Supplements to this report will be submitted as soon as the tests can be accomplished.

Update:

At the time of the incident the Lat/Long requirement was not put out yet, so we do not have that information. Attached in the documents section is a reply back from the tech div pertaining to ordnance items like this one containing chemicals.

Charleston AFB M1916 Gun System 37mm Projo

1 14 Dec 05

1430: Received phone call from Randy Kitiner, owner of Trader World Gun Shop. He notified EOD

operations that someone had dropped off a 30mm projectile at his shop. He described it as very

rusty and currently located outside in a field in back of his business. EOD operations instructed

him to contact the Command Post and we would be standing by for their call. Standby team

was notified and gear was prepared. EOD Flight Chief, on scene on separate incident, was also

notified.


1440: Received phone call from Command Post requesting us to respond, with MSG/CC approval and

CE/CC was notified. Team departed shop enroute to Trader World.

1450: Arrived at Trader World and obtained MGRS coordinates. Met with Randy Kitiner and was

escorted to the round. Initial recon of the item revealed a WWI era round with casing, of about

37mm; unfired. Team placed the round in a CMC and gathered information on the rounds

discovery. A unnamed patron of Trader World bought a shipping container and the round was

in the shipping container. After obtaining the container, the patron opened it up and the

round was inside. They, in turn, took the round to Trader World. Randy, recognized the round

as military, and called the Air Force Base.

1505: Departed Trader World enroute to the EOD shop.

1517: Arrived at EOD shop. Performed Xray of the round. 300 pulses summed revealed a thick

cased munition with a small internal cavity, no base fuze and absence of fuzing components in

the nose. Team researched all applicable 60 series publications and internet sources until

coming across 60A2122; Ammunition Inspector's Guide, Section VI, Artillery. This T.O.

described the item verbatim as a M1916 Gun System 37mm projectile. The key to identification

of this round was the cartridge case. It's small size was indicative of only that series of


projectile. Xrays confirmed the projectile wall size. This round is of older make than

specifically addressed in the T.O. Most of the rounds of this era were adapted for base fuzing,

this one was not. The T.O. specifically addressed this adapting. Another key identification was

the white metal plug in the fuze well of the round. Indicative of nonexplosive payload.

1620: Positively identified by Team Chief, SSgt Pulice, and verified by Superintendent, TSgt Quincy

Banks.

1630: Gear was stowed and the round was stored for future demolition.

15 Dec 05

0900: Completed 3579. Mission complete.


Charleston AFB MK II Gas Grenade 2 5 Apr 06

1300 hrs: Received phone call from Officer Pat Morris, Charleston County Bomb Squad, notifying us that he picked up 2 grenades, possibly riot control and military, in Walterboro, SC. They responded to the residence of a deceased WWII veteran. When relatives were cleaning the residence, they discovered the grenades. The grenades were in excellent condition and Officer Morris ensured us the grenades were pinned and he had taped the spoon in place as well. Found with the grenades was an instruction pamphlet, which is what led them to believe the grenades were riot control and military ordnance. Team Chief obtained a thorough description of the grenades as well but Officer Morris was already on base transporting the items to the EOD shop for further evaluation.

1315 hrs: EOD Flight Chief was notified. Team was assembled and began investigating the grenades by nomenclature and description. By using AEODPS and www.google.com, team was able to narrow down the grenade to either the MK II Gas Grenade or the MK V Gas Grenade (both riot control using CS/CN as the filler).

1400 hrs: The grenades were verified as MK II Gas Grenades with CN as the filler and safe to ship and store. The grenades were xrayed to determine presence of filler; filler was present. This was initially obtained by SSgt Frank Pulice and verified by MSgt John Ford. CE Commander was notified.

1500 hrs: MSA personnel were contacted and notified of the find. Grenades were transported to the MSA for future shipment.

1600 hrs: Mission complete.

6 Apr 05


0900 hrs: Completed ACES Report.

Charleston AFB Case Shot 1 1200 Pat Morris of the Charleston County Bomb Squad notified the EOD shop that he required

assistance with a Civil War cannon ball. The individual suspected the cannon ball may contain

Picric acid.

1300 Command Post granted permission to respond to the call.

1305 Team gathered necessary equipment and proceeded enroute to location.

1400 Team arrived on scene and performed a reconnaissance of the item.

1430 The item was determined to be the remnants of a Case Shot Civil War cannonball.


1500 The Case shot contained a sulfurous substance commonly used to suspend smaller pellets

inside. Technical information was further evaluated. Picric acid was not discovered until several

years after the civil war. The item was deemed safe and explosive free. Fragments were left for

display in a Civil War museum display case.

1510 Team departed enroute to EOD shop.

1600 Team arrived at EOD shop and reconstituted equipment.

1630 Mission complete.

Davis Monthan AFB

M 77; 90mm APT 1 ALL TIMES LOCAL

14 Jan 2005

1048 Notified by 355 WG/CP that there was a call for me about an unknown projectile from SSgt Holland from the 355 SFS who in turn had the Sierra Vista Police Department on the line who in turn had "Annette" from Cashway MiniStorage on the phone. It took about one question the realize that this system was not going to work. I got "Karen" from the Sierra Vista Police Department Dispatchers office contact info to streamline the process. When I notified her I discovered that she had no idea what was going on either but she gave me the contact info for the ministorage manager.

1100 I contacted Annette at Cashway ministorage she described the round in pretty decent detail. I notified shop chief that we were responding off base and notified command post to get permission to respond from the


MSG. We then departed from home to the base.

1125 Team arrived at base, gathered equipment and awaited permission to respond from MSG/CC

1215 Permission to respond granted by Col Rodriguez MSG/CC, team departed for Sierra Vista.

1330 Team arrived Cashway MiniStorage 1400 S. HWY 92, Sierra Vista, AZ. Upon arrival, the manager was not on site.

1345 Sierra Vista Police Department arrived to oversee operation

1445 Manager finally arrived. She told us that the projectile had been abandoned in a storage locker and the new renter discovered it when he was moving his stuff into the locker. He tried to lift the box and thought it was surprisingly heavy and opened the box to discover the round. He reported it to the manager. She then notified the police who responded on Thursday 13 Jan 05. They were supposed to notify us that day but didn't notify us until 14 Jan. When the police left the scene she secured the building until we arrived.

1500 We arrived at the storage locker, she unlocked the structure and moved out to a safe distance. After initial reconnaissance we had a good idea of what ordnance we had, but, decided to xray the round to insure it was solid. During initial recon it was determined that the tracer element was burned out.

1515 Xray was set up and took multiple xrays to determine that the round was solid.

1530 Found the round in 60A2122, M77 APT, confirmed the round was constructed of melted shot and was inert except for the tracer element.

1545 Took polaroids of the round for the police report and the log book for the ministorage, reconstituted equipment

1600 Departed Sierra Vista for DM

1710 Arrived DM, notified command post of return, reconstituted equipment

1715 Returned to standby duties

M77 APT initially identified by SrA Hager, Steven, E. verified by TSgt Allen, Thomas, A.


Davis Monthan AFB

M206, CARTRIDGE, FLARE

1 14 Feb, 1515 Flight was notified by Rich Coyle from the US Border Patrol that he thought he was in possession of some type of military explosive, possible HMX. A hunter had found the item and brought it to the Border Patrol station on his way home. Mr. Coyle then called our unit. Mr. Coyle sent pictures and the flight determined it to be two pieces of flare composition. Due to the condition of the item and manning constraints, the flight recommended that he sandbag the item in place which was on the corner of the helo pad and it would be taken care of first thing the next morning. Mr. Coyle agreed.

15 Feb, 0800 SSgt Prowell & SrA Loomis departed enroute to Douglas, AZ.

15 Feb, 1030 Team arrived on scene, located item, and took possession of 1ea M206 flare.

15 Feb, 1100 Team departed the US Border Patrol station enroute for DavisMonthan AFB.

15 Feb, 1330 Team arrived at DavisMonthan AFB and proceeded to Site 5 (bomb dump) to place the munition in temporary storage.

17 Feb, 13001430 SSgt Prowell and SrA Riley disposed of the item IAW applicable tech data. Equipment was cleaned up and stowed. Standby team resumed operational duties. MC.

EPA/RCRA Information

TYPE OF MUNITION:

Flare compound (magnesium & Teflon) from an M206 aircraft flare.

MANNER/LOCATION OF TREATMENT/STORAGE:

Flare was transported from Douglas, AZ Border Patrol station directly to the munitions holding area at Davis


Monthan AFB. It was stored there and later transported from the munitions holding area to the EOD range via the most direct route. Flare compound was treated with one block of M112 and two electric M6 blasting caps.

MANNER WHICH MUNITIONS TRANSPORTED:

Transported with an EOD 3 passenger pickup with a placarded canopy via the most direct route from Douglas to Tucson. Item was secured in an ammo can and secured with a tiedown strap. Once on base, standard explosive movement routes were used.

DETAIL COORDINATION:

Contacted Kate Shore at DSN 2284840 and ADEQ (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality) at 1800 3245677. Left a message with ADEQ and faxed the notification sheet to both parties, 5202283709 for Kate Shore and 5207714444 for ADEQ.

JUSTIFICAITON:

Any off base responses involving military munitions will be treated as an emergency and neither a Level 1 or Level 2 permit is required. Coordination through ADEQ is all that is required.

EMERGENCY PERMITS:

N/A

Flight is awaiting the ADEQ control number.


Davis Monthan AFB

LUU1/B, MARKER, TARGET

12 1 Apr 05

1600: SCENARIO: EOD assistance was requested to inspect 12ea LUU1/B flares that the 355th EMS had mistakenly turned into the Sierra Mining and Crushing Co. (10 minutes south of DMAFB) as scrap for recycle. Captain Drew was concerned that the flares may be unsafe since they had most likely exceeded their "drop criteria". He notified Col. Rodriguez, MSG CC, of the situation and Lt. Ruiz notified the flight that EOD assistance may be requested in the near future. The determination was later made that EOD should ensure the rounds are safe for transport. The flight then notified the command post and got permission to respond off base.

1640: Team was recalled and responded to Sierra Mining and Crushing Co. located at 8665 S. Alvernon in Tucson, AZ to inspect the 12ea LUU1/B flares.

1700: Team arrived on scene, located the flares which had been put inside a building by an employee, spoke with Captain Drew about the situation, and inspected all 12 LUU1/Bs. The flares were all unarmed and safe for transport.

1730: Team loaded the flares in the 3pax and transported them back to the munitions holding area where they were turned over to the inspections office. The bomb dump personnel onsite did not have the ability to transport the munitions themselves.

1800: Team returned to the flight, reconstituted equipment, and resumed operational standby duties.


Davis Monthan AFB

75mm HE St. Chamond

1 7 Apr 05

1420 Recieved call from Harry Goss (TPD Bomb Squad) of an item approx 18L" x 3D" at 426 W. Montana. Officer Goss requested assistance in determining the identity of the item. Team chief told Officer Goss that he'd have to request assistance through the Command Post.

1425 Team started gathering equipment and tech data in preparation for offbase response

1430 Team received permission to respond offbase from 355 MSG/CC and 355 CES/CC

1435 Team departed shop with all necessary equipment

1440 Team departed base

1500 Team arrived on scene at 426 W. Montana, Tucson AZ and met with Sgt Ardan Devine, Rob McGusker and Harry Goss (TPD Bomb Squad)

1505 1510 Team viewed diagnostic prints taken by TPD and entered residence to look at item.

1510 1530 Team completed recon of item and removed it from the residence


1530 1545 Team conducted additional diagnostic procedures on item and found the item to have been a fired projectile with a powder train time fuze. Through diagnostics item was determined to have no liquid filler nor fragmentation balls. The item being over 100 years old and oxidation showing from in between the time set rings and the steel ring led the team to believe it was safe for transport. Xrays showed the item to have no filler in the projectile but appeared to have rocks in the cartridge.

1545 Team gathered all equipment, tech data and the item and returned to shop.

1610 Team arrived at shop.

1610 1745 Team conducted additional diagnostics in to determine filler of fired casing

1745 1810 Team removed primer from casing to get a better look at base of projectile. During removal process, the fuze and adapter came loose from projectile. The projectile was empty and the casing was filled with rocks.

1810 Incident terminated at this time

1820 Equipment stowed and team returned to standby duties

NOTE: Item was not located in data base for ordnance. Like item was found in 60A2122 made by France for U.S. in WW1. Item was determined to be an HE round used in 75mm cannons and tanks during WW1


Davis Monthan AFB

M55A1 2 19 Apr 05

1050 Received call from Deputy Chris Rogers (PCSD Bomb Tech) concerning 2 old projectiles turned in by a daughter of a deceased WW1 Marine.

1115 Team gathered necessary equipment and tech data and awaited permission to respond offbase.

1120 Team recieved notification to respond offbase and departed.

1150 Team arrived on scene @101 W. Roger Road, Tucson, AZ and met with Deputy Rogers and partner.

11501245 Team performed diagnostic procedures on item and Team member identified them as 2ea 37mm M55A1 with M50 fuzes. Team chief verified the identification. Through diagnostic procedures one item was determined to be empty and the other to be filled with some kind of powder. The round was turned back over to Deputy Rogers.

1245 1310 Item was transported to Children's memorial park in Tucson for disposal. Team was requested to stand by as safety back up. Northwest Fire Dept was on hand for any emergency that arose. Deputy Rogers emptied the black powder filler and utilized a road flare to dispose of the filler. It appeared that the owner of the round had filled it with reloader powder at some point and never emptied it before he passed.

1310 Incident terminated and team departed for shop.

1350 Team arrived at the shop, reconstituted equipment and returned to standby duties.

Dobbins AFB M43A1 1 At approximately 1030 hours, 94th EOD was notified by Gwinnett County Police Dispatch that their Bomb Squad was responding to a military piece of ordnance located in the middle of a local apartment complex. Gwinnett County dispatch tried to reach the 723d EOD unit but was unsuccessful. We were informed by the dispatcher after their Bomb Squad confirmed what the ordnance was, they would notify us if we were needed. At 1100 hours 94th EOD received a call from the Gwinnett Bomb Squad the item was confirmed military ordnance (mortar), and they requested our assistance on scene. Once obtaining permission to respond from the Command Post and Group Commander, we loaded our response gear, in addition to explosives, and responded to the incident.

Prior to arrival at the incident, the Bomb Squad had performed a reconnaissance and obtained nomenclature from the item. Upon our arrival on scene, we met with Gwinnett County's Bomb Squad and reviewed the information they had. We were informed the item was located in a trash can by a custodian and was removed and placed on the ground. The responding officer had taken pictures of the item and positive identification was determined. The item was a M43A1 mortar with either a M52series or M82series fuze in the nose. The fuze


could not be determined further since it had been damaged. After reviewing the pictures it could be determined there were inerting holes in the ordnance. MSgt McKinney proceeded down range in order to recon the item. While down range he confirmed the presence of the inerting holes and the mortar was hollow. We confirmed the ordnance was inert and handed the scene over to the local police. Team returned to the shop and reconstituted equipment.

Dover AFB Mk 1, Cartridge Case 1 1705: Departed base en route to Delaware State Police, Troop 4.

1706: Notified fire department that 2 personnel in 1 vehicle were leaving the base for ordnance pick up.

1805: Arrived at Troop 4.

1845: Identified as Mk 1 cartridge case with a 40mm rubber bullet. Believe "mock" round used for timing of gun system. No EOD action required.

1850: Departed and headed back to base.

1852: Informed CP of pickup.

1950: Arrived back at Dover AFB.


2005: Classified was stored and vehicle and equipment reconstituted.


Dover AFB VB, Rifle Grenade 1 1020: CP notified EOD of ordnance pickup in Felton, DE

1115: CP gives EOD authorization to respond offbase

1120: FD is notified of two personnel in one vehicle departing Dover AFB for offbase response

1147: Arrive onscene

1151: Picked up 1 ea. French VB rifle grenade

1220: Team arrives at MSA

1225: Munition stored

1232: CP notified of return (MM)

13 Jan 05

0830: SSgt Csizmar and A1C Bostic arrive at the MSA to draw explosives and the recovered item.


0915: Team arrives at the range.

0950: Detonation occurs and SSgt Csizmar checks the shot.

0955: Shot is cleared and team secures all used equipment.

1030: Team returns to shop.


Dover AFB SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION

2 21MAR2005

1345: DAFB EOD receives call from CP to respond to an ordnance pickup at Sea Watch (Milford, DE).

1400: Team departs DAFB.

1420: Team arrives at Sea Watch(18S VJ 6368607176). Mr. Robert Powell escorts team to ordnance site. Items recovered are identified as 2 ea .50 cal ball rounds and one unknown item. This item has been recovered numerous times. The item, pictures and xrays have been sent to det 63. Xray shows no explosive or other hazards. The items strongly resemble a fuze so we remove them from the civilian populace.

1430: Team departs Sea Watch.

1452: Team arrives back to DAFB at Gate 5.

1500: Team arrives at MSA to store recovered munitions.

1511: Team departs MSA.

1522: Team arrives back to shop and reconstitutes equipment.


1530: Mission complete.

The items were identified as not containing hazardous material by TSgt Guenthner and A1C Nellist. Positive ID was not obtained on one item. Pictures of the item are attached.


Dover AFB MILL'S BOMB; No. 36 Mk 1 or No. 36M Mk 1

1 23MAR05

1215: Received call from 436 AW/CP requesting EOD assistance in Seaford, DE. Reported that the Army Corp of Engineers has found 1 ea Mills Bomb. CP is working on approval to respond from 436 AW/CC. Flight chief and 436 CE/CC are notified.

1220 Truck is loaded out with all appropriate gear, and team consisting of A1C Nellist and TSgt Duncan are standing by for approval.

1230 436 AW/CC approval is granted. Team departs Dover AFB, en route to Seaford.

1405 Team arrives on scene and is met by Mr John Wilkens. Ordnance is positively identified as 1 ea British Mills Bomb. Item is secured.

1415 Team departs Seaford en route to Dover AFB

1515 Team arrives at Gate 5 and are standing by for SFS.

1517 SFS arrive at gate 5 and team heads to MSA.

1535 Item is stored and team departs MSA.


1550 Team returns to shop and reconstitutes gear.

Item postively identified by Duncan, Michael P. TSgt and Nellist, Nicole G. A1C


Dover AFB Mk 11 1 11 April 2005

1730: Command Post called to inform EOD that Delaware State Police were requesting EOD assistance at Dewey Beach. CPL Parker informed CP of a fuze located on the beach.

1735: Team makes proper notifications and loads equipment.

1740: Team stands by for final approval notification to depart base.

1830: Team receives notification from command post that approval from wing commander has been obtained, and team is approved to depart base.

1830: Team departs base en route to Dewey Beach. Command post and fire department notified.

1915: Team arrives on scene. SSgt Leon prepares for initial reconnaissance.

1930: Initial recon reveals item to be a powder train time fuze.

1950: Item identified as a Mk 11 (SSgt Leon and SrA Dearing). Item determined to be safe for transport, and was placed in a CMC.


2000: Team departs scene en route to Dover AFB; team calls munitions storage to alert them of our ETA so that item could be stored in holding bay.

2050: Team returns to base. All return notifications made.

2115: Fuze stored in holding bay awaiting destruction. Team departs MSA.

2135: Team arrives EOD shop. Mission complete.

12 Apr 2005

0845: MSA contacted for explosives pull to destroy fuze recovered the previous night.

1100: EOD personnel report to MSA. Explosives and fuze pulled and transported to range for destruction. In addition to the fuze, 42 ea 5.56mm, 1 ea 9mm, 1 ea cartridge casing, and 1 ea .50 cal ball were pulled from previous mortuary operations. Report nubers are as follows:

AMCDOVE050069

AMCDOVE050074

AMCDOVE050054


AMCDOVE050039

AMCDOVE050034

1130: Range safety brief given; personnel disperse to complete tasks regarding explosive setup.

1145: Receive 10 minute clearance from tower.

1150: Detonation complete.

1155: Team chief checks shot and gives all clear. Tower and command post notified of operations complete.

1200: Equipment reconstituted. All personnel depart range en route to EOD shop.

1215: All personnel arrive EOD shop. Mission Complete.

(Man hours above are not accurate. Actual total man hours for mission: 11.76 Hours)


Dover AFB .50 CALIBER CARTRIDGE

1 19Apr05

1520 Receive a call from 436 AW/CP that Ft Meade is requesting EOD assistance, to respond to 2 possible detonators at Seawatch in Milford, DE. Team notified 436 CES/CC of response and awaited 436AW/CC approval.

1536 Team receives 436 AW/CC approval and departs shop. Team consisted of Capt. Hannum, SSgt Leon, and SrA Dearing.

1615 Team arrives at Seawatch in Milford Delaware. Doug Morrow gains access to items.

1625 All items are xrayed and identified to be 1ea Mk 23 MOD 1, 4ea .50 Cal projectiles, and 1ea .50 cal full up round. Identified by SSgt Leon and verified by SrA Dearing.

1645 All items are secured in a CMC and team departs for Dover AFB.

1730 Team arrives at Dover AFB via gate 5 and proceeds to MSA to store items.

1745 All items secured at the MSA. Team departs MSA enroute to EOD shop.

1800 Team arrives at EOD shop and reconstitutes equipment. Mission held until destruction the next day.


20Apr05

1300 Team departs shop enroute to MSA for explosives pull. Pull team is SSgt Vilgos and SSgt Leon.

1315 Explosive and stored items are pulled.

1330 Team meets at the range with SrA Locke, and SrA Dearing.

1400 Shot set up. Items to be destroyed are half a VB French rifle grenade from report AMCDOVE050078, 1ea Mk 23 MOD 1, 4ea .50 cal projectiles, and 1ea .50 cal full up round. Team recieves clearance from tower. Shot detonated.

1415 All equipment reconstituted.

1430 Team departs range enroute to EOD shop.

1445 Team arrives at EOD shop. Mission complete.


Dover AFB CARTRIDGE, .50 CALIBER

4 21Apr04

1145 Team receives call from 436AW/CP requesting EOD support to the 744th Ord Co at Ft Mead reguarding a call in Milford DE at Seawatch.

1215 Team recieves approval from 436AW/CC and departs base enroute to incident.

1236 Team arrives on scene and meets with Doug Morrow.

1240 Team gains access to items. All items were xrayed. SSgt Leon identified the items to be 1ea VB French rifle grenade, 1ea Mk 23 MOD 1, and 4ea .50 cal projectiles. SrA Dearing confirmed identification.

1300 Team departs Milford enroute to Dover AFB.

1330 Team arrives at Dover AFB and proceeds through gate 5 to the EOD pro range. Team sets up shot and awaits the arrival of the explosives.

1355 Explosives arrive at EOD proficiency range. Caps are checked out and shot is placed.

1405 Shot detonated. Team checks shot. Shot cleared. Team cleans up and departs pro range enroute to EOD shop.


1430 Team arrives at EOD shop. Mission complete.


Dover AFB M1907, Powder Train Time Fuze

1 1500: Call from Delaware State Police requesting EOD support to Rodney St, Dewey Beach, DE, for pickup of a powder train time fuze.

1551: Permission granted for team to depart Dover AFB.

1553: Dover AFB Fire Dept. informed that two personnel and one vehicle are departing Dover AFB en route to Dewey Beach for ordnance pickup.

1555: CE commander notified.

1639: Team arrives onscene.

1645: TSgt Guenthner identifies ordnance item as a M1907 powder train time fuze. SrA Locke confirms positive identification.

1701: Team departs scene en route to Dover AFB.

1746: Team arrives at Gate 5 of Dover AFB.

1816: Security Forces opens Gate 5 and team enters base.


1818: Team arrives at MSA to store item.

1835: Team departs MSA.

1836: Command Post is notified of return and incident details. (BB)

1840: Arrive back at EOD shop and reconstitute truck. Mission complete.


Dover AFB .50 cal ball 2 3May05




1720 Team gains access to items. All items were xrayed. TSgt Mooney identified the items to be 16ea VB French rifle grenade, 12ea Navy 1Pdr. Projos, 2ea .50 cal projectiles, and 6 MK 2 pineapple handgrenades. SSgt Milligan confirmed identification.


1902 Team arrives at Dover AFB and proceeds through gate 5 to MSA. Team sets up shot and awaits the arrival of the explosives.

1920 Items stored until disposal on 4May05.

1930 Team arrives at EOD shop.


4May05

0730 SSgt Csizmar, SSgt Milligan, and SrA Locke depart shop to pull explosives and items to be disposed of from MSA.

0815 Team arrives at EOD range and setup for detonations.

1030 All items disposed of. Team cleans up and depart for EOD shop.

1045 Team arrives at shop, reconstitute equipment. Mission complete.


Dover AFB .50 cal 5 06May05 (5MHrs)




1436 Team gains access to items. All items were xrayed. TSgt Mooney identified the items to be 1ea VB French rifle grenade, 1ea Navy 1Pdr. projectile, and 5ea .50 cal projectiles. SSgt Milligan confirmed identification.


1518 Team arrives at Dover AFB and proceeds through gate 5 to the MSA.

1530 Items are stored to be disposed of on 9May05.

1545 Team arrives at EOD shop.


09May05 (6MHrs)

1300 TSgt Guenthner, SSgt Milligan, and SrA Johns depart shop to pull explosives and items to be disposed of from MSA.

1400 Team arrives at EOD range and setup for detonations.




Dover AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 11May05 (8MHrs)

1450 Recieved call from Mark Gaglione of Delaware State Police bomb squad about a MK 2 grenade found at a house in the Elendel/Greenwood area. DSP request assistance and call Dover AFB Command Post.

1550 SSgt Csizmar and SSgt Milligan recieve permission from command post to respond to pickup the grenade.

1605 Team departs Dover AFB for 14496 Owens Rd.

1640 Team arrives at house and meet with DSP. Team is shown location of the item. SSgt Csizmar identifies item as MK 2 hand grenade, SSgt Milligan confirms identification. Item is determined safe for transportation.

1650 Team places item in CMC and departs location for Dover AFB.

1717 Team arrives at gate 5 of Dover AFB and wait for Security Forces to let us in.

1827 Team is finally let in gate 5 and heads for MSA to store item until disposal.

1830 Item is stored in MSA, team heads to shop.


1845 Team arrives at shop.

12May05 (6Mhrs)

0900 TSgt Guenthner, SSgt Csizmar, SrA Palmer, A1C Nellist depart shop to pull explosives and item to be disposed of from MSA.

0930 Team arrives at EOD range and setup for detonation.




Dover AFB MARK I, RIFLE, HE FRAG, VB OR VB, RIFLE, HEFRAG


20050527 0845

Recieved call from 436 AW/CP with request for EOD assistance at SEAWATCH Internation in Milford, DE. OFC Hitchens of the Milford PD reported finding 3 ea VB French Rifle Grenades, 1 ea 75mm Round, and 1 unkown.

20050527 0846

Standby Team (TSgt Duncan, SrA Dearing, and A1C Bostic) is notified.

20050527 0850

CE/CC Notified

20050527 0916

Recieve 436 AW/CC approval to respond.

20050527 0917

Team responds

20050527 0922

Munitions standby personal are contacted

20050527 0949

Team arrives on scene.

20050527 0950

All 3 members positively identified the 75mm round as a MK II Chem round and don gas masks and gloves

20050527 1012


Team notifies shop that the 75mm is a possible chem round. No indication with the ADP2000 team doffs masks.

20050527 1013

CE/CC (Lt Col Nonaka) is notified of possible chem

20050527 1015

Maj Parker (436 AW/CP x4211) is notified

20050527 1019

Xray show burster charge and liquid

20050527 1030

HQ AMC/A7XD (Mr. Fridley) is notified

20050527 1050

CP notified that Tech Escort is contacted (Mr. Talley DSN 5847211)

20050527 1051

Rest of FLight is recalled to assist. (4 people)

20050527 1230

Team 2 (SSgt Milligan/SrA Locke) depart the shop to SEAWATCh with Food, beverages and other supplies. They are going to bring back the conventional munitions.

20050527 1315

Team 2 arrives at SEAWATCH

20050527 1342


Mr Fridley is updated on situation.

20050527 1345

Team 2 deaprts SEAWATCH

20050527 1347

Team 1 dons masks and packages 75mm round IAW 60A1111

20050527 1350

Mr Aleman completes range calls

20050527 1355

CE/CC called EOD Ops tp inform that the item was going to be transported back to Dover AFB

20050527 1400

CP (SrA Bytof) notifies us that the Air Force Operations Center is still working to get Tech Escort Permission.

20050527 1415

Team 2 arrives at Dover AFB via Gate 5 with 2 VB French Rifle Grenades. The unkown item was a determined not to beordnance. the team goes to the range to dispose of the VBs. The items were possitivly identified as 2 ea VB French Rifle Grenades by TSGT Duncan and verified by A1C Bostic. SSgt Csizmar is pulling the explosives with munitions personnel.

20050527 1445

Tech Escort departs from Aberdeen. ETA is 2.5 3 hours.

20050527 1500

Delaware State Police is on represented on scene by Maj. Papelli and Cpl Chris Ennis, DNREC is also on scene


20050527 1505

CE/CC and HQ AMC is updated on the situatuion.

20050527 1515

Team 2 disposes of VB grenades

20050527 1602

Tech Escort called to inform us that they are about 25 miles away from Dover and requested a generator and some drinking water.

20050527 1635

TEU Team 2 arrives at DAFB to inspect storage area. Team 1 is heading to SEAWATCH.

20050527 1710

TEU Team 1 arrives at SeaWatch, meets with EOD Team 1. TEU prepare item to be transported.

20050527 1809

Team 1 and TEU Team 1 depart SeaWatch for Dover AFB

20050527 1831

Team 1 and TEU Team 1 with the MK II arrive at Dover AFB Gate 5.

20050527 1905

TEU starts using Xray (MMAS)

20050527 1930

TEU confirms liquid level and start preping to utilize the Portable Isotopic Neutron Spectroscopy (PINS)

20050527 2030


PINS is experiencing technical difficulties and TEU is trouble shooting it.

20050527 2045

Csizmar, Locke, Milligan, and Bostic are released.

20050527 2105

PINS is recalibrated and TEU is retesting it.

20050527 2120

TEU is running test on Sample Test Piece

20050527 2135

PINS Sampling of MK II is complete. TEU is starting validation process.

20050527 2230

Samples are validated. TEU is finalizing packaging and reconstituting equipment. TSgt Duncan and MSgt Sarchett, 436 EMS/MXMW, have signed for the item. The round is being stored in the MSA while awaiting disposition instructions.

20050527 2315

TEU departs Dover AFB.

20050527 2345

Team returns to shop. Material Assesment Review Board (MARB) results are expected to be released during conference call on Tuesday, 31 May 2005 at 1100. MARB Conference call it is Mustard



Manhours reflected are actual. Manually calculated due to all personell not being present for the complete time of the incident.


Dover AFB M67 series Fuze 1 1730: Received call from DAFB Command Post, with CPL Rusty Parker, Delaware State Police (DSP), on hold, to respond to Sussex County, Delaware to tangle with military ordnance. I informed the CP that we will roll on this, and to make the proper calls to the AW/CC requesting permission. Contact SrA Palmer and report to the EOD shop.

1815: Received permission for off base response. Depart EOD shop to respond to DSP Troop 4, Georgetown, DE.

1900: Arrive Troop 4 of the DSP, meet with CPL Parker who has retained the item from the driveway and transported it in CMC to the troop. The item does appear to have the shape of a fuze. It breaks into two separate pieces easily. The substance between the two larger pieces appears to be a wax substance. The 2 pieces are brass. One resembles the mid section of a fuze; the other is the escapment portion of a mechanical time fuze.

1915: Depart DSP troop 4 with fuze components. An extensive cleaning of the parts reveals no apparent explosive hazards in these remaining pieces of the original fuze. They will be retained at the EOD shop.

2000: Return to the EOD shop, reconstitute equipment.

Item positively identified by TSgt Guenthner and SrA Palmer.

Note: Location the item was recovered follows as per CPL Parker:

23 Austin Way


Summerset Development

Frankfort, DE 19945

Dover AFB .50 Calibre ball projectiles

8 1530: Alerted of 8 possible ordnance items at SeaWatch in Milford, DE.

1538: Permission granted to respond to call. Depart DAFB.

1608: Arrive SeaWatch Iternational. MGRS Grid: 18S VJ 6370207184

1610: Contact Seawatch personnel who produce a bucket with ordnance items in it. Items are 8 ea. 50 cal projectiles.

1630: Depart for Dover AFB.


1715: Arrive at Dover AFB Gate 5.

1726: Temporarily store ordnance at MSA.

1738: Arrive at EOD shop.

Items positively identified by TSgt Guenthner and SrA Fritz

Items destroyed by detonation along with items and explosives from report AMCDOVE05146

Dover AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 1130 Standby team, TSgt Duncan and SSgt Milligan, receive notification of response to Bridgeville, DE to pick up a hand grenade from the Delaware State Police at Troop 5. Team awaits permission to respond.

1230 Team receives permission to respond. Team gathers equipment and tech data and departs base.

1300 Team arrives at Troop 5 and meets with Cpl. Rusty Parker of DSP Bomb Squad. TSgt Duncan identifies item as M21 Practice Hand Grenade, verified by SSgt Milligan.

1330 Team places grenade in CMC and returns to DAFB.


1400 Team arrives at DAFB bomb dump and pulls explosives to dispose of grenade.

1520 Team disposes of grenade, head back to shop.

1530 Equipment and classified are stored, mission complete.

Dover AFB .50 Cal ball projectiles 8 1300: EOD alerted of 9 possible ordnance items at SeaWatch in Milford, DE.

1312: Permission granted to respond to call. Depart DAFB.


1334: Contact Seawatch personnel who produce a bucket with ordnance items in it. Items are (8) .50 cal projectiles and (1) Mk 5, 20 mm projectile. Items positively identified by TSgt Duncan and A1C Nellist.




1420: Arrive at MSA to pickup explosives to dispose of ordnance.

1440: Team departs MSA to EOD range.

1500: Items destroyed by detonation.

1530: Team arrives back at shop and reconstitues equipment. Mission complete.


Dover AFB .50 Projectile 1 20050811

1430: Receive call from DAFB CP to assist the Army with an Ordnance Pickup in Bridgeville, DE. Prepare truck for response.

1500: Receive permission from AW/CC to respond. Depart for incident site.

1545: Arrive on site and liaison with John Wilkins, USA COE. He has 2 ordnance items to turn over to us. A reconnaissance is performed and items are positively identified. They are deemed safe to transport. Due to the very close proximity of occupied residential building, the items will be transported back to DAFB for emergency destruction.

1600: Depart incident site for DAFB.

1645: Arrive gate 5, DAFB. It is determined due to weather that an emergency destruction will be postponed until tomorrow. Proceed to MSA for temporary storage of the items.

1700: Depart MSA for Flight.

1715: Arrive flight. Reconstitute truck and equipment. Team released for the day.

20050812


1045: Depart for MSA and EOD range

1130: Set up shot for emergency destruction

1200: Shot fired

Items positively identified by TSgt Guenthner and A1C Nellis.


Dover AFB 1 POUNDER, COMMON, HE

2 16 August 2005

1530 Received call from 436 AW/CP notifying us that they received a call from Sgt Lair at Ft Meade EOD requesting assistance for possible ordnance items at Seatwatch International, 242 S. Rehobeth Blvd Milford, DE (Ph 3024423400 POC Doug). Team assembles and standbys for 436 AW/CC Approval.

1550 Team recieves CC approval and departs the Shop.


1610: Contact Seawatch personnel who produce a CMC with ordnance items in it. Items are 1 Ea Mk 23 practice bomb, 2 ea. 1 Pounder projectile, and 5 ea. 50 cal projectiles(no explosives).



1724: Items cannot be immediatelyt destroyed due to inclemant weather. Temporarily store ordnance at MSA .

1745: Arrive at EOD shop.


Items positively identified by SSgt Guenthner and SrA Locke

17August 2005

Items destroyed by detonation.


Dover AFB MK III Mod 3, 6 Pounder


20050830 1132

Received call from Cpl Ennis informing us of a Artillery round that was discovered during the search of a residence, initial reports were of a 15 inch long round. He then notified the 436 AW/CP requesting EOD assistance.

20050830 1142

Received Call from 436 AW/CP notifying us of Request for EOD Assistance from DSP at 21 Commonwealth Blvd; New Castle, DE for a suspected Artillery Round. Team assembles and awaits CC approval.

20050830 1148

Team receives approval notification from CP and departs.

20050830 1252

Team arrives on scene, meets with DSP EOD rep Mike Reader and discovers 1 ea Navy AP Round. After further field evaluations the item is discovered not to contain any explosives or fuzing. Item is retained by AF EOD and returned to unit.

20050830 1312

Team departs site and returns to shop

20050830 1415

Team arrives back at Dover AFB EOD Shop and reconstitutes equipment



Positive ID determined by TSgt Guenthner and A1C Nellist


Dover AFB M28 Base Detonating Fuze

1 20050915

1005: Recieve call from Robert Hartman of New castle PD. He Informs us of deceased exnavy residence containing 1ea 5 in motor. Refered to command post for approval. Notifications made.

1050: Command post calls to inform us that approval was in the process of being obtained.

1100: Command post calls with permission to respond. Information now suggests that there are 4 different items. 1ea 5in round; 2ea 40mm grenades; 1ea aircraft round.

1105: Team departs Base

1205: Ops recieves call from SSgt Leon. Team has arrived on scene.

1325: SSgt Leon called back with positive Identification on ordnance: 1ea 40mm HEI round (Mk 2 Mod 27); 1ea 40mm HE round (Mk 2); 1ea 40mm projectile w/PD fuze (unfired); 1ea 5in round [Mk 35 Mod 6 w/ BD fuze (M28) and nose fuze (VT) again unfired]

1353: Team departs scene en route to munitions storage area. Command post notified of departure.


1450: Team arrives Gate 5 and awaits Security Forces for access onto base.

1459: Team gains access through Gate 5 and proceeds to munitions storage area.

1520: All items stored.

1545: Team arrives back at shop.

20050919

1240: SSgt Leon and SrA Dearing depart EOD shop enroute to munitions storage area.

1300: Explosives and three 40mm rounds are pulled and secured.

1350: Team departs MSA enroute to EOD pro range.

1400: Team arrives at range and prepares items for detonation.


1420: Team ready for detonation. Tower is called for clearance. Tower denies clearance due to an Isreali aircraft loading/unloading on the hot cargo pad.

1430: Team can see no movement on the hot cargo pad. SSgt Leon makes a visit to the Israeli aircraft to find that no unloading/loading was going on.

1500: Team is finally given clearance for detonations

1501: Detonation occurs.

1511: Shot checked and cleared.

1520: Team departs pro range enroute to EOD shop.

1540: Team arrives EOD shop. Response complete.

Note: The 5 inch round is awaiting disposition. It has been deamed too large a round to safetly be destroyed at Dover AFB. We are working the transportation to a larger range to be destroyed.

Note: Man hours are incorrect above. The correct man hours are 23 man hours.


Dover AFB .50 Cal Rounds 2 21 Sep 05

1040: SSgt Csizmar recieved a call from the 744th Ordnance Battalion regarding several .50 Cal rounds picked up by the Milford, DE police. Caller was instructed to contact the 436th AW/XP. SSgt Csizmar and SrA Locke pulled the classified and ensured response vehicle was good to go.

1049: XP called regarding the incident and SSGt Csizmar was told the incident was at Seawatch International.

1053: XP called wondering how many people and vehicles would respond.

1107: Team recieved permission to respond.

1112: Team departed shop at 1112.

1135: Team arrived at Seawatch. Team investigated items. SrA Locke positively identified the items as the following:

1 ea 20mm round

2 ea M1907 PTT Fuzes

2 ea .50 cal projos.

SSgt Csizmar concurred with his asessments.


1245: Team conferred with the shop and set up an explosive pull for immediately after arrival back to base. Team departed Seawatch.

1305: Team arrived back at Dover AFB through Gate 5.

1315: Team arrived at the MSA and pulled their explosives.

1345: Items were destroyed.

1400: Team arrived back at the shop and secured the classified and all equipment. Mission Complete.


Dover AFB .50 Caliber Projectile 1 Ordnance Pickup in Milford20051003

1420: Command post calls shop to inform of incoming ordnance pick up at seawatch in Milford, DE.

1508: Command post calls to inform team that permission to respond had been approved.

1510: Team departs shop en route to seawatch. Command post notified of departure.

1530: Team arrives at seawatch. While waiting for POC, team set up Xray in preparation for items.

1535: POC arrives and shows team items. Recovered 1ea Mk 23 practice bomb and 1ea .50cal projectile. Two other items of question were Xrayed and posed no hazards.

1549: Team departs Seawatch. Command post notified of departure and items found. Munitions storage were notified of intentions to perform demolition at proficiency range.

1616: Team arrives back on base with items.

1620: Team arrives at munitions storage. Required explosives were pulled.


1740: Team departs munitions storage.

1746: Team arrives at proficiency range. Operational safety brief given. Team set up shot with nonelectric set up, dual primed, 2 blocks of C4.

1800: Items destroyed

1805: Team departs range en route to EOD shop.

1820: Team arrives EOD shop. Equipment reconstituted. Mission complete.


Dover AFB Mk 30 Mod 3, Fuze, PD

1 Ordnance Pickup in Farmington, DE

More than 1 Category: In this response, both US and foregin conventional munitions were found.

06 Oct 05

1410: Shop received call from Delaware State Police requesting pickup of 1ea Mk 30 Mod 3 fuze and 1ea unknown grenade w/ Asian characters printed around it. Items found at 1118 Woodyard Rd in Farmington, DE. Individual referred to command post.

1450: Command post calls shop to inform us that approval was in the process of being obtained for a response. Team prepared vehicle, pulled classified, and stood by for approval.

1545: Command post informed us that approval had been obtained. SrA Palmer and A1C Bostic designated to coordinate explosives pull and meet team at range.

1546: Team departed shop en route to Farmington. Command post notified.

1632: Team called Delaware State Police to arrange a rondeveux at a mobile gas station just south of Felton, DE.

1645: Team meets Cprl. Witlock of the Delaware State Police. Team identifies unknown grenade as a Type 99


Japanese hand grenade. Both items were in pristine condition.

1700: Team departed Rendeveux en route to base with items. Command post notified of our status. Security forces alerted of teams ETA at gate 5.

1734: Team arrives at gate 5. Security forces allows entry. Command post notified of our return and intentions to destroy the items. Team departed gate 5 en route to the range.

1742: Team arrived at the range and met up with SrA Palmer and A1C Bostic. Shot was set up electrically with one block of C4 and 2 blasting caps. Approval received for detonation.

1802: Ordnance terminated. Equipment reconsitituted.

1810: Team departed range en route to shop. Flight commander was notified of status.

1820: Team arrived back at EOD shop. Mission Complete.

Items positively identified as Type 99 Japanese hand grenande and Mk 30 Mod 3 fuze by SSgt Leon and verified by SrA Dearing.


Dover AFB 2.75 Inch Mk 1 MOD 1,3, or 4

1 20051020

1055: Dover Command Post contacted Dover EOD shop for a contact number to give SFC Schmidt from the 744th Ord Co at Ft Meade.

1057: Dover EOD is contacted by SFC Schmidt requesting support for a call to Seawatch in MIlford, DE. SFC Schmidt was instructed to contact the Command Post to officially request our assistance.

1150: 436 AW/CC gives approval to respond off base in support of 744th Ord Co.

1155: SSgt Leon and SSgt Milligan depart EOD shop.

1220: Team arrives on scene at Seawatch.

1225: Items that were suspect were xrayed and identified as a practice 2.75" rocket warhead and 4ea .50 cal projectiles. Items positively identified by SSgt Leon and SSgt Locke.

1255: Team departs Seawatch. Team calls back to Dover EOD shop to coordinate an explosives pull for 1330.

1317: Team arrives at gate 5 and awaits arrival of Security Forces for entry onto Dover AFB.


1335: Team arrives at MSA and awaits explosives pull.

1420: Team leaves MSA en route to Pro Range.

1425: Team arrives at Pro Range and sets up shots.

1510: Shots are detonated. SSgt Leon and SSgt Vilgos check and clear shot.

1520: Team departs Pro Range.

1535: Team arrives Dover EOD shop. Mission complete.


Dover AFB MK II, PROJECTILE, 75MM, CHEMICAL

1 20Oct2005

1653: Notified of response to SEAWATCH by Command Post

1735: Command Post notifies shop of 436 AW/CC approval to respond

1740: Team departs shop en route to SEAWATCH

1800: Team arrives on scene

1830: Item was XRayed and believed to be Mk II Chemical Projectile and appears to have liquid inside

1905: Delaware State Police EOD Unit arrives

1935: TSgt Duncan arrives at EOD shop and stands up operations

1950: 436 AW/CC and 436 CES/CC informed of possible chemical munition.

1958: 436 CES/CEV (Steve Seip) notified of possible chemical munition and that DNREC was on site.


2023: AMC/A7XD MSgt Cortez notified of possible chemical munition.

2144: Request Command Post to contact Forces Command via Army Watch (703)6954695

2227: Command Post contacted U.S. Forces Command Via Army Watch and request assistance of 22nd Chemical Battalion (Tech Escort).

2300: Contacted by Mr. Maddox of 22nd (ABG) that Tech Escort will muster at 0500 OCT 21, gather gear and leave by 0630. Estimated time of arrival 0830.

21Oct2005

0545: Notified by Mr Maddox the team was gathering more equipment and would be rolling soon.

0725: Notified that 22nd Chemical Battalion has departed Aberdeen Proving Ground. 436 Munitions and Command Post have been updated.

0750: 436 Munitions is preparing Building 1277 Bay 15 to receive item.


0957: Tech Escort Team2 arrives Dover AFB. TSgt Duncan and A1C Nellist escort team to MSA to begin equipment setup.

1012: TSgt Duncan and Tech Escort Team arrive at MSA

1030: Tech Escort Team 1 arrives at Seawatch and begin preparations to transport item to Dover AFB.

1120: Received call form DAFB Command Post requesting SITREP.

1120: EOD Ops contact DAFB Public Affairs to advise of incident.

1125: EOD team and Tech Escort departs Seawatch INT en route to Dover AFB.

1155: EOD team and Tech Escort arrive gate 5 DAFB awaiting SFS to allow entry.

1225: EOD team arrives at DAFB MSA. Tech Escort prepares to xray item.

1240: Tech Escort completes xray and begins to setup for PINS operation.


1330: EOD Team arrives back at shop. TSgt Duncan Stays at MSA with Tech Escort.

1332: EOD Team (SSgt Leon, SrA Johns) go home to get some sleep.

1430: Notified by TSgt Duncan that the MARB was being its analysis of the data from the PINS

1520: Notified by TSgt Duncan that the MARB was finished analyzing. Findings were "Possible Mustard".

1530: Tech Escort is complete with operations. The round is going to be stored until EDS can be established.

1545: Team returns to shop. Mission complete for now. Awaiting final Disposition.


Dover AFB Mk III, PTTF, Projectile Fuze

1 1256: Receive call from 436 AW/CP of ordnance in Cape Henlopen Park in Lewes, DE.

1315: The standby team consisting of SSgt Heidi Leon and SrA Gregory Locke, depart Dover AFB en route to site.

1405: Team arrives on site and rendevous with Mr. Wilkins. A Mk III fuze is positively identified by the team. Another explosive component was turned over to the team, but was too corroded to be positively identified. The item was determined to be a 23mm primer and applicable precautions were taken.

1425: Team leaves site and heads back to base and advises members back at the EOD shop to set up and explosives pull for 1515.

1510: Team arrives at Gate 5 and drive to range.

1515: A1C Nellist and A1C Kauffman conduct explosives pull.

1550: A1C Nellist and A1C Kauffman meet the standby team at the EOD proficieny range.

1605: Emergency disposal of hazardous items complete.

1610: EOD members arrive back at EOD shop and reconstitute equipment and store classified.




Dover AFB MK 23 Mod 1 1 1000: Command Post calls with notification of response.

1030: Command Post calls with Approval to respond.

1130: Team arrives at Seawatch, and verifies 1 EA of the following,

MK23 Practice Bomb, MK1 75mm HE projo, MKII PTTF, Projo .50cal

Ordnance was positively identified by TSgt Duncan, and verified by SrA Palmer.

1215: Team stores ordnance in truck and returns to base.

1300: Team enters Dover AFB, via gate 5 enroute to range.

1330: Emergency Disposal Completed.

1400: Team returns to shop and reconstitutes. Mission Complete


Dover AFB 20 MM (Projectile only)

1 15 Nov 2005

Received a call from command post requesting EOD assistance for a possible UXO at SEAWATCH International in Milford, DE. They reported a 2"x 6" can shaped item. Team notifies flight and squadron leadership of response and awaits 436 AW/CC approval. Once 436 AW/CC permission is granted the team responds. Upon arrival the team meets with plant personnel and is shown the suspected item. Item is xrayed and is determined not to be ordnance related. The team is also shown a 20MM projectile head containing no explosives. While reconstituting equipment, plant personnel bring over additional item to be evaulated, item is also not ordnance related. Team packs up and returns to shop. 20MM Projectile turned into Munitions as "Residue".

Dover AFB .50 caliber projectile 6 5 Dec 2005

Received a call from command post requesting EOD assistance for a possible UXO at SEAWATCH International in Milford, DE. They reported several small projectiles. Team notifies flight and squadron leadership of response and awaits 436 AW/CC approval. Once 436 AW/CC permission was granted the team responded. The team meets with plant personnel and shown the suspected items. The items are xrayed and identified by TSgt Duncan as six .50 caliber projectiles without cartridges and verified by SrA Locke. Team packs up equipment and returns to Dover AFB. Team pulls explosives and applies thermal treatment techniques utilizing energetic materials at the EOD proficiency range. Team returns to shop and reconstitutes equipment.

Dover AFB MK 23, BOMB, 3 LB, PRACTICE

1 1440

436 AW CP received a request for EOD support from the 744th Ordnance Brigade, EOD, Ft. Meade, Maryland to pick up one mortar round located at the sea watch international company in Milford, De. Commander approved off base response

1530

EOD team arrived at Sea Watch items positively identified as eight 50 caliber projectiles and one Mk 23 practice bomb by TSgt Duncan and Verified by SrA Kaufman and transported back to base.

1420


Team back at shop and returns to stand by duty

Dover AFB M6A3, 2.36 INCH, HEAT

1 1140 Received call from command post contractor for Army corp. of engineers request EOD support for M6A3 rocket located at Cape Henlopen State Park, De.

1205 Team receives OK to respond off base, team travels to location and TSgt Duncan positively identifies item as an M6A3 and A1C Nellist verifies that it is an M6A3. Round is transported back to base and continuation of the RSP was performed at Dover AFB.

1440 Item thermally treated/received call from command post to respond to Sea Watch.


Dover AFB 75mm Projo HE 1 1145

We received a call from SGT Bestall from the 744th Ordnance Company, Ft. Meade giving us a "heads up" on an ordnance pickup at Seawatch Intl. When explaining to me what it what ordnance it was that we were picking up he said it sounded like it was the exact same one they had picked up a couple weeks earlier.

He sent Dover some pictures of the item they had recovered for informational use. It was a 75mm HE projectile with no sign of any nomenclature. He confirmed that they had done some Xray procedures on the ordnance item and found nothing of value (i.e. liquid line or buster tube). He also said after looking through 60series and some miscellaneous books given to them by Aberdeen proving grounds his team could not positively identify the item. They proceeded to thermally treat the item on the beach with 2 blocks of C4 and it was successful.

1220: Team Dover EOD received permission to depart the base

When the team Dover arrived at Seawatch TSgt Duncan and A1C Nellise concurred that it was the same item that the 744th recovered. Team Dover EOD took Xrays and looked in 60series and found nothing.

1300 Team Dover EOD determined item safe to transport back to Dover for continuation of RSP. Item was thermally treated after returning to Dover.

1500 Operation complete and team returned to normal Team Dover Stand by.


Dover AFB MK3 Mod7 3" Common Round

1 20051216

1230: Received call from Command Post notifying of response.

1250: Permission received to respond, team depart enroute to SeaWatch.

1315: Team arrives Seawatch, ordnance positively identified as a MK3 MOD7 Projectile witha a Mk 8 Mod 4 base detonating fuze with integrel tracer by SSgt Vilgos and verified by SrA Palmer.

1345: Team Departs Sea Watch.

1420: Arrive Dover AFB via gate 5.

1600: Ordnance was successfully Thermally Treated at EOD range.

1630: Team returns to EOD shop, Mission Complete.


Dover AFB MK3 MOD7 1 20051219

1200: Received call from Command Post notifying of response.

1240: Permission received to respond, team depart enroute to SeaWatch.

1305: Team arrives Seawatch, ordnance positively identified as a MK3 MOD7 Projectile witha a Mk 8 Mod 4 base detonating fuze with integrel tracer by SSgt Vilgos and verified by SrA Palmer.

1310: Team Departs SeaWatch.

1335: Arrive Dover AFB via gate 5.

1500: Ordnance was successfully Thermally Treated at EOD range.

1530: Team returns to EOD shop, Mission Complete.


Dover AFB Mills Bomb 1 20051221 (4 M/Hrs)

1500: Received request from command post to respond to SeaWatch.

1615: Received request for a second response to Lewes, DE while waiting for permission on first call(AMCDOVE0512271406Z)

1620: Permission given to respond to both calls, team will respond to SeaWatch then Lewes.

1645: Team arrives SeaWatch, Ordnance was positively identified by SSgt Vilgos to be 6ea VB French Rifle grenades, 1ea Mills Bomb, and 1ea .50cal projo. This was verified by SrA Kauffman.

1700: Team departs SeaWatch enroute to second call (AMCDOVE0512271406Z)

Due to darkness the Items were stored in MSA.

20051222 (14 M/Hrs)

1000: Team departs shop enroute the MSA to pick up explosives and items recovered


1100: Team arrives at range and sets up nonelectric firing trains.

1120: Team begins nonelectric misfire procedures. All four M7 caps failed to function properly, team pulls additional setups and prepares new electric setup.

1300: Team thermally treats the recovered items.

1330: Team returns to shop and reconstitutes equipment.


Dover AFB VB French rifle Grenade

1 20051221

1615: Team received notification of response to Lewes DE. While waiting to respond to another call. This response coincides with AMCDOVE0512271402Z.

1700: Team responds to Lewes from SeaWatch.

1730: Team arrives in Lewes, Ordnance was positively Identified by SSgt Vilgos to be 1ea VB French rifle grenade. This was verified by SrA Kauffman.

1735: Team departs Lewes enroute to Dover AFB.

1824: Arrive Dover AFB via Gate 5. Items were stored overnight due to darkness.

1845: Arrive shop and reconsitute, item was thermally treated next day along with items recovered in AMCDOVE0512271402Z.


Dover AFB .50 Cal Projectile 1 10JAN06

1030: Shop notified of response to SeaWatch

1100: Approval to respond off base received, team departs shop.

1130: Team arrive SeaWatch, Ordnance was positively identified by SSgt Milligan as

1ea Mk9 Mod 0 APT Projo(No Tracer present)

1ea Mk1 Mod 1 Practice Rocket Warhead

1ea .50 cal projo

This was verified by SrA Palmer.

1330: Team departs SeaWatch.

1400: Team arrive shop and reconstitutes gear.


Dover AFB M48, 75mm Projectile 1 1430: EOD flight receives call from 436 AW/CP regarding a possible UXO in Lewes, DE.

1445: The team consisting of TSgt Guenthner and SrA Locke receive permission to depart base and notify Fire Department and CES/CC.

1450: Team en route to 909 Pilottown Rd in Lewes, DE.

1545: Team arrives on scene and conducts recon of 75mm projectile and processes Xrays.

1630: TSgt Guenthner identifies the 75mm projectile as a M48 and SrA Locke verifies it is a M48.

1640: Team prepares ordnance for transport.

1650: Team departs site and heads back to base.

1740: Team arrives at Gate 5 and awaits entry.

1800: Team enters MSA and stores item overnight.

1820: Team arrives back at the shop, classified is stored, and equipment is reconstituted.


7 Jan 06

1100: TSgt Guenthner, SSgt Vilgos, and SrA Kaufman leave the shop en route to MSA.

1130: Item removed from storage and explosives pulled.

1200: Range op conducted and completed at 1240.

1300: Team arrives back at shop and equipment is reconstituted. Mission complete.


Dover AFB Mk 4, 20MM HET 1 20060131

1151: Received request from command post to respond to SeaWatch.

1201: Permission given to respond to SeaWatch from 436 AW/CC, Team departs to SeaWatch.

1229: Team arrives SeaWatch, Ordnance was positively identified by SSgt Vilgos to be 1 ea Mk 4 20MM HET projectile and 1ea Mk 9 Tracer. This was verified by SrA Kauffman.

1300: Team departs SeaWatch enroute to Gate 5 at Dover AFB. Team (SrA Dearing and SrA Locke) departs shop enroute the MSA to pick up explosives.

1326: Response team arrives at range..

1410: Explosive team arrives at range. Team sets up MX22.

1429: Team thermally treats the recovered items.



Dover AFB .50 Cal Projectile 2 21 Feb 2006

1425: Shop receives call from Dover command post with notification of incoming call to seawatch in Milford, DE. Team prepares equipment and for response.

1450: Command post calls to inform that wing commander approval has been obtained.

1451: Team departs shop enroute to location. Command post and fire department notified of departure.

1520: Team arrives at seawatch. Seawatch personnel placed items in a bucket inside a controlled area. TSgt Guenthner identified 4ea expended 75mm, Mk I shrapnel projectiles, and 2ea, .50 caliber balls. SrA Dearing confirmed identification. Rounds were free of explosive hazards, and placed in CMC.

1539: Team departs seawatch enroute to base.

1605: Team arrives on Dover AFB. Command post and fire department notified of findings, and arrival back on base.

1615: Team arrives EOD shop. Mission complete.


Dover AFB Mk I, 75mm 1 22 Feb 2006

1425: Command post calls to inform shop of incoming call to seawatch in Milford, DE. Team prepares equipment for response.

1504: Command post calls with approval to depart base. Team leaves base enroute to seawatch. Dover command post and fire department are notified of departure.

1535: Team arrives at seawatch. Seawatch personnel placed items in bucket in a controlled area. SrA Dearing identified item as being 1ea expended, 75mm, Mk I, shrapnel projectile. SSgt Milligan confirmed identification. Item posed no explosive threats, and was placed in a CMC.

1550: Team departs seawatch enroute to base.

1610: Team arrives back on base. Command post and fire department notified of findings and return to base.

1620: Team arrives at EOD shop. Mission complete.


Dover AFB MK II, Projectile, 75 mm, Chemical

1 24 February 2006

1119: Notified by 436 AW/CP of UXO at Seawatch in Milford, DE.

1145: Command Post notifies shop of 436 AW/CC approval to respond. TSgt Guenthner and SrA Dearing depart Dover AFB en route to Seawatch. SrA Locke mans EOD operations.

1210: Team arrives onscene and performs a recon of the item. Hex plug and measurements match those of MK II chemical projectile.

1215: Item positively identified as MK II chemical round by TSgt. Guenthner. Identity confirmed by SrA Dearing. Call back to shop to alert TSgt Duncan to start the notification process to start a Technical Escort response. Pictures and xrays are taken. Item double bagged and placed nose up. Long and arduous wait for TEU starts. I'll cut them some slack; it's a long trip from MD.

1400: Notified that the TEU team is on the road.

1800: TEU Arrives. They decide not to recon the item any more than the lookandslosh method. They do not elect to take any pictures or xrays on scene. They positively ID the item as a chem round w/ approx 80% of its filler. They secure the item in a MRC and prepare for transport to DAFB.

1845: Arrive DAFB through gate 5 and gain access to the Munitions Storage Area where the other half of the TEU team is awaiting with the xray and PINS ready to interrogate the round.


2300: Analysis of the round id complete. Xray shows a slow moving liquid line, it's still really cold outside. It is a high probability of HD mustard content. Test for the opening and storing of the bunker are conducted. The round is stored at the MSA.

2359: TEU has departed. The CP and CE/CC are contacted and informed that the operation is complete from an EOD standpoint.


Dover AFB MK II Chemical Filled, 75mm



Event log will not transfer to incident log. The following type from event log.

20060228

1716: Team dispatched to Seawatch for suspect chemical round. Upon arrival, 2 rounds were discovered; all proper notifications were made including those to the 436 CES/CC, Headquarters, and tech escort personnel. Approval for tech escort departure in progress.

1719: Newly discovered Round...there are now Mk II, 75mm chemical projectiles. Seawatch personnel found the round as they continued processing clams. Third round bagged.

1724: TEU departs for Milford, DE.

2020: TEU arrives Seawatch in Milford. No future recon is done by TEU. They positively ID the rounds as 75mm chem. Rounds, same as found on previous calls. They take no pictures or xrays. They place 3 rounds in separate MRCs and prepare for transport to DAFB.


2120: EOD Team and TEU team 2 arrive DAFB gate 5.

2130: EOD and TEU arrive at munitions storage area. Xray and PINS testing started.

20060301

0330: Testing complete. Rounds stored with previous chem. Round. All have a high probability of HD and show clear liquid lines in xray.

0400: TEU departs. CP and CE/CC notified that the incident is complete from an EOD standpoint.


Dover AFB MK II, PROJECTILE, 75MM, CHEMICAL

1 1135 Initial notification from Dover AFB Command Post of UXO at Seawatch in Milford, DE

received permission to respond and departed for Seawatch in Milford, DE

1225 TSgt Duncan and SrA Locke arrive on scene at Seawatch. Item ID by SrA Locke and confirmed by TSgt Duncan as MkII chem round. Team donned (PPE) MCU2 A/P and Gloves, item tested with ADP2000 and M 8, no leak indicated, mask removed, item packaged. (See Attached Photos)

1230 EOD operations informed of chem round, Dover Command post requests TEU response.

MkII XRayed using Logos Imaging system and XRS3 (see attached XRay)

1325 TEU 1departing Edgewood en route to Dover AFB

1520 TEU 1 arrives at DAFB MSA and awaits arrival of TEU 2 and team from Seawatch

1638 TEU 2 arrives at Seawatch in Milford, DE

1655 TEU 2 and EOD personnel depart seawatch with round en route to base

1720 TEU 2 and EOD arrived at gate 5. Awaiting entrance


1745 SF opens gate and team enters DABF, EOD and TEU 2 transport round at DAFB MSA

1750 Round turned over to TEU 1, XRay and PINS process begins

2000 TEU complete XRay and PINS, round stored in DAFB MSA and equipment packed. TEU depart DAFB

2030 Team returned to normal stand by.

Dover AFB M 508 1 1110: Team receives notification of ordnance at Seawatch. Team prepares then waits for permission to respond.

1210: Team receives permission to respond to Seawatch and departs en route.

1230: Team arrives at Seawatch and finds 1 ea M 508 Nose fuze. ID by SrA Nellist and confirmed by TSgt Vilgos

1241: Team departs Seawatch en route to Gate 5. Separate team goes to MSA and pulls Explosives and heads to EOD range.

1302: Team arrives at gate 5 and awaits SFS personnel.

1320: Gate 5 is opened, team heads to range.


1330: Team arrives at range, safety brief given, team assignments handed out.

1445: Item is detonated.


Dover AFB M49 1 GOING THROUGH REPORTS NOTICED DUNCAN DID NOT COMPLETE/SUBMIT THIS REPORT CAN ONLY GO WITH WHAT IS WRITTEN BELOW. SUBMITTING TO GET MANHOUR CREDIT.

1100 436 Command Post alerted shop of UXO held by Wilmington City Bomb Squad. Item was purchased by an undercover officer, and was in good condition.

1115 436 CES Commander calls USAF OSI and briefs them on the item, OSI forwards the information to the BATFE

1130 SrA Aaron Johns and TSgt Michael Duncan exit Dover AFB en route to location

1300 Team arrives on scene

1310 Wilmington PD Bomb Squad take us to their TCV which had the M49A2 60mm mortar with an M52 fuze with the safety pin installed.


1320 Team researches item, verifies the fuze is unarmed and takes appropriate measures to ensure safety pin is secured.

1330 TSgt Duncan receives a call from TSgt Vilgos stating that the BATFE would be taking control of the mortar for evidence purposes and would meet with the team at the Dover AFB MSA.

1345 Team departs en route to Dover AFB MSA.

1500 Team arrives at Gate 5 to Dover AFB.

1515 436 SFS arrives to unlock Gate 5

1520 Team arrives at MSA and meets with SA Curly from the BATFE

1540 UXO is turned over and stored in MSA holding bay.

1600 Team arrives at shop and reconstitutes equipment. Mission Completed.


Dover AFB mk 4, 20MM HET 1 1327: Team recieves notification and request for ordnance P/U in Seaford, DE

1330: Team notifies CE

1335: Team recieves approval to respond and departs shop en route to Seaford, DE

1445: Team arrives on scene and P/U 1ea Mk 4 20mm HET round . Item is identified by TSgt Vilgos and verified by SrA Locke

1456: Team departs scene en route to Dover AFB, DE

1554: Team arrives at gate 5 en route to EOD proficiency range

1623: 1 ea. 20mm round is detonated

1630: Team departs range en route to EOD shop to reconstitute equipment.

Dover AFB M124, BOOSTER, FUZE, PROJECTILE

1 1500: Team Receives notification and request for P/U in Bowers Beach, DE

1520: Team receives approval to respond and departs shop en route to Bowers Beach

1555: Team arrives on scene; P/U of 1 ea booster

1610: Team departs scene en route to Dover AFB, DE

1635: Team arrives at gate 5 awaiting SFS

1650: Team moves 1 ea booster to Munitions Storage area for later destruction

1700: Team en route to EOD shop

1730: Team returned to normal duty


Dover AFB M63, 37MM, HE 1 1500 approx request for EOD support to Ellendale, DE for possibly hazardous munitions.

1550 Team deprts en route to incident location

1629 Team arrives on scene, begins preparations for Xray

1656 Xray and eval complete; team recovers 1 each Mk2 hand grenade and 1 each 37mm projectile

1659 Team en route to Dover AFB

1718 Team still en route contacts SFS to meet them in 15 minutes at Gate 5

1730 Team Arrives at Gate 5

1750 SFS arrive at Gate 5

1755 Team arrives at ammo dump; stores munitions and departs for shop

1815 Team at shop

1825 reconstitution complete

These ordnance items were positively Identified by MSgt Guenthner and verified by SSgt Vazquez.


Dover AFB M2, CARTRIDGE, BALL, .50 CALIBER

3 0900 Team Receives notification by requestor DAFB Command Post.

0939 Team receives approval to respond by AW/CC

2 personnel 1 vehicle

1010 Arrive seawatch. find ordance listed on Ordnance tab, 3.50 cal ball and 1 40mm HEI AA

1020 Use xray listed on the equipment tab, RTR4, to determine condition. Item deemed safe for transport.

Items positively identified by MSgt Guenthner and verified by A1C Hess.

1100 Team complete returning to base

1200 Team on base

1215 SFS open Gate 5; Team going to pickup explosives

1240 Team en route to range

1300 destruction complete returning to shop to reconstitute

1330 Complete


Dover AFB MK 2 MOD 9, PROJECTILE, 40 MM,

HEISD, AA

1 0925 Received call from Command Post reporting explosive items found at Seawatch Intl. Requesting Team to respond.

0935 Received approval from Command Post to respond off base.

0945 Team (MSgt Guenthner, SSgt Vazquez, and A1C Schmid) left EOD shop in 6pax vehicle en route to Seawatch.

1015 Team arrives on scene to recover munitions. Items found include (3) .50 Caliber bullets, (1) Mk 2 anti aircraft projectile, and (1) 3" AP Projectile with a Mk 3 base fuze.

1025 Team sets up xray and begins to examine items.

1055 Items are placed in CMC and strapped into vehicle.

1105 Team departs Seawatch Intl en route to Gate 5.

1135 Team arrives at Gate 5 and proceeds to range for disposal.

1150 Team prepares disposal site.


1215 Second team arrives with explosives.

1240 All items are diposed of.

1300 Team leaves range and heads back to EOD shop.

1315 Team arrives to EOD shop and reconstitues gear.

Dover AFB Projectile, 37 mm 1 1435 Command Post notifies EOD of Ordnance P/U in Milford

1445 Received approval to go

1450 Team rolls out

1515 Team arrives On scene

1531 Operation complete, team departs scene


1539 team contacts SFS LE desk to open gate 5 in 15 minutes

1549 Team arrives at gate 5

1620 Gate 5 opened

1625 Team drops off item to Ammo en route to shop

Dover AFB PTTF fuze 1 0900 Initial call from Command Post informing us of found items

0940 Command Post calls with final approval to go off base

Team is out the door

1050 Team Calls back to shop; found 1 rocket warhead w/ fuze, 1 fuze, and 1 projectile remnant

enroute to base

1055 Call made to SFS LE desk to meet team at Gate 5 in 30 minutes

1115 Team Returned to base to store item in Holding Bay (EDS Destruction on Range)

1230 Team returned to shop and reconstituted equipment

Dover AFB M29A2, 3.5INCH PRACTICE

1 1135 Notified by Command Post of ordnance found in Lewes, DE. Requesting Support.

1210 Received permission from Command Post to respond.

1220 Left Dover AFB in route to Troop 7 Lewes, DE.

1300 Arrived at Troop 7.

1310 XRayed the ordnance device and determined the ordnance item was an inert item. No explosive content.


Item positively identified by MSgt Guenthner and SrA Nellis.

1320 Left Troop 7 in route to Dover AFB.

1400 Returned back to Dover AFB and reconstituted equipment.

Dover AFB MK 58 MOD 1, MARINE MARKER

1 Team arrived on scene at 2022. A MK 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker had washed up on the beach. Item was secured by Dover State Police. Secondary EOD team transported explosives to the site and item was disposed of by burning IAW 60A1131 and 60S2210. Team returned to the EOD shop at 0205, reconstituted equipment, and resumed normal standby posture. Mission Complete.

Below is the response from CE Enviromental on EPA Permit Request

Hi,

I spoke to Mr. Steve Seip, Compliance Chief, who told me that we no longer have an EPA Permit (due to changes in our Hazardous Waste Program). Here are the rules¿ ¿Under emergency conditions, all that is required is that ¿If it is deemed an emergency situation (EOD deemed it was) and you took action to detonate it on site, the action is complete. Just ensure that you document all actions taken.¿ Please provide us a copy of that documentation on Tuesday for our records. If you need me again, I¿m also on the cell phone number below that I gave you last night. Take care and enjoy your holiday¿ Valerie Payton


Ms. Valerie Julia Payton

Pollution Prevention/Qualified Recycling Program Manager

436 CES/CEV

600 Chevron Avenue

Dover AFB DE 199025600

Voice (302) 6776844 or DSN 4456844

Fax (302) 6776837 or DSN 4456837

Cell phone 3023639369

email [email protected]


Dover AFB M405 2 1200hrsReceived word from "RUSTY" (State TrooperEOD) that he had two inert/blue items in his vehicle.

1215hrsBriefed on hazards of moving items without EOD seeing items prior. Items did turn out to be inert.

VerifierMSgt Hurley

CertifierSSgt Weida

Dover AFB Mk23 1 1632 Received call from Command Post requesting assistance to Dover State Police in Laurel, DE for possible ordnance item.

1635 Notified CE CC of request.

1639 Received approval from Wing Commander to respond.

1645 Team responds.

1751 Team arrives onscene. Met with DSP EOD and shown item. Item identified as Mk23 Practice Bomb by SSgt Adjoodani and verified by A1C Shmid. Item xrayed and found to be free of explosives.

1845 Team departs scene.

1954 Team arrived back at shop and reconstitutes equipment. Misson Complete


Dover AFB 20mm Projectile with casing

1 11 Oct 2006

1105: Shop receives call from Milford Police department requesting our presence to pick up multiple ordnance items at Seawatch in Milford, DE. Police department referred to the command post.

1122: Command post notifies team on incoming response. Information indicates 3 Shells between 8 and 10 inches long, 12 bullets, and one fuze. Team notifies squadron commander of incoming response. Team prepares equipment in anticipation of wing commander approval.

1132: Command post calls with wing commander's permission.

1135: Team departs shop enroute to Seawatch. CP and squadron commander notified.

1154: Team arrives on scene at Seawatch. CP notified of arrival. Most ordnance covered in sea sludge and barnacles. Approximately 10 Xrays were taken. SSgt Leon positively identifies following:

1ea Mk I 75mm shrapnel projectile. Expended and empty. No explosive hazards

1ea Mk 23 Mod 1 Practice bomb. No cart present. No explosive hazards.

14ea .50 cal projectiles. No cartridges. No explosive hazards.

1ea 20mm projectile. Not expended. Explosive hazards present.

2ea 40mm Cartridge casings. Empty. No explosive hazards.


1250: SrA Dearing verified SSgt Leon's findings. Team notifies SSgt Adjoodani at the EOD shop of findings. It is decided the items will be disposed of today. SSgt Adjoodani coordinates with ammunition storage area for explosive pulls. Team places ordnance in CMCs.

1330: Team departs Seawatch enroute to Dover AFB.

1410: Team arrives at gate 5 of Dover and awaits SFS representative¿s presence to open the gate.

1440: SFS representative arrives and opens gate. Team notifies CP of arrival and response findings. Team proceeds to range.

1445: Team arrives at range. Shortly there after, SSgt Adjoodani, SrA Locke, and A1C Hess arrive with the explosives.

1520: Items are destroyed in 4 separate detonations.

1540: All personnel range en route to EOD shop.

1550: All personnel arrive at EOD shop. Mission Complete.


Dover AFB M8, 4.5 IN DUMMY 4 6 personnel performed a UXO survey at the Bombay Hook National Wildlife refuge. The refuge staff had reported 3 ea Large rockets, which were believed to be US 11.75 in AR Tiny Tim rockets. The items were found to be in a salt marsh, completely covered by tidal waters. We intend to request Navy EOD support to dispose of these items.

On the same day, the flight examined 6 smaller UXOs located IVO Bear Swamp in the Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge. The team found the remnants of what appeared to be 6 ea 4.5in rockets. The items were found on or near the surface of the swamp, and were recovered for examination.

The field team contacted the 436 AW/CP requesting the EOD Standby team respond in order to perform diagnostics and transport any explosive components. Two (2) of the rockets were US M9 4.5in HE rockets, and contained explosive components. The other 4 were identified as US M8 4.5in dummy rockets with no explosive components. All 6 items were returned to the Dover AFB EOD Proficiency range, where emergency destruction procedures were performed on the recovered explosive components. All nonexplosive components will be turned in to Ammo as munitions residue.

We will provide updates on any actions taken to remove/eliminate the Tiny Tim rockets in the future. Additionally, there may be more items discovered at Bombay Hook, as the site was used as a rocket test facility until the 1930s.


Dover AFB .50 Cal projectiles 6 1020: 436 AW/CP notifies EOD of ordnance at Seawatch in Milford, DE.

1025:Team receives permission from 436 AW/CC to respond and departs Dover AFB en route to Seawatch.

1050: Team arrives Seawatch. SSgt Leon positively identifies 6ea .50 cal projectiles, 1ea 20mm round, 2ea Mk III PTTF fuzes, and 1ea M76 57mm target practice projectile and SrA Locke verifies her findings.

1124: Team packs up equipment and departs Seawatch.

1150: Team arrives on base and transports items to the EOD proficiency range.

1235: Items are disposed of by detonation.

1300: Team returns to shop, reconstitutes equipment and stores classified.


Dover AFB M29A1, 3.5INCH, PRACTICE

1 20061126

1006 Received call from 436 AW/CP with request for EOD Support from the Delaware State Police (DSP). A piece of military ordnance was discovered at Cape Henlopen. Team is awaiting 436AW/CC approval.

1011 TC notifies flight and squadron leadership of request.

1014 436AW/CV has granted approval to respond.

1020 Team departs Main Gate and is met on Delaware Route 1 by DSP EOD team member Argo and is escorted to the Cape Henlopen Park Ranger Office.

1110 Team meets with Park Ranger Manning and DSP EOD Team member Fuscurello and is taken to item.

1115 Team discovers 1 ea M29A1 practice rocket. No explosive hazard present. Item is identified and verified by TSgt Vilgos and SrA Bostic. Item was reported by beach goer the night prior; the Park personnel (Park personnel and Juvenile assistant) set out in the morning to locate the item and came across a beach goer trying to shove the item into the barrel of a static display piece of artillery. Upon confronting the individual the man dropped the item and park officials notified DSP. TC Briefed park personnel on the hazards of washed up ordnance due to the assistant's interest in picking up the item.

1205 Team is thanked by all involved for their support and heads back to Dover AFB.


1315 Team arrives at back at shop. Team reconsitutes equipment and notifies leadership and CP of findings.

Item is awaitng dispositon. Flight is currently working with munition personnel on new procedures for turning in residue.


Dover AFB .50 cal Projectile 6 08 Dec 06

0915 Received call from Command Post requesting EOD support for an ordnance pick up at Seawatch in Milford, DE

0935 Command post calls with approval to respond.

0940 Team departs shop enroute to incident site. (SSgt Heidi Leon/SrA Paul Dearing)

1030 Team arrives on scene. Seawatch personnel recovered 10 items. SSgt leon positively identifies items as:

1ea Rocket Warhead, 2.75in, Practice, Mk 1 with Mk 178 Dummy Fuze

2ea Fuze, Antiaircraft, 21Second, Mk III, PTTF

1ea 37mm projectile (Fired)

6ea .50 cal projectiles

SrA Dearing confirms her findings.

1055 All items recovered are prepared for transport to base.


1105 Team departs incident site enroute to base.

1135 Team arrives on base. Command post/squadron commander are notified of findings.

1145 Team arrives at EOD proficiency range where SrA Locke, A1C Hess, and A1C Schmid were standing by with explosives. SSgt Leon administered safety/operational briefing.

1205 Received air clearance from Dover tower and initiated explosives. SSgt Leon and SrA Dearing cleared shot. Range equipment reconstituted.

1210: All personnel departed range enroute for EOD shop.

1220: All personnel arrive EOD shop. Mission Complete.


Dover AFB M29A1, 3.5INCH, PRACTICE

2 28Dec06

1400: Team notified of military ordnance found at Cape Henlopen via text message from DSP dispatch.

1408: CP calls to notify that 1ea Bazooka round was found at Cape Henlopen State Park.

1413: CP calls back with approval from MSG/CC.

1433: Team Departs Shop en route to Cape Henlopen.

1444: Team Chief contacts shop Operations. All notifications complete(CES/CC, Flight chief, etc...)

1530: Team Arrives onscene. Team is walked out to item.

1540: SSgt Leon positively IDs 2 items 1ea M29A1 practice round and 1ea dummy fuze and rocket section from a M29A1 practice round. ID verified by SrA Bostic. No explosive hazards present.

1615: Team departs Cape Henlopen en route to Dover AFB.

1700: Team arrives at Dover AFB.


1720: Equipment reconstituted, mission complete.

Items being turned over to Munitions as munitions residue. For questions contact TSgt Vilgos.

Duluth IAP M33, APERS, CLAYMORE, INERT

BODY


20060524 1300

Superior PD called after an Officer was handed a practice Claymore mine by a bag lady on the street. EOD responded to find a practice M33 Claymore mine with firing wire, practice blasting cap and carrying case. No explosives were found. Item taken for training purposes. Incident terminated.



Dyess AFB M48, 75 MM, HE 1 2 March 0930 Team notified by the Taylor County sheriff's Office of three UXO's just off of Highway 277 South of Abilene Texas. Team began preparing for response. Contact was made with lieutenant Donnie Edwards, representing the Sheriff's office, and Jack Thomas, representing the contractor, and a meeting was arranged to discus the UXO's and what was to be done with them.

1030 All on base notifications completed and approval given; team ready to respond. Contractor was hesitant to have us come out and was trying to figure out what to do.

1100 Sheriff Informed the contractor that it was the Sheriff's and the Military's responsibility to ensure the scene was safe and the military was to make the final decision about its ordnance. Team responded

1130 Team met with the sheriff at the intersection of Highway 277 and FM 89 and proceeded to the contractor's base of operation.

1300 Contractor finally arrived. The operation was explained to the contractor and the team followed the contractor out to the UXO site.

1415 Team arrived at the UXO site. The team divided up into three teams to perform a reconnaissance of the three items. The Items are as follows:


Item 1...M48 with M48 Fuze 75mm

Item 2...M51B1 with tracer 37mm

Item 3...M72 APT 75mm


1530 Items Identified. Because there was no external markings on the 75mm APT the XRay was used to verify the internal workings of the ordnance. The team chief positively Identified all UXO's and determined them unsafe to store.

1600 Item 1 was safed IAW TO D238 paragraph 9

1715 Explosives were used the verify that no tracer remained in the rounds; no other hazard

1800 Team at shop Mission Complete

Note: Coordination between Army Corps of Engineers, 79th Ordnance Batt, and 7th EOD is continuing to determine if the former Camp Barkley is a FUD site. Our investigation and info from the 79th say yes, CoE is slow to respond.


Dyess AFB M51B1, CARTRIDGE, 37MM, APCT

1 2 March 0930 Team notified by the Taylor County sheriff's Office of three UXO's just off of Highway 277 South of Abilene Texas. Team began preparing for response. Contact was made with lieutenant Donnie Edwards, representing the Sheriff's office, and Jack Thomas, representing the contractor, and a meeting was arranged to discus the UXO's and what was to be done with them.

1030 All on base notifications completed and approval given; team ready to respond. Contractor was hesitant to have us come out and was trying to figure out what to do.

1100 Sheriff Informed the contractor that it was the Sheriff's and the Military's responsibility to ensure the scene was safe and the military was to make the final decision about its ordnance. Team responded

1130 Team met with the sheriff at the intersection of Highway 277 and FM 89 and proceeded to the contractor's base of operation.

1300 Contractor finally arrived. The operation was explained to the contractor and the team followed the contractor out to the UXO site.

1415 Team arrived at the UXO site. The team divided up into three teams to perform a reconnaissance of the three items. The Items are as follows:

Item 1...M48 with M48 Fuze 75mm

Item 2...M51B1 with tracer 37mm




1530 Items Identified. Because there was no external markings on the 75mm APT the XRay was used to verify the internal workings of the ordnance. The team chief positively Identified all UXO's and determined them unsafe to store.

1600 Item 1 was safed IAW TO D238 paragraph 9

1715 Explosives were used the verify that no tracer remained in the rounds; no other hazard

1800 Team at shop Mission Complete

Note: Coordination between Army Corps of Engineers, 79th Ordnance Batt, and 7th EOD is continuing to determine if the former Camp Barkley is a FUD site. Our investigation and info from the 79th say yes, CoE is slow to respond.


Dyess AFB M1, 105MM, HE 1 09 Mar 05

1300 7th BW/CP contacted flight and requested EOD to respond to a request from the Taylor County Sheriff's Dept to a possible chemical projectile found off base by contractors

1315 Standby team departed shop enroute to contractors base camp

1320 MSgt Burke, from 79th Ordnance Batt, relayed information that the land in question was possibly a FUD site

1420 Team arrived at contractor's base camp and received initial briefing on the ordnance encountered

1435 Team departed base camp with contractor guiding them to incident site

1500 Team arrived at incident and began to prep equipment and survey the site while waiting for the contractors that found the round to arrive

1510 Contractors arrived on scene, briefed the team and provided digital pictures of a suspected chemical filled 75mm projectile.

1530 The team chief SSgt James C. Britt and the EOD superintendent MSgt Robert Sisk reviewed information in 60A2122 pertaining to the projectile and adapter booster

1555 Determined the projectile may contain WP, FS screening smoke or HS Mustard

1600 SSgt Britt and SSgt Thompson loaded response equipment and donned MOPP 4. Meanwhile, the contractors alerted the team to a 105mm projectile that matched measurements for a similarly filled (WP, FS, or HS) munition.

1625 Team cleared to proceed down range

1655 Team set up shuffle pit

1710 Team began recon on projectile

1730 The team pressed M8 paper to the nose of the projectile. Red streaks were visible on M8 paper

1735 Contacted 7 CES/CC to request Fire Dept support to decon down range team


1745 Projectile was covered with a plastic tarp and the tarp was weighted to seal all edges

1755 Team proceeded to shuffle pit and deconned hands

1940 Dyess AFB Fire Department HAZMAT response team arrived on scene and set up CCA

2000 Team processed CCA

2025 Team checked out by Dyess AFB medical personnel

2035 Team checked out by Capt Chloran Dyess AFB Flight Medicine

10 Mar 05

The entire day was spent coordinating with HQ ACC, Army Corp of Engineers, Tech Escort and various other agencies

11 Mar 05

0700 Team met with First Sergeant Lazo and his EOD support team at billeting to convoy out to survey the site

0800 Team arrived on scene for site survey

0900 Contractors arrived on scene and showed team the location of the suspected chemical 105 mm projectile

0930 The Team Chief SSgt James C. Britt and the Flight superintendent MSgt Sisk reviewed information in 60A2122 concerning possible projectiles and fuzes

0955 Since the potential existed for chemical filler in the 105mm projectile, SSgt Britt and SSgt Thompson donned MOPP 4 and loaded tools for initial recon

1015 Team proceeded down range


1025 M8 paper produced a negative reading

1030 Team began recon of projectile and found no evidence of chemical filler

1110 Team returned up range, doffed MOPP 4 and returned to the EOD shop

1220 Team arrived at the EOD shop, reviewed digital photos and verified ordnance as a high explosive filled 105mm projectile

1400 1700 Flight leadership and Tech Escort drafted a plan of attack for the 75mm projectile

12 Mar 05

0600 Team met Tech Escort and convoyed out to site

0700 Team arrived on scene and Tech Escort began setting up their specialized equipment

1020 Tech Escort proceeded downrange to perform a gross decon and packaged projectile

1100 Tech Escort began Xraying round

1215 XRays showed the booster was ruptured and flakes were visible inside the projectile

1230 Tech Escort began warm up procedures for the PINS

1320 Tech Escort administered the PINS test

1430 The PINS test did not identify the contents of the round

1445 Tech Escort determined the round was empty and not a chemical hazard

1450 The round was replaced in the original location/position it was found

1500 The team and Tech Escort returned to the EOD flight

1600 The team stored equipment while Tech Escort routed reports


1615 Incident terminated

Note: 7 EOD is now operating under the pretense that the former Camp Barkley is a FUD site and will not respond unless other suspicious chem rounds are found.

Dyess AFB M789, 30MM, HEDP 2 1000 we recieved a call from Matthew Clark of DynCorps in San Angelo. He stated he had 2 ea 30mm rounds from an Apache helicopter. After recieving approval form the Dyess command post a team was dispatched. They arrived onscene at 1115. Mr. Clark placed both rounds in a round metal drum. After determining the condition of the munition items, the primers were secured and the rounds were placed in a sand filled CMC. The team arrived back at Dyess around 1400. The munitions were turned into the MSA for storage. We are currently awaiting disposition instructions.


Dyess AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 2130 Received notification from CP that Randy Hunter from Mineral Wells PD reported a grenade was found at Mineral Wells by a local dog. Dog brought grenade to owner who put it out side his house next to a tree.

2200 Team left shop with all necessary tools.


1210 Performed a recon on the item and discovered it was Mk 2 grenade with a impinged fuze.

1235 Team left scene with Mk 2 and called Ammo to store grenade so it could be disposed of in the daytime.

0235 Team arrived on base notified CP that we where back and to verify that Ammo was waiting for us.

0345 Team was finally able to stored Mk 2 to be disposed of later in the day

1423 Mk 2 was taken to the EOD range and disposed off.


Dyess AFB PGU24/U, 25MM, DUMMY

1 30 May 05

0030 Dyess EOD received a call from Dublin, TX PD stating that they had confiscated a "30mm round" during the search of a local residence. Local PD then described the item and said he had it in his hand. He was then instructed to not pick up any ordnance and let EOD handle it instead of him. He was also instructed to notify the Dyess Command Post in order for us to respond. Command Post was notified by Dublin PD, they then in turn notified Standby team. The team decided to wait until daylight to respond the following morning.

31 May 05

0900 The Standby team notified command Post, Flight superintendent and CE commander that they were departing the area to take care of said item.

1145 Team arrived at the Dublin PD where the item was turned over to EOD. The munition was then secured for transportation to Dyess AFB.

1440 Dyess EOD returned to station and after diagnostic review, determined the item had no explosive hazard.

1500 Team reconstituted equipment. Mission complete.


Dyess AFB M329, 4.2IN, CARTRIDGE, HE

1 13 Jul 05, 1400: Received a call from command post. Midland, TX bomb squad unit asking to identify two mortars found at a suspects residence. Photos of the items were emailed to us. We reviewed the photos and decided to leave for pickup the next morning.

14 Jul 05, 0700: Arrived at shop and prepared to leave for Midland, TX. we left at 0715

14 Jul 05, 1130: Arrived at Midland bomb squad training range and inspected the munitions. after researching the munitions it was determined that one (M880) has no explosives, also it had holes drilled in it by the Midland bomb squad. The other, M329A2, is a live unfired round with no fuzing or propellant.

14 Jul 05, 1230: After being asked, we briefed the District Attorney as to the danger associated with the found munitions, and also their possible uses in civillian hands.

14 Jul 05, 1400: Left for Dyess AFB with both items.

14 Jul 05, 1600: Arrived at the bomb dump to courtesy store the M329A2.

14 Jul 05, 1630: Arrived back at shop, reconstitued equipment. End of mission

Dyess AFB M183, CARTRIDGE, 14.5MM, TRAINING

421 1000 Notified by Det. Brian Wood from Plano Police Department of seized military ordnance.

1100 Upon notification from 7 BW/CP, team departed for Plano, TX.

1430 Upon arrival, team deemed ordnance to be unfired and safe for transportation. Team departed for Dyess AFB Munitions Storage.

1900 Munitions were stored for later disposition.


2000 Standby vehicle reconstituted. Mission complete.

Dyess AFB M29A2, 3.5INCH PRACTICE

1 19 May 2006

1750 Command Post receives call from town Marshall Clay Woods requesting EOD support for suspected mortar in an antique store.

1821 Command Post notified standby team chief of a UXO in Baird, Texas. Col. Mines and Col. Pierson approve response.

1824 Team member is called and given instructions to pull explosives.

1835 Munitions standby team is called to gain access to MSA.

1845 EOD team leaves shop for MSA. Team waited at the MSA for over one hour for their standby team to arrive. Once team had access to the MSA storage personnel did not have the access codes further delaying response time. It took over two hours and thirty minutes to obtain explosives.


2118 Team secures explosives and departs for Baird.

2150 Team arrives onscene at an antique store in Baird. Marshall Woods had arranged for a Callahan County sheriff to secure item until we arrived. Initial recon is conducted. Item determined to be a US M29A2 practice round with a live rocket motor. RSP per 60series was not possible due to condition of round. Item was transported to a field owned by Mr. Gary Franke and disposed of by detonation.

2230 Team arrives back at Dyess. Mission complete.

Dyess AFB ANM37, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, DOUBLE STAR, REDRED

1 23 Aug 06 1500Notified of Flare stuck in flare gun by Maj. Godon at Frederick Municipal Airport (Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Sheppard AFB Aux. Field)

24 Aug 06 0600 Team departs Dyess AFB, TX.

0930 Team Arrives Sheppard Aux. Field ( Frederick Mun. Airport)

0945 Team secures flare and departs for Dyess AFB, TX.

1300 Team arrives at Dyess AFB, TX and stores munition for next day disposal.


Dyess AFB M69 1 2 Sep 06

1830 We where notified by CP that a local Farmer (Mr. Bill King) had found a mortar on his property and had requested for EOD to respond to the incident. Mr King's property is located on what used to be Camp Barkley a known FUD (Former Utilized Defense) site. Approximately 18 months before, we where informed by Army Corps of Engineers in Ft Worth that we should not respond to munitions found at any FUD site. We informed Mr. King of this and told him we will help him in finding a solution.

7 Sep 06

1300 Spoke with Debra Castens USA CoE FUD coordinator and she informed us that Dyess EOD could now respond to munitions found in this particular FUD site. We tried to contact Mr. King but were unable to get in touch with him.

8 Sep 06

0915 We contacted Mr King and proceed to pick up the Mortar at his property.

0945 Arrived at Mr King¿s property and proceed to recon the mortar.

1000 Item was identified as a M69 mortar training round. Mortar was pickup and transported back on base for courtesy storage until final disposition could be arranged.

1130 team arrived back on base and reconstituted equipment.


Dyess AFB M15 Drill (dummy) 1 1000 Received notification from the Dyess AFB Fire Dept. about a possible ordnance item off base.

1020 Obtained permission to respond and all notifications made.

1045 Team arrived on scene and made contact with personnel that work at Pine St. Salvage. The projectile was immidiately noted to be one solid piece (no seperation from the cartridge case and the projectile body).

1130 After researching the item in the publications the incident was terminated. The item was a training round used to train load crews on the weapon system. Item was brought back to shop to be utilized as atraining aid.

1200 Team arrived back at the shop.

Edwards AFB 5" A.R rocket warhead 2 2 Feb 05 Received call from Officer Patrick Hayes (Bakersfield Bomb Squad) regarding two (2) "155mm projectiles." According to Officer Hayes, the ordnance was in the bomb squad's possesion for some time and the ordnance's origin was unknown. Officer Hayes requested EOD support to recover the military ordnance. EOD contacted the EAFB command post to brief Col. Jeter (95th ABW/CC). Col. Jeter authorized EOD to respond. Since the ordnance was stored with the Bakersfield Bomb Squad for an extended amount of time, EOD coordinated with Officer Hayes and established a meet time/location for 3 Feb.

3 Feb 05 The EOD team departed EAFB and arrived at the Bakersfield Bomb Squad holding area. The team identified the ordnance as WWIIera 5inch A.R. rocket warheads found in 60A2112 (OP1664). The warheads did not contain fuzes. After lunch, the team secured the ordnance and returned to EAFB. The warheads were turned over to the EAFB Munitions Storage Area for future disposal. The team returned to the shop and reconstituted equipment.


Edwards AFB MK 82, 500 LB, PRACTICE OR MK

82, 500 LB, PRACTICE,

CONCRETE OR SANDFILLED

1 1800 Team Chief received call from FBI Agent Greg Rabinovitz notifying him of a UXO found on Highway 210 that had fallen out of an unknown vehicle.

1830 SSgt Last, SrA Hodgkiss, and SrA Lemley responded to the shop to gather gear and await approval to respond.

1945 After coordinating with base leadership, the EOD Team received permission to respond from Col. Baker (95 ABW/CV) and left for the Los Angeles Police Department's Mission Hills Precinct.

2120 Team arrived at Mission Hills Precinct where item was being held. The item was then loaded and secured. Team departed for Edwards.

2325 Team arrived at Munitions Storage Area (MSA) and delivered the item for temporary storage.

0010 Team returned to EOD facility and reconstituted equipment. Mission Complete.

Note: At approximately 1900, Chief Petty Officer Greg Cummings (Point Magu, Navy EOD) was brought in by the LAPD due to his close proximity to the incident site. After investigation, he positively identified the item as an inert filled Mk82. SSgt Last verified this assessment and deemed it safe for transport to Edwards' MSA. On February 17th, SSgt Fudala, SrA Abbott, and SrA Ortega transported the MK 82 to Edwards Precision Impact Range (PB10 Stage) where it will be demilitarized in a similar fashion as other MK 82s dropped on the Edwards ranges. This action was coordinated approved by the Environmental Management office and the FBI (See attached documents).


Edwards AFB ANMk 5 Mod 1 1 1245 Unit was requested by the California City Police Department through the Command Post to respond to an individual's residence in California City. The individual had dug up an ordnance item in his front yard and placed the ordnance item in his garage on a table. According to the California City Police is was thought to be a mortar. Team Chief asked the Command Post to get approval from the 95th Air Base Wing Commander to respond and to have legal representation respond with the team.

1255 The 95th Air Base Wing Commander granted permission for the team to respond to California City. Staff Judge Advocate Captain Frank Yoon arrived at unit to respond with team. Team left the unit in a Level 1 Response capacity. While in route safety brief was conducted.

1320 Team arrived on scene.

1321 SSgt Strid went into the individual's garage and took a digital picture of the ordnance for verification. Item was confirmed to be an ANMk 5 Mod 1 Practice Bomb, TO A21221. Upon reviewing the information by the responding team, item was secured in sandbags and made ready for transport. The response conditions that required the Level 1 response were downgraded to no emergency response required.

1345 Team departed the California City residence in route to the Precision Impact Range Area for further disposition.

1500 Team arrived back at unit and reconstituted all equipment used on the response.

NOTE The item was taken to the PB10 stanging area where it will be disposed of during the spring range clearance.


Edwards AFB M54, PROJECTILE, TSQ

1 1700 Team notified by Kern County Sheriff Bomb Squad via Edwards command post of UXO at Bena Landfill, Bakersfield California. Team recieved permission to respond from Col. Baker (95 ABW/CV) and departed shop in Level I response.

1900 Team arrives at entry control point. Team was brief by Kern County Bomb Squad and reviewed digital pictures. Reconnaissance ensued.

1920 Team determines round to be fired/expended M84 leaflet projectile with m54 TSQ fuzing. Round had empty shell casing attached in an attempt to make the round look live. Casing was seated above rotating band indicating it was not original. Team removed casing, verifying round was empty. It is thought the item was trophy item. Identification was verified by TSgt Larriva. Upon identification the response level was immediately reduced to no emergency.

1940 Team loaded round into vehicle for later disposition. Team departs incident site & returned to base.

2200 Team arrives shop and returns equipment to ready status. Mission complete.


Edwards AFB ANM103 1 Background

On July 3, 2006, Mr. Carlos Gomez from Southern California Edison Electric Company (LA Sheriff Search & Rescue Volunteer) was out doing some familiarization training for his Search & Rescue job. Mr. Gomez came across a bomb about ¼ mile south of the Edwards AFB Precision Impact Range boundary. While he was there he took some pictures of the ordnance.

On July 5, 2006, he called 95 ABW/CED (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Division) and told us what he had found. We asked if he would email the pictures to us so we could better assess what he had found.

Response Sequence of Events

On July 7, 2006, the EOD unit received the photos and then contacted Mr. Gomez. We explained that we would need approval to go and better assess the condition of the bomb. He called 95 ABW/CP (Command Post) and advised them of the situation. The command post called the EOD Division and asked for the photos to be emailed so they could inform 95 ABW/CC (Wing Commander) of the situation. The wing commander asked the EOD unit to contact the LA County Sheriff?s office and let them know what was found in their county. EOD contacted Sergeant Ray Walker of the LA County Sheriff's Arson/Explosives Detail and he said he would contact the command post to request EOD to respond and take care of the bomb. After Sergeant Ray Walker contacted the command post, the EOD unit was given permission by the wing commander to respond to the bomb. Captain Frank Yoon of the JAG office was appointed to be our legal representative and would accompany EOD to the scene.

At 11:00am, the EOD unit left Edwards to meet up with Mr. Gomez so he could escort us to the ordnance. At 12:00pm, EOD arrived at the ordnance. Once on scene EOD was able to identify the bomb and fuze by the nomenclature stamped on them. The bomb was a ANM64A1 (500lb, LOT: A05843) with a ANM103 fuze. After reviewing the technical orders for the bomb and fuze, it was determined that the bomb had explosive filler and the fuze was live as well. Due to the isolated location of the bomb, it was determined that the safest way to dispose of the bomb was to blow it in place.

At 2:15pm, 412 MXS/MXMWSA (Munitons Control) was contacted to let them know an EOD team would be arriving to draw some explosives for the disposal of the bomb. At 2:45pm the EOD team on scene was notified that the wing commander was sending out Lt Col Kerry Beaghan, 95 ABW/CD (Deputy Commander). At 3:30 pm, the EOD team with the explosives arrived on scene. At 3:45pm, Lt Col Beaghan arrived on scene and was briefed of the situation. EOD went over the plan of attack with Lt Col Beaghan and she concurred. Once the LA County Fire Department was on scene, the bomb was blown in place at 5:10pm.


Upon detonation of the bomb, EOD went down range to clear the area. Once down range it was visually evident that the bomb was filled with sand. The technical order does not mention anything about sand as being filler for this particular bomb. The bomb was loaded up and all parties departed the scene.

At 6:50pm, the EOD teams arrived back at the unit.

Edwards AFB M125A1 1 Background

On 29 August 2006 at approximately 1700 hours there was an explosion in a Bakersfield, CA neighborhood which resulted 2 children being killed and 6 others sustaining fragmentation injuries. The children were given a military 40MM, M383/M384, High Explosive (HE) projectile to play with. The projectile was a souvenir and was assumed to not pose a threat.

On 30 August 2006 at approximately 0900 hours Kevin Miles of the FBI contacted the 95 ABW/CP and had them relay to the 95 ABW/CED Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit that he needed to talk to them. The EOD unit quickly returned Agent Miles phone call and was informed of the details that transpired in Bakersfield, CA. He advised us that Scott Tunnicliffe, Bakersfield Bomb Squad Commander would be calling us for assistance. The EOD unit was contacted by Mr. Tunnicliffe and was asked if they could provide some technical assistance into this matter. EOD was granted permission to assist.

Mr. Tunnicliffe also mentioned that his office was going to request from the local and surrounding communities and residents, that if they had any souvenir military items, they need to contact there local police departments. This was accomplished through many news agencies.


EOD Response 31 August 2006

At 1317 hours the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit was notified by email and a subsequent phone call from Sgt Tim Melanson, Kern County Sheriff?s Office. The information he provided the EOD Unit was concerning a projectile that he had recovered on 30 August 2006 at approximately 2330 hours. Sgt Melanson was advised to contact the 95 ABW/CP (Command Post) and request EOD to respond to Bakersfield, CA. The 95 ABW/CV, Col Bryan Gallagher granted EOD permission to respond. Sgt Melanson also advised the EOD unit that they could use their disposal range.

The EOD unit contacted the Munitions Storage Area to prepare for an emergency draw of explosives. EOD response team (SSgt Valentine Fudala and SrA Brian Boisselle) arrived at the munitions storage area at approximately 1430 hours. Team left Edwards AFB at approximately 1515 hours. Team arrived in Bakersfield, CA at approximately 1700 hours. Upon arrival team was escorted to the holding area where the projectile was being temporarily stored. Team took measurements and photographs to assist in researching exactly what the projectile was. Projectile was positively identified Mk 1 MoD 1, 40MM, HE, Projectile with a Mk 27 MoD 0, Point Detonating (PD) Fuze. Sgt Melanson advised the team that the person who had the projectile used it as a hammer. Sgt Melanson also confiscated 11 military Signal Illumination Flares.

Projectile was initially to be transported to the disposal site but Sgt Melanson received a phone call from Sgt Kevin Paille. Sgt Paille another Kern County Sheriff, Tehachapi office, relayed to Sgt Melanson that he had responded to a home where a grenade was found and asked if EOD could respond to his location. Team told Sgt Melanson to ask Sgt Paille to contact the 95 ABW/CP and request EOD assistance. Team was given approval to respond by the 95 ABW/CC, Col Brent H. Baker.

Upon being granted permission the team secured the 40MM projectile in a padded closed metal container.


Flares were secured in a separate container. Containers were secured for transport and team departed for Tehachapi, CA.

Team departed Bakersfield, CA at approximately 1735 hours. Team arrived in Tehachapi at approximately 1820 hours. Team met with Sgt Paille where he in turn gave a police escort to the residence that had the grenade. At approximately 1845 hours team arrived at residence. Team was escorted into residence to where the grenade was located. Grenade was photographed and inspected. Grenade still had safety pin and spoon in place. As an extra precaution team taped the spoon in place, removed it from the residence and prepared it for transport to the EOD open detonation disposal range. Grenade was positively identified ? Mk 2 Fragmentation Grenade.

Team arrived at disposal range at approximately 2000 hours. Team contacted the command post and notified them that they were on the range. The command post was asked to notify the fire department and appropriate medical personnel the EOD was performing an explosive operation on their disposal range. At approximately 2030 hours team advised the command post of an expected detonation. After detonation, team went back down range to clear the site. All ordnance was completely destroyed. Team cleared range and notified command post that they were clear of range and proceeding back to main base.

Team arrived back at unit at approximately 2115 hours.

Mission Complete


Edwards AFB m1911, 8in, AP, Dummy

1 5 September 2006 Response Narrative

At 1830 hours the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit was notified by a phone call from Sgt Tim Melanson, Kern County Sheriff¿s Office of a munition in Bakersfield. The information he provided the EOD Unit was concerning a projectile that was located near a farmer's tool shed. Sgt Melanson contacted the 95 ABW/CP (Command Post) and request EOD to respond to Bakersfield, CA. The 95 ABW/CC, Col Brent Baker granted EOD permission to respond.

EOD Standby team (SSgt Dighiera and SrA Hodgkiss) arrived at the EOD shop at 1900 hours and began preparing for the call. SrA Lemley and SrA Abbott were called to the shop so they could standby as an explosive team if needed. JAG was contacted and also put on standby in case EOD team would have to dispose of the item in place. Team departed at 1930 hours with recon equipment and technical orders prepared to identify the round. They met up with Sgt Melanson so they could be escorted to the item. At 2044 the team arrived on scene. The individual in possession of the round stated that 35 years ago he purchase the property to develop a farm. While plowing one of his fields, he ran across this round. He brought it back to his work shed and laid it down outside, next to the shed. It stayed in that position for the next 35 years. Team accomplished a recon finding what appeared to be a M1911 8in Armor Piercing Dummy round. The round was then taken back to Edwards AFB. Team contacted ammo and had them clear out and area for overnight storage. Team departed scene at 2103. Ammo was ready for storage when team arrived at 2240. Munition was stored.

6 September 2006 Continuation Response

At 0945 team departed for ammo with all required tools to dispose of the projectile. Item was picked up, along with explosives, and taken out to range at 1103. Team set up 2 blocks of C4 for disposal. At 1145 disposal confirmed the item was M1911 8in Armor Piercing Dummy Round. This type of round was filled with cast iron to simulate the weight of a real round so that gunners could practice loading the round without having to use a real one. Team departed range at noon and arrived at the EOD shop at 1230 where response operations ceased.


Edwards AFB M69, PROJECTILE, 60 MM, TRAINING

1 1230 Team receives call for mortar in the town of Lamont, California, near Bakersfield.

1400 Team arrives and positively identifies mortar; determining ordnance contains no explosives, and is not hazardous in any way, shape or form.

1410 Kern County sheriff requests to maintain possession of mortar.

1430 Team departs for EOD shop.

1600 Team arrives EOD shop.

Edwards AFB ATM7A1B1 2 On September 20, 2006 Scott Tunnicliffe (Bakersfield Bomb Squad Commander) sent some photos of ordnance that they had confiscated and that they were storing in their bunker. They wanted to know if they could bring the items to us so we can take care of them.

95 ABW/CED (EOD) reviewed the photo's and verified the ordnance condition in their technical orders. All ordnance items were safe and in the unfired condition. However, EOD still has a responsibility to take care of the ordnance. EOD forwarded the pictures to the command post as well as a game plan on how to take care of the ordnance so they could brief the 95 ABW/CC. The 95 ABW/CC contacted SSgt Fudala and gave his approval to respond and execute their plan.

On September 25, 2006, at approximately 0700 hours the EOD team (SSgt Fudala, SrA Costa & SrA Carroll) headed to the munitions storage area to draw explosives needed to dispose of the ordnance. At 0845 hours EOD team met with the Bakersfield Bomb Squad personnel at the north gate and escorted them to the Precision Impact Range Area (PIRA). Once on range, ordnance was downloaded and prepped for detonation. At 1000 hours ordnance was detonated.


All parties departed the PIRA and returned back to the EOD unit.

Mission complete at 1145 hours.

POST NOTE:

On attached photo's there is a 40mm practice round. Scott Tunnicliffe has arranged for the Marine Corp to inert the 40mm for them so they have a training aid. Therefore we did not dispose of it.


Edwards AFB 70 MM Rifle Grenade, Practice

1 18 Nov 06

1530 Unit received call from the 95 ABW/CP (Command Post) in regards to ordnance found in Arvin, CA. Sergeant Brian Wheeler of the Kern County Bomb Squad requested we respond and investigate the ordnance.

1615 EOD team departed the unit with a legal representative to Arvin, CA.

1730 EOD team arrived on scene. All items were photographed, and extensively researched to determine what they were. All items were positively identified by SrA Costa, confirmed by SSgtFudala and were determined safe for transport back to the base for storage till they could be disposed of.

NOTE: 2 of the items were of special interest because they were foreign ordnance. A Hotchkiss, 25 MM, HE round (unfired) and an Italian Rifle Grenade (Practice).

1850 EOD Team departed the scene enroute back to base.

2000 EOD Team arrived back on base and the headed to the MSA to store the munitions.

2100 EOD Team arrived back at unit. Mission Complete.


21 Nov 06

All .50 cal rounds, MK 25 Mod 5 Fuze, and the M81A1 40 MM AP round were removed from the MSA and destroyed.

The Hodgkiss round and the Italian Rifle Grenade have been deemed intel by the JEOD Center. 95 ABW/CED has been in contact with the center and has been given some particulars of what information they would like. A full complete intel evaluation will be conducted on both pieces and that information will be forwarded to the JEOD center upon completion.

Egg Harbour Township

ANM69 W/M1 Fuze 6 The EOD shop was contacted by Lt. Varga from Cranberry PD with a request to respond to ordnance found at a UXO cleanup site that could not be secured overnight.

The onsite UXO contractors had given a description of the ordnance to the DEP rep. The DEP rep, with a concern for safety and not being able to secure the site felt it was necessary to inform the local police of the situation.

After talking with Lt. Varga and obtaining the proper approvals on base the EOD team responded to the incident site.

Upon arrival at the incident site, the ordnance was positively identified as 6 ANM69's with M1 fuzes. After determining that the filler was not present and the fuze condition unknown the items were hand carried to an area


on site for disposal. After disposal, the site was inspected and cleared for additional hazards.

The EOD team then returned to the base.


AN mk23 1 This morning we were contacted by the Millville PD asking us to respond to a piece of ordnance that was found in storage at the Millville Army Airfield Museum. Upon arrival at he museum we positively identified the ordnance as a WWII ANMK23 2.5 lb practice bomb, after a visual inspection revealed an object in the spotting charge well. We then performed an xray of the device and determined that the ordnance had to be disposed of by detonation. A police escort was provided for transportation to the pistol range where a successful disposal procedure was performed.



MK 24 MOD 4, FLARE, AIRCRAFT,

PARACHUTE


20060426 1330

Call from command post of ordnance item found at a seafood processing plant in millville.The item was dscribe as 3" diameter, 16" long, gold in color, and the word Phosphorus was noted on the item.

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CE XO, Major Layton was notified of the call. He approved the response.

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MSgt Kunkle and TSgt LeCompte were notified for response.

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Munitions storage area was notified of request for explosives.

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Officer Loteck from the Millville PD was contacted and item description was confirmed. Because of controlled location a distance of 150' was reccomended for a cordon. Instructions were also given fo rno one to approach or handle the item. The officer was given the names of the responding EOD techs.

20060426 1400

Explosives were picked up and the team left the base.

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The command post was notified of the teams departure.

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Team on site


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Posative ID

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RSP

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Returned to base

20060426 1630

Notified command post and CE XO of safe return

20060426 1700

MIssion complete



76mm HE 1 1035 Lower twp pd ordnance call

1040 permission granted by command staff

1059 Team left base & Pd notified of response

1200 arrived on scene

1205 Pos ID 76mm

1210 RSP Disposal

1245 RSP COMPLETE


Debrief PD

1430 ENROUTE TO BASE

1515 ON BASE

1520 Base agencies notified of return

1530 MISSION COMPLETE


MK 24 MOD 4FLARE, AIRCRAFT, PARACHUTE

1 1200 hrs call from Wildwood Crest PD notification of flare that was washed up on beach and brought to the station.

1230 Permission to respond granted through Maj. Layton

Command post and CSC notified of EOD departure for response.

1250 Kunkle and TSgt Nickel responded.

1345 arrived and positively Identified item as a MK 24 MOD 4, FLARE, AIRCRAFT, PARACHUTE


Item was expended and transported back to base. No explosive hazard present.

1430 Team returned to base, command post and CSC notified of mission complete

Eglin AFB M115A2 1 1700: Received call from sheriff department about a suspect grenade found in the town of Holt. Item was an unarmed M115A2 Ground Burst Simulator. Lot # PBG01H304002 Item was returned to base and turned into 46MXS inspections.

1900: Equipment reconstituted. END OP

Eglin AFB MK 106 MOD 1, BOMB, 5 LB, PRACTICE

1 Responded to Cosson RD. in Defuniak Springs, FL for the recovery of a MK106 Practice Bomb. The bomb had functioned as designed. No EOD procedures were necessary.

Eglin AFB Signal, Distress, Hand Combination flare and

smoke

5 Responded to the volunteer fire deptarment in Freeport, Fl. Once we arrived on scene, the items were identified as distress signals. The team picked up the flares and transported them back to base. Items were put in a holding bay until items could be turned in to inspections. Items were turned into inspections Tuesday, May 31 2005.


Eglin AFB MK 25 MOD 3, MARINE MARKER

3 1200 Notified by EOD operations that two "flares" were located in Walton county. One at the sheriff's sub station on SR331. The other was on a Walton county beach, said to be smoking.

1230 Received approval to depart. Telephoned Walton County Sheriff with our ETA.

1330 Arrived at Sheriff's substation and met with John Manning. Officer Manning indicated that the item from the beach had been brought to the Sheriff's office. He showed us two items that turned out to be MK 25 Mod 3 marine markers. One was armed and unexpended, the other armed and partially expended. The items were placed in separate 20MM cans and covered with wet sand as a precaution per the T.O. and transported to range C52 for disposal the following day.

1200 14 Jun, Arrived at C52 and disposed of 3 MK 25 mod 3 marine markers. The third was found on range at C52. Disposal was by detonation.

Eglin AFB MK 25 MARINE MARKER

1 30 Aug 05 at 1100 hours team was requested to respond to Henderson State Park in Destin Florida for a MK 25 marine marker. Team picked up item and stored for later disposal.

Item was disposed of by SSgt Hamilton and SrA Fieber the next duty day. A new ACES report will be accomplished for disposal and reference this report.

Eglin AFB Civil War Explosive Ordnance

1 On October 4, 2005, local bomb squad officials contacted Eglin Command Post to have EOD respond to pick up military ordnance. The ordnance to be picked up was a cannonball. Eglin Command Post contacted EOD personnel and EOD departed to the Destin Community Center to pick up ordnance from local bomb squad. EOD used fiber scope to determined cannonball was empty and brought it back to shop for a training aid.

Eglin AFB 5.56 BALL 100 Responded to Crestview to assist the Crestview Police Department with ordnance items they found at a private residence. A Coast Guard Reservist's wife found the items while packing his personnal effects following a divorce. Once onsite we found the items listed under the ordnance tab in like new condition. We placed the items into a CMC and transported back to the bomb dump for storage. We also notified Security Forces incase they wished to persue any charges. We never heard back from Security Forces. Disposed of all items on 11 Jan 06 on range B74 at the blow hole with the exception of the M18 Smoke Grenade which was turned over to munitions inspections.


Eglin AFB unidentified 1 Mr. James Clarke notified EOD Operations of the discovery of a Civil War era Cannonball at a construction site on Pensacola Naval Air Station. Once arriving at NAS Pensacola Mr Clarke was contacted. The information he gave us was it was discovered after being dumped on the ground by a back hoe. He identified it as a cannonball. The item had been marked off and all work in the area halted. After getting the details of the find he then led team to item. The UXO was determined to be a civil war era cannonball. It was approximately ten inches in diameter and weighed approximately 80lbs. After inspecting the cannon ball it was deemed safe to transport back to Eglin for disposal as a level one response. Team secured the item in the bed of the response truck using sandbags and tie down straps. After item was properly secured for transport team returned to Eglin AFB Range C62 for disposal. Item was then disposed of using four feet of Deta sheet, cut into four inch squares and stacked vertically. Team then returned to base and reconstituted response gear.

Eglin AFB 60mm, model unk 1 2320 Stand by team received call from the CP for a UXO pickup in Foley, Al.

2350 Received the OK from Col. Kieth to proceed to incident site.

0055 Departed Eglin

0255 Arrived on scene. Team picked up a 60mm mortar and transported it to the SHA.

0530 Team arrived back at Eglin.

Item was destroyed on range C52 the next day.

Eglin AFB M127A1, SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION,

PARACHUTE, WHITE STAR

1 Annual beach cleanup for Earth Day was conducted. Volunteers reported finding three UXOs. The items picked up consisted of one .50 caliber bullet, one expended flare cartridge, and one inert MK 82. Team responded and removed the UXOs.

Eglin AFB Civil War Ordnance 2 4 May 06 Eglin Command Post received call from Foley Alabama Sheriffs Department asking for EOD support at approximately 0300. EOD received call from Command Post and arrived in Foley Alabama at approximately 0600. Response was to ordnance that was found during a traffic stop. Driver of vehicle told Sheriffs Department that he received ordnance from a friend in the Army. EOD reconned ordnance and took ordnance back to Eglin range C74 to dispose of. Ordnance consisted of 4.2 in parrot shell and 4.2 in reed shell.


Eglin AFB MK 106 MOD 0, 5 LB, PRACTICE

1 A man reported bringing up a UXO in his boat's anchor line. He then called Coast Guard, who informed Eglin Command Post. Command post notified EOD, who responded at 1200 hours. EOD met with Coast Guard at Postal Point marina and rode to incident site with them. Upon inspection of UXO it was found to be one expended Mk106 practice bomb. The item was transported back to Eglin and was properly destroyed.

Eglin AFB M70, CARTRIDGE, 57 MM, APT

2 Team notified by Eglin Command Post of military ordnance at a residence in Pensacola. Team departed for Pensacola Civic Center to meet up with Police escort to residence. Upon arrival at residence, two M70, 57mm projectiles were sitting outside of the garage. Positive identification was made and items were transported to Eglin AFB. The following day, items were destroyed in conjunction with a disposal for a separate mission.

Eglin AFB PGU25A/U, CARTRIDGE, 25MM,

HEI

1 Team responded to request for an off base UXO pick up, generated by the Okaloosa Sherrifs office. The Appartment manager of the complex (Falcon House Apartments) was checking an abandoned apartment and found 1 each 25MM High Explosive Incindary round. The round was unfired, with clear markings of the lot number. Item was placed in a CMC with padding, cargo strapped into the bed of the response vehicle and transported on to eglin proper. Item was turned into Munitions Inspection. OSI was informed incase an investigation needed to be conducted. Response outline as follows:

1110Initial Notification Recievied

1124Left shop to head to scene

1153Arrive on Scene (16REU3670867734)

1157OnScene briefing conducted with Sherrifs and other first responders

1200Head down range

1205Item secured (see attached pictures)

1207Head up Range

1212All Clear, Headed home.

1240On base


1257Turn in item to munitons Inspection

Bobby BurnsApartment Manager2404411

Deputy AbbotOkaloosa Sherrifs oficeNo phone number

"Chip" 911 operator that made initial contact with EOD team6895721

Eglin AFB GBU10C/B, GUIDENCE SECTION

1 Notified via Eglin Command Post of possible UXO located near Rattlesnake Bluff Road and Reagan Road on the boarder of Eglin Test Range.

Officer Duffy of Okaloosa sheriffs office had been called to the scene by a local resident. They found two MAU 169 Guidance and Control sections from GBU series bombs next to an ATV trail near his residence.

0130 Call was recieved via Eglin Command post.

0150 Arrived on scene.

0200 After a brief discussion with Officer Duffy, TSgt Perry and TSgt Lowrie proceeded down range to investigate the items. After initial evaluation it was determined the items were inert MAU169 guidance sections. Both contained inert/dummy components. Additional search was conducted and no other components were


located. The MAU169's were secured and transported to Eglin EOD for disposition.

0300 Team returned to normal standby posture.

Items are currently in the custody of Eglin EOD.

Ellington Field mk 25 mod 4 or 5 1 Galina Coast Guard notified what they believed to be an aircraft flare that had washed on shore at Quintana Beach, TX. Upon arrival at Quintana Beach from Houston, the Coast Guard personnel were found on the beach outside the safe area that they had established around the suspected flare.

Recon proved that the suspected flare was actually a dudfired marine marker with an intact red phosphorous pyrotechnic component. After positive identification of the item, it was determined to be safe to transport to the disposal site. Disposal by detonation or burn on the beach was ruled unsafe due to the surrounding combustible foliage and industrial facilities.

The marine marker was disposed of IAW 60 series primary disposal procedure.


Ellsworth AFB MJU7/B, CARTRIDGE, FLARE, COUNTERMEASURE,

IR

1 1050: Received a call from SrA Dennis, 28 BW/PA @ 1005. She relayed information from a rancher concerning a possible aircraft flare. Command post was contacted with the information. We were requested to respond to 27953 398th Ave Delmont SD. Elmer Goehring said he had what might be an aircraft flare in his locker. He described it as 7"x2"x1", wrapped in foil with a hard, gray, claylike substance visible.

1130: Received permission from Col Lewis, 28 MSG/CC, to respond.

1135: Team pulled explosives.

1205: Team left base and headed to Delmont, SD.

1700: Team arrived at Delmont, SD and SSgt Hartnell confirmed that the item was a MJU 7 flare. We transported the MJU 7 flare to an open field and disposed of it by detonation.

1745: Team left Delmont, SD and proceeded back towards Ellsworth AFB.

2200: Team arrived back at Ellsworth AFB and the response was terminated.


Ellsworth AFB M205A1, GRENADE, STRIKERRELEASE

2 26 Sep 05

0600 Received notification from 28 BW/CP requesting EOD respond to two hand grenades found in a tool shed at a residence in Bison, S.D.

1300 Presence of grenades verified by Brent Gromer, SD Department of Criminal Investigations Bomb Sqaud. Pictures taken and emailed to Team Chief. From the pictures, team determined the items to be M21 practice grenades with M205A1 fuzes installed. We could also see that the spoons were in position and safety pins were still installed.

27 Sep 05

0630 Team gathered equipment

0700 Departed EOD shop

0945 Arrived at residence (home of Leslie Johnson, 17986 SD Hwy 20 Home phone #(605) 4319386). Team verified nomenclature and condition of grenades and secured pins. Performed unarmed RSP, securing spoons to bodies of grenades. Placed grenades in a sand filled CMC and secured them in vehicle for transport.

1000 Departed residence


1345 Arrived at Munitions Storage Area, turned grenades in to Munitions Inspections.

1400 Returned to EOD shop


Ellsworth AFB M99, 20 MM, TP 1 16 Sep 05

1030: TSgt Miller received call from SrA Garrison, 28 BW/CP stating that the Spearfish Police was requesting EOD assistance with a 20mm bullet. SrA Garrison patched Officer Steve Hofmann through to TSgt Miller's phone. Officer Hofmann stated a local resident had turned in an unfired 20mm bullet to the Spearfish, SD police dept. The individual stated he had brought the bullet back as a souvenir from WWII and doesn't want it anymore. Officer Hofmann stated the bullet was in good condition and read the nomenclature off of the round. TSgt Miller told Officer Hofmann the round was not in a hazardous condition and was safe to place in the evidence locker until the team could respond the following morning since it wasn't deemed to be in a hazardous condition. Officer Hofmann agreed and arrangements were made to pick up the projectile the next day. TSgt Miller notified the 28 BW/CP of the situation.

17 Sep 05

0800: Team arrived at EOD shop and prepared equipment and vehicle for trip to Spearfish. 28 BW/CP was notified and approval to respond from 28 MSG/CC was received.

0835: Team departed base.

0940: Team arrive at Spearfish police dept. Team contacted Officer Hofmann and verified condition of 20mm projectile. Team prepared round for transportation back to EAFB.

0954: Team departed Spearfish.

1055: Team arrived back on base and proceeded to Munitions storage area to turn round off to munitions personnel.

1105: Team departed MSA.

1115: Team arrived back at EOD shop. Team returned equipment to standby status. Mission Complete!


Ellsworth AFB ANM8, SMOKE, HC, BLUE GREY

8 EOD received notification from Sioux Falls PD regarding confiscated ordnance from a former US Army Captain turned convicted felon. Sioux Falls PD immediately contacted Ellsworth EOD to arrange disposition. The PD was directed to provide digital photographs of the items to help determine condition prior to team response. Once the pictures were received, flight management determined the ordnance was safe and coordinated storage until a team could be dispatched to retrieve them.

On 8 Feb 06, the listed personnel departed Ellsworth for Joe Foss Field (ANG) in Sioux Falls, SD to conduct annual aircraft training. Upon training completion, coordination was made with Sioux Falls PD to take possession of the ordnance and transport it back to Ellsworth. The items were picked up on 10 Feb 06, and delivered to 28 MUNS inspection section, TSgt House. Incident terminated.

Following is a list of lot numbers recovered:

AN/M8 HC Smoke Grenade PB98 1 each

AN/M8 HC Smoke Grenade PB80C012043 2 each

AN/M8 HC Smoke Grenade SWP137 5 each

M7A3 CS Riot Control Grenade 2014711009 4 each

M7A3 CS Riot Control Grenade FDL164 1 each


Ellsworth AFB Hotchkiss 1 20060501

0945 Received a call from SSA Dan Satterlee, SD DCI Bomb Sqaud, about a possible UXO in Edmonds County, SD. Mr Satterlee sent an agent to look at the item and sent digital photos.

1150 Received photos from Dan Satterlee. The item appeared to be unfired, with the numbers "3785" located on the bottom of the cartridge. The overall length is 6 1/2 inches. The projectile has two rotating bands approximately 10 mm apart. Contacted BW/CP for approval to respond.

20060502

0630 Team departed for Ipswich SD to pick up UXO. UXO was thought to be a 37mm, high explosive filled, Hotchkiss round. Item was not found in AEODPS. Notified and sent photos to NAVEODTECHDIV for further identification and disposition information. Awaiting reply.

1230 Team recovered the UXO and confirmed that it was fuzed but unfired. Team transported UXO back to base.

1745 Team arrived at MSA and stored UXO.

1800 Team arrived back at EOD shop. Mission complete.


Awaiting identification and disposition instructions from NAVEODTECHDIV.

20060516

Team received identification and disposition instructions from NAVEODTECHDIV. Item was a 1913 French 37x93 mm Cartridge Case and Projectile for the 37/85 Gun. See attachment. Disposition instruction was to dispose of item locally.

20060517

Team disposed of item by detonation.


Ellsworth AFB M384, CARTRIDGE, 40MM, HE

2 1100 hrs: EOD standby team received notification from the Lawrence County sheriff's Dept of two WWII era cartridges that were dropped off at the Lawrence County Landfill. EOD team leader took down all applicable information and directed the sheriff's Dept to contact the 28 BW/CP. EOD team leader contacted Mr. Shalenkamp and found out he had two M384, 40mm CTG's , LOT# MA339118, approximately 5 inches long. He stated the rounds had not been fired and the primers were not impinged.

1130 hrs: The 28 SPTG/CC authorized EOD to respond. The standby team departed Ellsworth at 1215 hrs.

1400 hrs: EOD arrived at the Lawrence County Landfill and met with Mr. Shalenkamp. The rounds were exactly as described. Apparently an individual recovered the items from her deceased fathers home and delivered them to the landfill. EOD took possession of the rounds and returned to base.

1415 hrs: EOD contacted 28th Munitions Control while enroute back to Ellsworth to coordinate storage of the items.

1500 hrs: Team arrived on base and proceeded directly to the munitions storage area. At 1545 hrs an individual finally arrived to store the cartridges. EOD team leader inquired why the munitions standby response took so long. SrA Goodman stated he was not on standby and his supervisor, who was on standby, did not want to come to base from the other side of town. The problem has been elevated to the 28 MUNS/CC via the 28 CES/CC.

1600 hrs. Team returned to flight. Incident terminated.


Ellsworth AFB Mk 1 Mod 1, 3, 4, 5 1 1015 27 June 2006 Received call from Rapid City bomb squad stating that they had picked up a projectile from an elderly women in town and wanted to turn it over to us.

1019 27 June 2006 Received email from SA Brent Gromer with pictures of item. Determined from the photos that the item was most likely a 2.75in Practice rocket warhead.

1030 27 June 2006 Departed shop.

1050 27 June 2006 Arrived at the site. Met with Brent Gromer and was shown the item. The item was determined to be a 2.75in practice rocket warhead and verified by team chief. The item was placed in a CMC for transport back to base.

1130 27 June 2006 Arrived back at base. War head was turned over to munitions. Mission complete.

Ellsworth AFB AGM88B, GUIDED MISSILE, AIRTO SURFACE (HARM)

30 1000 Team was notified by Sgt Major Markham from the Fort Sam Houston Emergency Operations Center via EAFB command post. He stated there had been a transportation accident involving an over turned tractor trailer in Montana carrying 30 Harm missiles. Also stated they were still attached to the trailer. He gave us the officer on scene contact information, who was a Sgt Schock from the Montana highway patrol.

1010 Team contacted Sgt Schock to get an up dated report. He stated the missiles were still attached to the truck and the interstate was shut down about a mile in both directions. He also informed us that the accident was located on interstate 94 at mile marker 82, about 100 miles north east of Billings, MT.

1030 Team was approved by commander to responded.

1045 Team was notified commander was working with local guard unit for UH60 transportation for team.

1100 Team was notified of UH60 approval and departed to meet with crew at local airport.

1130 Team met with crew and they began flight plans and aircraft prep.


1300 Team departed for accident site.

1500 Team arrived at site and did a fly by of the scene and then landed.

1510 Team met with Sgt Schock and were updated on the situation. Informed new transportation was arranged and enroute and so was heavy equipment for unloading of trailer.

1520 Team went down range to asses the situation. Team waited for heavy equipment to unload items and then inspect. The bottom few caskets had suffered minor impact from the roll over and would be opened and inspected before cross loading.

1540 Team completed initial inspection, waiting on equipment.

1600 New transportation for the items arrived.

1640 Heavy equipment arrived on scene. Equipment operators were given a safety brief and informed on plan of action.

1700 Unloading of the items began, supervised by EOD team.

2000 Item unloading was complete with no incident and opening and inspection of item began.

2100 Items were cleared for further transportation by EOD.

2130 Loading of items onto new transporter began supervised by EOD.

2330 Item loading was completed without incident, truck headed down the road. EOD departed for home in UH 60.

04 Sep 06

0100 Team arrived back at local airport and departed for EAFB.

0130 Team arrived back on EAFB, MISSION COMPLETE


F.E. Warren AFB 105 HE 2 1200 31 May 05 Received a call from Mr Richards of WYDOT reporting 2 105mm HE on Mt. Glory in Jackson WY. The WYDOT uses these 105 rounds for avalanche control operations. They were fired back in Jan but could not be found until the snow had melted.

1300 Received permission from Vice Wing Commander to respond. Received approval for helicopter support for 3 June 05. Notified the 3rd Ordnance group at Ft Lewis, Washington.

0800 1 June 05 Prepared to depart via helicopter.

0810 1 June 05 General Klotz, 20th AF Commander, canceled helo support. Did not want to support the operation. Wanted WYDOT to provide/pay for our response.

1 June 05 Explained to Lt Col Cook, Deputy Support Group Commander, Col Kissler, Vice Wing Commander, and General Klotz what our responsibilities as an EOD unit were regarding military munitions off base, Civil Support, and our AOR as agreed with Ft Lewis.

1600 1 June 05 Received permission to respond on 3 June 05.

0800 2 June 05 Departed via government vehicle for Jackson WY.

1500 2 June 05 Arrived Jackson WY and placed explosives and weapon in WYDOT explosive storage area.

0800 3 June 05 Departed for Mt Glory. Hiked 2 hours up the mountain.

1000 3 June 05 Located 2 105mm HE rounds with M557 fuzes.

1015 3 June 05 Detonated items.

1030 3 June 05 Checked shot

1200 3 June 05 Departed for F.E. Warren AFB

2000 3 June 05 Arrived F.E. Warren AFB. Mission complete.


Fairchild AFB M 21Cartridge, 50mm, Pyrotechnic

1 1745 Call received from FAFB Command Post that the Post Falls Police Dept had an M21 artillery Simulator in their possession, and they requested that EOD respond to pick up the item. FAFB CP was informed to request permission to respond off base from the Support Group CC.

1750 Request to respond was approved.

1820 Stand by team departed the base enroute to Post Falls Idaho.

1925 Stand by team arrived at the Post Falls Police Dept, the M21 was recovered and checked by TSgt Wiese and verified by SrA Alspach to be in the unarmed condition. The item was placed in a closed metal container and transported back to Fairchild AFB.

2015 Item was stored for turn in to 2SS munitions personnel the following week.

2045 Stand by personnel returned to residence.

Note: The M21 is an Artillery Simulator that is used by the US, but is produced by Germany


Fairchild AFB MK 2, GRENADE, PRACTICE

1 16 Mar 2005

We were contacted by the Colville Tribal Police Department of an item that was located in a shed by the home owner. The item in question was a Mk 2 Practice Grenade that was found 4 years previously while digging a ditch. The home owner thought the item was disposed of, but in fact the item was placed in a shed and forgotten about. Approval to respond was requested of command Post at this time. Command post was also informed that response could be accomplished the following day. Approval was given at approximately 1430. At this time preparations were made. Item Identified by SrA Alspach and verified by SSgt Hernandez.

17 Mar 2005

Command Post was notified of departure and would be informed once we had returned to base. The following is a breakdown of events for that day.

0700 Loaded equipment and PPE onto response vehicle.

0730 Pulled explosives for possible disposal of item.

0815 Departed base for Inchelium, WA.

1000 Arrived at site and spoke with home owner.

1015 Team member proceeded down range to perform recon. Item was found to be inert with an expended fuze. No further threat existed and team kept grenade body as a training aid.

1100 Equipment was collected and proceeded back to base.

1345 Arrived back on base, mission complete.


Fairchild AFB M18, HAND, SMOKE, GREEN

1 On 32105 we received permission from the state of Washington to dispose of 1 ea 81mm Mortar and 1 ea Mk 2 hand grenade that were RSP'd in previous reports and turned in to 2 SS (AMMO).

We performed a disposal of these items since Hill AFB determined that they were too hazardous to ship for treatment. Items were placed in a 1 foot hole and covered with earth and sand bags to prevent fragmentation on the range.

Attached is the email approval from Dept. of Ecology.

Fairchild AFB M301A2, CARTRIDGE, 81MM,

ILLUMINATING, MORTAR

1 TSgt Burleigh was notified by Command Post the the local law enforcement needed assistance. Team contacted the officer on scene and was notified that an individual turned in a mortar to satellite police desk. Once arrived on scene, it was determined that the round was an expended 81mm illumination mortar that someone had pieced back together. Team took custody of the item and returned to base with it.

Fairchild AFB M118 BOOBY TRAP SIMULATOR

5 1030Received call

1134Departed for Coulee City

1230Arrived at Coulee City

1235Met with Sheriff Dan Couture

1245Arrived at residence where explosives were being kept

Following items were found:

2000ft commercial det cord

3 lbs binary atlas powder

1 Kinepak pouch

1 Kinepak Boulder Buster


5 Dupont caps

1 M49A1 Trip Flare

10 M119 Simulators

5 M118 Simulators

1300Departed Coulee City

1410Arrived at Fairchild proceeded to disposal range

1445Disposed of listed items above by detonation

1505Returned to EOD shop. Mission complete


Fairchild AFB M1, 105MM, HE 1 1100 Recieved call from Post falls about a possible 105mm projo.

1200 Departed shop for Post falls ID. Upon arrival found a 105mm M1 with a M54 TSQ fuse in the nose. The round was fired and in the armed condition.

1340 Departed with the round for Fairchild AFB.

1445 Arrived at the bomb dump and coordinated holding of the item. This took over 2.5 hours since the base does not have a suspect holding area and 2SS did not want to take it out of it's original shipping package.

1730 Arrived back at the shop.

7 Oct 2005

After lengthy, exhaustive and inconclusive discussions about precedence of AFI 91201 vs. 60 series Technical orders with HQ/EOD and HQ/Safety it was determined that we will destroy the item as we always have under emergency situations.

1100 Item detonated on EOD range using protective works IAW 60A114 and DDESB buried explosions calculatorb to reduce frag distance


Fairchild AFB M30, HAND, PRACTICE

3 18 Oct 2005

1430 Team notified about 3 Practice Grenade Fuze dropped off at the Kalispel Police department.

3 ea FUZE M228MEI959011067

1515 Team departed base with Commander approval

1700 Team arrived at Cusick, Picked up 3 ea grenade fuzes.

1710 Team departed Cusick with 3 ea grenade fuzes.

1900 Team arrived back to home station. Stored fuzes until EPA request came in.

21 Oct 2005

1030 Team disposed of 3 grenade fuzes.

Mission complete.


Fairchild AFB Hercules Electric blasting caps

50 1130 Call from Mt Home EOD and Yakima EOD to see if we could support call to Grangeville ID, after getting information and POC we called Grangeville police to get further information and let them know to request through Fairchild command post.

1200 Command post notified and starts approval process.

1300 Approval received, team departs Fairchild AFB.

1600 Team arrives and contacts Grangeville PD.

1630 Team meets with Officer Dasenbrock and departs for local residence.

1700 Team arrives, SrA Guingrich positively identifies items as 50ea Hercules commercial electric blasting caps in pristine condition, and TSgt Wiese verifies the items. Blasting caps are moved to safe place to detonate the items at the residence.

1730 Items are detonated and equipment is reconstituted. Team embarks on return trip to Fairchild.

2100 Team arrives at Fairchild, restores excess explosives and puts equipment away.

2200 Incident final termination, team heads home.


Fairchild AFB M65A1 PTTF 1 1600 26 Mar 06 Standby team requested by Spokane Co sheriff Dept through FAFB command post for a mortar found in Riverside State Park. Team departed residence and arrived at EOD building, receiving permission to respond of installation at 1700.

1725 Team was contacted by Deputy Mosher with directions to the incident location and departed installation.

1755 Team arrives and meets with Deputy Mosher who escorts to the item. The item was identified as a fused 60mm illumination mortar, with an M65A1 fuse still pinned and mortar was broken open with the illumination filler saturated by water. The initial identification was performed by SrA Guingrich and verified by TSgt Wiese. The team made the decision to transport the item back to Fairchild rather than blow it in place due to the item being thoroughly soaked and it's location in a state park with numerous trees, dried pine needles, and a public road in very close proximity.

1830 Item is stored at MSA awaiting disposition.

1900 Equipment reconstituted and team leaves base.

1930 Team arrives back at respective residences.


Fairchild AFB Unknown 1 1000 Received phone call from Spokane Valley Police Department about a mortar located at the City of Spokane Solid Waste Management Refuse & Recycling at 3941 N Sullivan Road.

1030 Received approval to leave base.

1100 Departed Base

1130 Arrived at Waste Management and was briefed by Scott Windsor (Hazardous Waste Corrd) at 509625 7898 that while pushing trash into loading bays they found a mortar, which they closed and evacuated 1/2 of their collection bay. Team Member went down range and inspected mortar, used xray and visual inspection to see it was only a practice mortar. Team could not find exact copy of mortar in 60 series.

1200 Cleared area and released collection bay back to Mr Windsor. Then departed for base.

1300 Returned to base.

1330 Equipment put away Mission Complete.

Fairchild AFB M18, HAND, NONSUBMERSIBLE, SMOKE, VIOLET

1 0400 Received call from 92 SFS about a smoke grenade found on a base residence during a narcotics search. Team responded and recovered an expended M18 smoke grenade and a civilian firecracker. Grenade turned in to inspections and firecracker disposed of.


Fairchild AFB M407A1, 40MM, CARTRIDGE, PRACTICE

1 1345 recieved call 4'' x 1'' tall item with a gold cone shaped top

1400 departed shop

1455 arrived on scene picked up ordnance item from the spokane police department officer on scene and secured item in ammunition can with miniture sandbags

1504 departed scene

1545 arrived at shop

Item turned over to inspections for final shipment and disposition.

Fairchild AFB ANM8, SMOKE, HC, BLUE GREY

1 0815 Team received notification from Newport Sheriff's Department of an HC grenade that was found.

0945 Team receives approval from Command Post to proceed.

1000 Team departs for Newport.

1130 Team arrives at Sheriff's Department and secures an unfuzed military HC smoke grenade in its original container. Team proceeds back to base.

1315 Team arrives on base and on to Munitions Inspections in order to turn in the grenade.

1345 Team arrives back at the shop, Mission Complete.


Fairchild AFB M29A2, 3.5INCH PRACTICE

1 EOD received notification of UXO via the Fairchild AFB Command Post. EOD made contact with Chief of Osburn Police Dept. and departed base at 1345. EOD arrived on scene at 1503 and performed close in recon on UXO due to the fact that item was delivered by a civilian to the Osburn PD. Osburn PD had UXO inside a cordon in a remote part of town (see Lat/Long). Upon EOD investigation of UXO it was determined by color, markings and nomenclature that item was a M29A2 Practice Rocket that had been fired. Identified item by SSgt Pouliotte and verified by both SSgt Pouliotte and SrA Smith. Item was safe for transportation. EOD secured rocket inside response vehicle. RTB.

Fairchild AFB M1907M 1 1318 Received call from Command Post about a UXO, specifically an artillery round that was located in a basement. Whitman County Sheriff's Department had called requesting assistance with above said item.

1325 Team was granted approval to respond, team continued with preparations to depart.

1429 Team departs for Oakesdale.

1535 Team arrives on scene, team leader meets with Sgt Anderson of the Whitman Sheriff's Department to verify information. Team verified with recon/remote diagnostics that the UXO could be safely transported back to Fairchild AFB. Team recovers item and prepares for return.

1545 Team departs site, back to base.

1637 Team arrives at base and continues analysis of the item. TSgt Hernandez confrimed ordnance to be a WW 1 era, 75mm MK 1, Shrapnel round.

1710 Item is being stored in Munitions storage area on base, awaiting further disposition.


1800 Mission Complete.

Fairchild AFB M385, CARTRIDGE, 40MM, PRACTICE

1 1430 Team received call from Command Post about a suspected 40mm grenade round found in a future housing development located in Suncrest, WA.

1500 Team Leader (TSgt Hernandez) and Team Members (SSgt Guingrich, A1C Fredericksen) gathered the necessary equipment and departed base. Team Leader was in contact with Sgt Westerman and gathered further information.

1553 Team arrived onscene, Team Leader proceeded down range for recon with Team Member (Guingrich) as a safety back up and Team Member (Fredericksen) was at the vehicle securing classified and standing by with equipment.

1606 UXO was identified by TSgt Hernandez to be a M385 40mm practice round, no further hazards existed.


Item was secured and team departed back to base.

1650 Team arrived on base, Mission complete.

Great Falls IAP Dupont #2 blasting cap

2 Received call from MAFB that DES had informed them of a call downtown. The great Falls police Department had a report of a gentleman ( Donald Chevalier) locating blasting caps in his garage while cleaning it out. The great Falls Police Department then notified Montana DES and they then called.

MAFB sent personnel to back fill the MANG EOD shop to respond. I then called LT Lockerby to get more information and arrange for a time to meet them at the residence. I then pulled explosives and meet with MAFB personnel and departed to the residence. We took pictures of the items on his shelf then placed them in a container. We then transported the items to the Great Falls police Department shooting range and detonated the caps. We then returned to base.

Great Falls IAP M62 76mm w/ m66A1 fuze

1 Received call from Lewis and Clark Sheriff Officer Chris Cornish, he informed us that he had a UXO call from a person living in the Helena valley. He was on his way to talk to the land owner and requested that we respond. We departed Great Falls enroute to Helena at 2015 and arrived in Helena at 2200. We contacted officer Cornish and he escorted us to the site. Upon arrival we inspected the item and found it to be a fuzed projectile and decided since it was 30 feet from the residence we would transport it to Fort Harrison and store it there for the evening and return in the morning and take care of the item then. We transported the item and secured it at the fort. We then returned home arriving at 0030.

We departed at 0730 20 April to take care of the item. We arrived at the fort at 0900 and secured the round and transported it to LeMuix firing range and detonated the item. We then returned the Great Falls arriving at 1700. We cleaned up the equipment and returned to duty. The Montana Army National Guard supplied the explosives used in the operation.


Great Falls IAP M29 series 3.5" rocket motor

1 Received call from Lewis and Clark County sheriff's office they had a call of a 2.75 in rocket located by a residence in the Helena valley. We responded to the incident site and found the item to be a spent rocket motor from a 3.5in round. We recovered the item and turned it in to the Army. We then returned to base and reconstituted our gear.

Great Falls IAP civilian dynamite 8 Received call from Chouteau Co sheriff's department that an individual had just purchased a old farm and while cleaning out one of the building he found some dynamite. He informed the sheriff that he was going to shoot it with his hunting rifle and be done with it. The sheriff informed him that he was calling us and we would come out and take care of it for him. We departed at 0730 for Fort Benton to meet with the deputy so he could escort us to the incident site. Upon arrival at the sheriff depart he informed us that the items were out side Geraldine and he would escort us there. Upon arrival at the ranch we met with the land owner and he informed us that he had moved the 8 stick of dynamite out to the field where he was going to shoot them, he took us to the location of the bag and we inspected the items. The dynamite was in poor shape so we decided that we would blow the items where they were and proceeded to detonate the items in place. Upon completion of the detonation we went and inspected the area to ensure everything was consumed, picked up our receiver and turned the scene over to the deputy and departed back to the shop.

The Geraldine fire department with EMT were on scene as requested due to the location and distance to medical support.


Hill AFB 37mm 1 Start Input From Event Log:

20050222@1630

Sgt. Mike Makee of the Weber County Utah Highway Patrol called regarding a 37mm bullet that had been found at 4300W 2375S West Ogden in Taylor. His contact number is 6987797.

20050222@1650

A1C Carter from the Command Post called.

20050222@1700

Team is notified.

20050222@1734

A1C Carter from the Command Post has notified Col Dunbar of the situation. We have permission to respond.

20050222@1736

SrA Johnson departs to pull explosives with A1C Spurlock.

20050222@1740


Lt Col Sartori and EPA are notified.

20050222@1845

Team arrives onscene. A1C Perry identifies item to be 37 mm projectile and SSgt Burgess verifies it. Their POC onscene is Sgt. Eric Jones, Weber County Sheriff. His contact numbers are 9407245; 7786600.

20050222@1915

Art Olivas from EPA contacts the team; contact number 4303860. EPA will send the permit off in the morning. All concerned parties will get a copy.

20050222@1916

Team calls SSgt. Gols at the Command Post. SSgt Gols gives the OK to destroy item.

20050222@1930

Team detonates the item.

20050222@2000

Lt Col Sartori is notified that the operation has been completed.

20050222@2030


Team returns to the shop. Chief Williamson and Cpt Haglund are notified.



Hill AFB MK 25 MOD 5, PROJECTILE, MT

4 04APR05@1147: Call received from Tracy Jones (DSN: 7774813), a retired USMC EOD tech, working at DRMO. He stated they had 4 each Mk 25 Mod 5 Projectile Fuzes that needed to be examined to determine their condition.

04APR05@1153: EOD control receives call from Command Post giving permission to respond to the suspect ordnance.

04APR05@1205: EOD Team departs EOD shop for DRMO.

04APR05@1215: Upon arrival at DRMO it was found that the items were stamped "Inert", however fuze had primer which appeared to be "live". SrA Charles Howell identified the fuzes as Mk 25 Mod 5 MT fuzes and SSgt Anthony Pousen confirmed the identification. EOD team took custody of the fuzes for further examination.

04APR05@1230: EOD Team arrives back at shop with fuzes. Fuzes were Xrayed but we were unable to determine whether they still contained the primer and black powder. The fuzes were taken to the MSA on base and stored in our Emergency holding bunker.

05APR05@0700: Made contact with Mr. Craig Powers (DSN 7902621), the production controller from the Ammunition division at Tooele Army Depot, and set up an appointment for him to come the EOD shop at meet with the team for further discussion.

06APR05@0930: Mr. Craig Powers arrived with the original paperwork from MIDAS reporting system (Federal ammunition website) stating the fuzes were inert. It was found that the paperwork was for Mk25 Mod 4 fuzes and not the Mk 25 Mod 5 fuzes in our possession. He could not guarantee the fuzes were inert nor could we by Xraying them. Mr. Powers agreed to take the fuzes back to Tooele Army Depot for disposal.


06APR05@1100: EOD team returned to normal standby duties.

Hill AFB A/P 25S5A, SIGNAL KIT, PERSONNEL,

DISTRESS

14 20050419@1540

A1C Acosta received a phone call from Tom Hill at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Mr. Hill requested EOD come out and pick up some signal flares found in a storage cabinet. The standby team was alerted and SSgt Horton verified the request and received permission from TSgt Farmer at the command post to respond offbase.

20050419@1555

The Alert Team (SSgt Horton, TSgt Schilhabel, and SrA Johnson) departed the shop.

20050419@1605


The Alert Team arrived on scene and found the items to be as follows: 14ea Pin Flares (A/P22S5a), 3ea Mk 124 Mod 0, and 1ea MK 13 flares. TSgt Schilhabel identified the ordnance items and SSgt Horton verified the items were safe for transportation. SSgt Horton obtained the following information: the flares came from an F 111 that landed in 1994. AFLC Form 8138 (dated 20 January 1994), reported the aircraft as being devoid of explosives and "N/A" for signal flares by the 652nd CLSS from McClellan AFB. The team surmised the aircraft arrived, the pilot had brought his emergency kit with him and handed it to the museum staff when they departed the aircraft, leaving no other hazards on the aircraft to be found. The kit was placed in a storage cabinet in building 1919 (the Restoration Building) and not discovered until an individual was clearing the cabinet today. The team collected the flares in a CMC with cushioning material and transported them to Munitions Inspections.

20050419@1640

Munitions Inspections inspected and accepted the flares.

20050419@1645

The Alert Team returned to the shop. Mission completed without mishap.

POC: Tom Hill, Hill Aerospace Museum, 8017753570

TSgt Farmer, Hill Command Post, 8017773007

TSgt Schriever & TSgt Wise, Munitions Inspections, 8017775847


Hill AFB AGM65G, Guided Missile, Maverick

2 4 May 05 EOD team met EM personnel (David Lindsey) at Northgate of Kitty Kat range and traveled to ordnance items that needed to be disposed of.

EOD team disposed of :

1 each AGM 65 Maverick Warhead (WDU24B) at GPS location 40' 26.248N 113' 19.062W

1 each AGM 65 Maverick Warhead (WDU24B) at GPS location 40' 26.160N 113' 19.243W

1 each Mk 83 bomb with MK 89 Mod 0 practice spotting charge adapter installed at GPS location 40' 26.160N 113' 19.243W

All items were near West Gravel Pit of Wildkat range.

No problems were encountered.

Note: This report is late due to oversite on EOD Team Chief and back to back TDY's (CST and GATOR)


Hill AFB M1907M, PROJECTILE, PTT

1 1208 Received call of a suspected military munition found in Ogden, from Sgt. Devine, (75th ABW/CP)

She was notified of the incident by Ogden Police Dept. Officer B. Taylor and

Davis County Bomb Squad Marty Heiland

1210 Received permission to respond off base from Col Sokol, (75 ABW/CV)

1235 TSgt Pitts, SSgt Bingaman, SSgt Wasnuk, and A1C Willson arrive at shop

1249 EOD Team departs shop in BSERV and Alert Dually for Ogden

1325 Team arrives on Scene at:

Ronald Halverson

1540 Burton Ct.

Ogden, UT 844034328

8015104081

1327 Police officer tells EOD team that, home owner found military munition in his back yard after cutting down a tree.


1330 SSgt Wasnuk went down range with A1C Willson as safety backup, both in Flack and Helmet

1338 Item is identified as a MK 16 with a M1907M PTT fuze by SSgt Wasnuk and verified by A1C Willson, picked up and placed in CMC for transport

1341 EOD Team departs scene, begins trip to disposal range with police escort

1345 A1C Givens and A1C Tran are called to pull explosives for the disposal

1400 EOD Team arrives at disposal site

1430 A verbal EPA permit is received from Dan Stone, (75 CEG/CEVO: DSN 7776918), we are informed it will be processed and number assigned the following Monday morning, 9May05

1515 Item disposed of by detonation

Note: EPA permit number was not given until 11May05, 1200


Hill AFB SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION

6 20050517 1314

SSgt. Dickenson called from 388th MUNS; reported finding some small arms rounds that had fallen out of a trash truck on Alabama Dr. outside of Bldg. 760.

20050517 1329

The Command Post called to confirm a request for EOD from the 388th MUNS (SrA Bealf) ; the Command Post requested EOD response. SSgt Horton directed SrA Farber and A1C Shaw to respond. They arrived onscene, met SSgt Dickenson and SrA Henry.

20050517 1343

A1C Shaw determined the items to be six blank 5.56 NATO rounds and SrA Farber verified. All six rounds had their primers impinged but had not fired. The EOD Team turned the rounds in to TSgt Brown at Munitions Inspections (Bldg. 2405). The team then returned to the shop; mission completed without incident.


Hill AFB MK 76 MOD 5, 25 LB, PRACTICE

1 24 Oct

1630SSgt. Kline receieved a call from the Hill Command Post in regards to questions from the Rock Springs Bomb Squad about a piece of ordnance found in a local residents house. Pictures of the ordnance were sent via email and the ordnance was verified by both SSgt. Kline and SSgt. Wyatt as a Mk 76 Mod 5 practice bomb. The practice bomb had already been moved to the R.S. Bomb Squad's magazine for safe storage at the time the call was recieved. Due to the distance from Hill AFB and the dispostion of the ordnance, the Team Cheif determined it would be safer for the team to depart Hill the next morning.

25 Oct

0700Team departs Hill AFB for Rock Springs. The team is recalled back to Hill due to the command post not notifying the proper members of the chain of command.

0800Team departs Hill AFB again for Rock Springs after proper notifications are made.

1030Team arrives in Rock Springs, meets up with Officer Jim Mitchell and heads out to their storage magazines. SSgt. Wyatt probes the practice bomb and determines there to be no hazard present and the cart is not installed. The Mk76 was turned over to the local police for their disposition determination.

1520Team arrives back at Hill AFB and reconstitutes the truck. Mission complete without incident.


Hill AFB TYPE 89, 50 MM, Empty, MORTAR

2 The Hill Consolidated Command Post (HCCP) patched a call from the Weber County Sheriff's (Chad Ferrin) office to the Alert Team Chief at 1905. A Uintah resident was cleaning out the belongings of her recently deceased father and discovered a grenade. Uintah Fire Dept had evacuated the area and Sheriff Deputies were on scene. HCCP obtained approval from the ABW CC for the EOD team to respond off base. Team located a live Japanese Type 97 hand grenade (with safety cap/pin in place), along with two empty Type 89 projectiles. Safety pin was secured to the grenade and items relocated to an area capable of disposal. The Hill AFB Environmental Management office was contacted to arrange State approval for emergency destruction of the grenade. Steve Hicken, Hill EM, called back to confirm the EOD team had a verbal State approval for disposal, UT0192006. The Weber County Sheriff selected Uintah Town Park for a disposal location. Park was under reconstruction and soft, overturned dirt was available in the baseball field. Team dug and bermmed a hole. The Type 89's were placed along with the 97 in the hole for destruction as the resident did not want to keep these empty cases. All items were disposed of by detonation at 2105. Area was searched with no remaining hazards found. Response terminated without incident.

Hill AFB M18, HAND, SMOKE, YELLOW

2 1010 command post called with request for EOD response for smoke grenades off base

1024 alert team left shop

1036 arrive on scene

1037 gathered 3 each M 18 Smoke Grenades

1044 terminated

1102 arrive back at shop

1130 tuned over munitions to munitions turn in


Hill AFB TYPE 91, HAND, FRAG

1 1430 Team notified by Hill Command Post of request by Ogden police for EOD support to handle a grenade discovered in an apartment complex. Team requested permission to respond offbase from commander.

1500 Team received permission to respond.

1530 Team arrived at Apartment Complex and talked to both the police officers and the persons discovering the hand grenade. The hand grenade was discovered by four sisters who were going thru their father's possessions after he had died. In his closet they discovered the hand grenade. They decided to call the police but informed them they believed the grenade to be a practice or fake grenade as their father was in the Ordnance Corps in WWII.

1545 Team viewed the hand grenade and found it to be a live WWII Japanese hand grenade with the fuze partially sheared off and a wire wrapped around the remainder to prevent the fuze from functioning. SSgt Bingaman identified the item as a Japanese Type 91 hand grenade and TSgt Horton verified. The team secured the fuze and grenade and placed inside a sandfilled CMC and transported to the EOD proficiency range for disposal.

1600 Team acquired an EPA permit and explosives and destroyed the grenade.

1700 Team returned to the EOD shop and recovered their response vehicle and equipment.

Mission completed without incident.

Hill AFB M48, 75 MM, HE 1 13:30 SrA Tran received request to assist Salt Lake City Bomb Squad from the Command Post. He requested the Command Post acquire permission to respond offbase by the wing commander. TSgt Horton contacted Capt Winkler to get more information. Capt Winkler said Mr. George A. McBroom was packing up his relative's house (who had recently passed away) when he discovered two projectiles under the stairs. Mr. McBroom removed one projectile and placed it outside, then decided to call the police. Salt Lake City Police arrived and requested Salt Lake City Bomb Squad response. Capt. Winkler viewed the items and requested EOD response to two military munitions he believed to be 1ea 105MM round and 1ea 40MM bullet. Capt. Winkler stated the 105MM was outside the house and the 40MM was still under the stairs. TSgt Horton informed the Captain they would respond as soon as they received authority to do so and he passed on his contact information.

13:50 The command post notified TSgt Horton he had permission to respond offbase. TSgt Horton responded with SSgt Wilhelm, SrA Perry, and SrA Tran as Team Members w/ SrA Pate as operations support.

14:25 The team arrived on scene and Capt. Winkler pointed out the location of both UXOs to TSgt Horton. TSgt Horton had all members dress out in flack vest w/ DAPS and flack helmet. SrA Tran & SrA Perry tested the


RTR4 XRay at the safe area. TSgt Horton & SSgt Wilhelm went down range to identify the items were UXOs and there were no boobytraps. TSgt Horton then sent SSgt Wilhelm & SrA Tran down range to get pictures, measurements, ID markings, JCAD, and XRay the first UXO. This UXO had an M54 Superquick fuze (with safety pin in place) attached to a 75MM projectile w/ a setscrew at the top and a base plate at the bottom w/ three spanner holes. There was also an empty 75MM cartridge case next to the UXO. The UXO had no visible leaks and JCAD/all xrays showed the item did not contain chemical. SSgt Wilhelm & SrA Tran utilized remote means to upright the UXO and obtain better xrays to validate items did not contain chemical.

15:35 TSgt Horton & SSgt Wilhelm then went into the house to recon the UXO under the stairs. SSgt Wilhelm utilized a small door and crawled under the stairs to verify there were no other ordnance items. TSgt Horton & SSgt Wilhelm then remotely removed the UXO from the stairs and the house using the HookandLine kit. SSgt Wilhelm & SrA Tran repeated the same procedures on this UXO as on the first. The item was identified as a 37MM projectile attached to an empty cartridge case.

15:45 TSgt Horton relayed this information to SrA Pate to obtain exact nomenclature of the items. TSgt Horton & SSgt Wilhelm also carefully cleaned the UXOs with water to attempt to discover any other distinctive markings. SrA Pate informed TSgt Horton the first UXO was an M48 75MM projectile w/ an M54 fuze and the second item was an unidentifiable 37MM projectile. SSgt Wilhelm and TSgt Horton verified these were the UXOs discovered. SSgt Wilhelm & SrA Tran then packaged the items in clothfilled CMCs and stored them under the bomb blanket in a side panel of the BSERV.

15:55 TSgt Horton relayed all of the information to the SLC police and Bomb Squad and terminated the incident at this location. TSgt Horton then obtained an EPA permit (Permit# UT0652006) from Mr. Darren Ray (777 6916) and transported the items to the Emergency Disposal Range at Hill AFB. The team arrived back on base at 16:45. SSgt Wilhelm & SrA Perry retrieved explosives while the other team members made range calls and other notifications.

17:50 The team utilized protective works by digging a 2ft hole, placing the items and explosives in the hole, placing sandbags 2high around the hole, and then mounding approximately 4 feet of earth on top of the items. The team then detonated the items from a safe distance using the BSERV as cover. TSgt Horton & SSgt Wilhelm observed a 5minute wait time then proceeded downrange to check the shot. All items were expended with zero kickouts or remaining residue.

18:45 The team returned to the shop, recovered all equipment and vehicles, and departed for home. Mission completed without incident or damage to any personnel or property.


UXO Recon:

1) Fuze = M54 Superquick w/ safety pin present. Round diameter = 3", round length = 11.5", 1 set screw up top, White stenciling says "LL M4" for "SHELL M48" it appears, rotating band not fired, 3 spanner holes in the bottom base plate, 75MM cartridge case has EMC stamped into bottom

2) Projo=2.75" long x 1.5" diameter, casing=3.75" long x 1&5/8" diameter, overall length=6.5", the bottom of cartridge case had "PDPs 340 118" stamped into it.

POCs:

Salt Lake City Police Department

Officer: R. Farnsworth

Case# 06222301

Salt Lake City Bomb Squad

Captain Roger Winkler

8017993727

EPA Permit info:

Mr. Darren Ray

8017776916

EPA Permit# UT0652006

Call reported by:

Mr. George A. McBroom

544 Douglas St, SLC, UT

8011373557


Homestead ARS MK 58 Mod 1 US Marker, Location,

marine

1 1930 (10 Mar 06) MSgt Ortloff was contacted by the 482 FW LE Desk. The LE Desk informed MSgt Ortloff that an individual reporting for 1112 Mar 06 Unit Training Assembly (UTA) had brought the MK 58 Mod 1 marker to the base. The individual civilian job is a fireman for the city of Tampa FL. On a recent response they found the marker in the back yard of a home. The fireman decided since he was coming for the UTA he should bring the marker with him. Our Ammunition Storage area closes at 1800 (no stand by personnel available). MSgt Ortloff/ LE personnel decided to have the Marker transported to the EOD range and secure the range for the night.

0700 (11 Mar 06) MSgt Ortloff assembled the EOD team and brief the previous evenings call.

0710 Range calls made and team responded to the EOD range.

0725 Team arrived and evaluated marker. Team consulted 60S2210 and determined the Mark to be unstable and opted for the alternate destruction method of detonation.

0830 Requested munitions pull of 4 ea. M112 blocks and 2 ea. M6 electrical blasting caps from Ammunition Storage area.

1030 Team detonated Marker.

1130 Returned to shop. End of response.

Homestead ARS M21A1, SIGNAL, GROUND,

PARACHUTE, AMBER STAR

1 Sgt. Davis recovered the M21A1 during a house search in Miami. Sgt. Davis brought the M21A1 to the 482 EOD flight for evaluation. MSgt Ortloff identified the item as a M21A1 live Signal, Ground, Amber Star, Parachute. Item was taken to the Munitions Storage Area for further disposition.


Hurlburt Field M211, FLARE, AIRCRAFT,

COUNTERMEASURE, IR

2 At 0930 we received a call from Munitions stating they had two XM211's that had failed to fully dispense from the dispenser. We informed them that they must notify us through the command post. At 0932 we received a call from the command post stating the aforementioned situation. At 0940 we responded to building 90423. Upon arrival, we observed 2 XM211's, one had a damaged end cap, and the other was bulging at one end. At 0950 we proceeded to pull the demolition materials (1 ea. M112, 2 ea. M7's, 18ft M700, 3 ea. M60's.) At 1015 we arrived at the EOD Range and proceeded to setup our demolition materials. At 1030 we pulled the M60 and proceeded back up range. At approximately 1040 we proceeded back down range to verify the procedure was a success. The procedure was a success. At 1100 we restored the demolition materials not utilized. At 1145 we reconstituted equipment. We terminated the mission at 1200H.

Hurlburt Field M 107, 155 mm Projectile

1 Received call from SA Jeffrey from the ATF in Mobile that he had military ordnance in his storage bunker. Initial call reported a fuzed, fired 105mm projectile and 72 each M433 40mm grenades. Team took the information for the response and directed Agent Jeffrey to contact the command post for notification and to receive permission to respond offbase. Operations notified the Army at Ft. Sam Houston of the response at DSN: 4718855. Sgt Keesler requested a copy of this finalized report be sent to them.

Team received approval from Col. Mannon to respond. (Col. Mannon questioned why we were responding to Mobile so TSgt Seiple contacted his office to inform him that we are the closest team since NAS Pensacola or Kessler AFB don't have EOD teams.)

Team departed for Mobile at 1300 and arrived at 1500. SA Jeffrey took the team to the Mobile Police Department firing range where his bunker is located. Upon arrival, the team identified the munition as an unfuzed (shipping plug installed), 155 mm M107 projectile that had the explosives removed. There appeared to be minor crystallization on the walls of the projectile, but not enough to warrant a hazard. (The 155 had the nomenclature M110 stamped by the rotating band, but had M107 painted on the body. The round was OD green and with the minor crystallization inside, the team agreed that the item had been filled with TNT at one time and presented no hazard.)

Team took possession of the item along with the 72 grenades (still in bandoleers and crated) and an expended Mk 25 marine marker. Prior to loading the truck, the 40 mm grenades were checked for physical condition and the Mk 25 was placed in a container of water, as a precautionary measure.


Both team members concurred with the identification of the M155 and identification and condition of the other munition items.

Team contacted the flight chief to get the information to complete the DD Form 836 for proper transportation of the HAZMAT to Hurlburt Field. The team also provided a route plan for the drive back to Hurlburt Field since we could not use the tunnel on I10 in Mobile, nor the bridge in Pensacola on I10. The return trip took approximately 2.5 hours.

Upon approach to Hurlburt Field, team notified munitions control we were inbound with munitions for turnin. Also notified fire control that we were transporting 7.32 lbs of 1.1E through the base.

Once ammo arrived, we placed the box of 40 mm in the bay at inspections and turned over the rounds to A1C Gupton.

Although not a hazard, the remaining two items were stored on the EOD range to be used for training aids the following day for personnel in upgrade training to demonstrate the disposal techniques for each type of item.

Team returned to the shop, recovered equipment and terminated the incident.

Note: Upon arrival at Hurlburt Field, some of the green paint had rubbed off during transport and the light green of a WP round could be seen on the underlying surface.


Hurlburt Field M18, HAND, NONSUBMERSIBLE,

SMOKE, RED

1 At 1040 we received a call from TSgt Robert Kendrick (823rd RHS) and he informed us that he was running an exercise at the Hurlburt Field PEF and he had thrown a smoke grenade that failed to function. We departed immediately and arrived on scene at 1050. When we arrived we saw the smoke grenade roped off. We donned proper PPE including eye protection and gloves and proceeded down range with a cmc. After observing the item we saw that the firing pin had impinged the primer and failed to function. We then placed the item into the cmc. We transported the item to the munitions "hot" loading zone, pulled explosives and proceeded to the range. We arrived at the range at approximately 1145. We disposed of the item and terminated the emergency at approximately 1240.

Hurlburt Field Water Gel 1 We received notification that the SF K9 were conducting training with their scent kits, by the RV parking area on Red Horse Road. They dropped one of their watergel explosive aides. This created a pinprick sized hole that a tiny drop of filler escaped from. These are normally stored in a PVC pipe for puncture protection, but the item was dropped while removing it from the PVC pipe. Even though it is a scent aide with trace quantities of explosives, it is still classified as 1.1. They cordoned off the area with the Fire Department's help until we arrived. We evaluated the item and determined that it was still safe for transport and just needed to be turned into munitions for inspection for possible ADR. We transported, and turned it over to munitions who stored it in the Security Force K9 bay 90407 until the next day when inspections would evaluate.

Hurlburt Field M1 Dynamite 100 Received notification from munitions control that there was a case of dynamite at the inspections section with crystals on the sticks. After further inquiry, they informed us that it was M1 dynamite that was manufactured in 1971 and still had the manufacturer's seal on the container.

Team responded to the bomb dump and was escorted to the inspections bay by SSgt Nyper, 46560. Upon inspection of the sticks, there were what appeared to be minor flecks of crystals. (These are present at other times when dynamite is used during training operations.)

Team asked to see the published inspection criteria for the M1 dynamite and was shown the inspection criteria for the commercial dynamite in the K9 kits. When the appropriate publication was located, crystallization is not a major defect nor safety for M1 dynamite.

The dynamite was left in the custody of munitions inspection and the incident terminated.


Hurlburt Field M18, HAND, SMOKE, RED

1 EOD assistance requested via Command Post for dud smoke grenade at PEF. Team responded and met with TSgt Edwards of 823rd Red Horse and were shown location of grenade. Wait time was observed before handling grenade. Firing pin was removed and protected and then transported to MSA for disposition/ADR.

Hurlburt Field M115A2 Simulator 1 At 1515 the team was requested by the Command Post to respond to a dud M115A2 simulator. The Red Horse Squadron had the simulator fail to function during an exercise. Team Observed the wait time, picked up the simulator and turned over to munitions inspections.

Hurlburt Field M7A1. 2.36 INCH, ROCKET, PRACTICE

2 Team received notification from the Florida State Fire Marshall that assistance was needed to examine 2 ordnance items that were recovered from a house while repairing it from hurricane damage. Items were described as possible mortars, and were found in a trunk that was under the house. Team received permission to respond off base and departed at 1745.

After arrival on scene, the owner was questioned about the items. It was discovered that her grandparent was in WWII and had brought them back as souvenirs. Investigation of the items revealed that they were in fact old rockets and not mortars with any visible markings. It was decided to remotely pull the items out of the trunk to an area for a better look. After pull items were identified as inert and brought back to the unit for disposition.

Team terminated the response and returned to normal Standby posture at 2300.

Hurlburt Field MK 25 MOD 0, MARINE MARKER

1 08 Aug 05 1830 Mike White Contacted the Command Post requesting EOD support in Pensacola on found munition item. Team received permission to respond from Wing Commander through the Command Post.

Team contacted Mike White for description and location. Item in question was a Mk 25 Marine Marker, mod could not be determined. The item was at the Hilton Hotel on Pensacola Beach. A guest found the item and thought he had a souvenir to take home. The item started smoking so he gave it to hotel the staff who in turn contacted the State Fire Marshal.

1950 The team arrived at location and evaluated the item. It was determined that it still had a portion of its filler. Item was transported to base for overnight storage.

09 Aug 0930 The item was disposed of on the EOD range.


Hurlburt Field MARK 6 MOD 0, DRILL

1 At 1313 on 02SEP05, command post notified EOD of suspected naval mine and marine marker washed ashore after Hurricane Katrina. Command post patched team through to U.S. Park Ranger Thomas Howell. Ranger Howell briefed team chief on description and location of items. At 1317, began making all proper notifications and at 1327 received approval from 16 MSG/CC Col Day to respond off base. At this time, the first of several unsuccessful attempts was made to contact Navy EOD at NAS Panama City(see deficiencies). Team departed shop at 1344. 1505 arrived on scene at Johnson Beach in Perdido Key, FL. Team crossloaded equipment into Mule vehicles provided by park rangers and proceeded to items approx. 2 mi down the beach. Team was accompanied by Ranger Howell and two lifeguards who knew the locations of all items. Item was located and confirmed to be a naval mine half buried in the sand. SSgt Beggs and SSgt Quast wore safety glasses and gloves to conduct recon. Mine was determined to be either a MK 6 contact mine or a MK 6 drill mine. Item was severely deteriorated so team could not distinguish between the two. Mine was located in an abandoned area with at least 1 mile of clearance on all sides so decision was made to blowinplace. Two other personnel from shop were tasked to bring explosives to the site. SSgt Deslauriers and SrA Flora drew explosives and signed out one M9 for security forces for offbase transport. Team 2 departed base approx. 1800. During transit time, SSgt Beggs and SSgt Quast combed beach for other items possibly washed up. Team found the one MK 25 marine marker that was initially reported along with one that was previously unknown. During this time TSgt Dryman began making all calls necessary to complete an off base disposal. Air space clearance was coordinated through NAS Pensacola, Pensacola Regional Airport, and Hurlburt Field towers. Surface security was coordinated through Escambia County Sheriff's Department (roads), U.S. Coast Guard (water), and the National Park Service (beaches). Team 2 arrived on scene at 1945 with explosives. Mine was tamped on three sides with sand and the side toward sea was left open. Team used 27 M112 blocks, four M6 caps, and two MX22 receivers to set up the shot. The two marine markers were placed on top of the C4. Team 2 and one park ranger were sent to far end of the beach for security and rest the team went back up range for security. Items were detonated at 2033 during 15 minutes of air space clearance. TSgt Dryman, SSgt Beggs, and SSgt Quast went down range to check the shot. There was an approx. 15 ft wide crater with no sign of the mine. Team found top cover and 5 pieces of frag. All equipment items were gathered and all personnel departed scene at 2200. Teams arrive back at shop at 2330. All classified, explosives, and weapons were properly re stored. Op was terminated at 0000, 03SEP05.


Hurlburt Field M18 Smoke Grenade, Red

3 Flight received a call at 1530 on 13 Sep 05 about some smoke grenades in the bomb dump that had no pins installed. SSgt Westfall asked if we could come and sign off on the grenades the following morning since we are on their notification checklist.

TSgt Northcutt went to the bomb dump to verify the condition of the grenades since the initial call made them appear to be new grenades that were shipped without the pins, as happened in the past. Upon arrival it was determined these were dud smoke grenades. Five grenades were present, three red smokes with the striker removed and two yellow smokes with the striker still attached. TSgt Northcutt called back to the flight to have SSgt Ferguson respond to the bomb dump with the necessary tools to perform the procedures listed in the cited publication.

The procedures were performed and the five grenades were marked with "EOD 9/14/05" to ensure the inspection crew would know these grenades had been checked by EOD. Team then returned to the EOD shop and resumed normal standby posture.

M18 Red Smoke Lot number PB89J057007

M18 Yellow Smoke Lot Number PB89A033002

Hurlburt Field 5.56mm 17 At 1320, we received a call from Inspections requesting EOD pickup some ammunition rounds turned over to the gate guards at the front gate. Since the munitions were in control of the gate guards on a military installation, the decision was made to respond. On initial arrival at 1330, the gate guard, Mr. Gregory stated a Sprint contractor leaving base discovered the 17 ea 5.56mm rounds lying in the roadway. The contractor immediately turned around and turned over the rounds to Mr. Gregory. Mr. Gregory did state he was concerned about public safety and confiscated the rounds for public safety and called Inspections for pickup. Since Inspections does not pickup and transport nonpackaged munitions, they called EOD for disposition and transportation. The 17 ea 5.56mm rounds were inspected and determined to be damaged. The tips of the projectiles were painted red and LC 94 was stamped into the base of the cartridges around the primer. After explaining to Mr. Gregory it is not policy and safe to take control of munitions found offbase, the rounds were packaged in a .50 cal can and transported to Inspections for turnin. We arrived at Inspections at 1355 where SrA Ostlund took control of the rounds which are currently awaiting ADR. The team departed Inspections and returned to the shop at 1405.


Hurlburt Field ANMK 23 MOD 0, 3 LB, MINIATURE,

PRACTICE

1 At 0900 we received the notification from ATF agent Craig Roegner concerning an unknown item. After receiving all of Craig Roegner's information we referred him to the Hurlburt Field command post. At 0945 we got our official notification from the command post. SSgt Wilburn, SSgt Leslie, A1C Gates and A1C Harden received approval from Lt. Col Mangus to respond to an unknown munition at 4116 Willis Way in Milton, Florida. At 1040 the EOD team departed Hurlburt Field. The EOD team arrived on scene at 1104. SSgt Wilburn identified the item as a Mk 23 Mod 0 practice bomb. After referring to the publication and a recon was performed the decision was made to put the Mk 23 Mod 0 in a closed metal container and transported it back to base. When we arrived at Hurlburt Field, we proceeded directly to the EOD range. We were met by SSgt McCalister and SSgt Ferguson with a 1.25 lb block of C4 and two electric blasting caps. The demolition was set up using a MX22. After the demolition procedures were finished they returned back to the EOD shop.

Item was reported to Base Environmental flight and MFR was completed for the emergency destruct.

Hurlburt Field CBU58 (D4)/B 1 CP requested EOD assistance to evaluate a possible UXO at the Permanent Exercise Facility. SF rep described item as dummy item and wanted to get EOD evaluation. Team responded, performed visual recon, item was clearly visible and in close proximity to building. Due to items description and location, T/C opted not to use PPE. Items configuration and markings clearly identified item as an inert CBU58 (D4) (SUU30 Dispenser) Filled with rocks. Incident terminated. Team called owning agency for removal (16CES/CEX).

Hurlburt Field M444, 105MM, HE 1 0900 SSgt Miller came by the EOD shop with a 105mm projectile with casing still attached. It was given to him by the manager from a local Tuffy's Automotive Shop at the intersection of Doolittle Rd and Hwy 98. It had been sitting behind the service desk among other parts and empty casings. SSgt Miller brought it on base for EOD to determine its status. SSgt Wilburn removed the round from SSgt Miller's trunk and placed on the ground in order to perform a recon and diagnostics.

The round was obviously fired from scaring on the fuze and having a scored rotating band (see photographs). It had then been jammed back into a 105mm casing. During recon procedures nomenclature was found and the projectile was lightly sanded in order to bring it out. Nomenclature of "HE 105MM M444" was readable just forward of the rotating band (see photographs). While personnel researched the round, xrays were taken of the fuze and the casing/projectile junction. After a positive identification was attained, the team compared the pictures from the T.O. with the xrays. It was determined from the comparison that the base plate was missing, and that there was no payload in the round. At that time the casing was then removed by hand confirming the absence of the base plate and payload.


The projectile has been stamped inert to become a training aid, and the explosive residue letter was completed.

Hurlburt Field M120 Photoflash 1 CP was notified by Pensacola PD that there was a possible UXO found on the beach. CP notified the EOD shop and we were given permission to respond. The OSC was deputy sheriff Stan Reed. Upon arrival to the scene the team determined through investigation that it was a World War II era photoflash bomb (approx. 100 lbs with about 5 lbs of photoflash remaining). The item was broken into parts and pieces and deemed safe for transport to the Hurlburt Field EOD range in ammo cans. It was destroyed on range. Base environmental was notified and all required paperwork was done.

Item confirmed by SSgt Leslie.

No PPE was deemed necessary because the item was broken into numerous pieces.


Hurlburt Field MK 25 MOD 4, MARINE MARKER

1 EOD Team received a call from SrA Gazda of the Command Post stating that the Gulf Breeze Police Department was requesting our evaluation of a "phosphorus container" they found washed up on Ft Pickens property. The acting MSG commander, Lt Col Kerr, gave his approval for the team to respond. SSgt Leslie, SrA McCullough, A1C Deller, and A1C Gates departed the shop in response with A1C Daniel remaining at the shop to run operations. EOD team arrived onscene at 1115. The item was identified as a MK 25 Mod 4 marine marker. The team deemed the item safe enough to transport back to base for immediate disposal. A second team pulled the necessary explosives while the response team traveled back to Hurlburt Field. All the necessary range calls were made, as well as a call to Environmental (Mr. Trent). Once the team was ready to initiate the emergency disposal shot, SSgt Wilburn called the tower to request overhead clearance. The request was denied due to "Quiet Hours" being observed basewide. SSgt Wilburn explained to them that this was an emergency disposal and that the longer we waited, the more unstable the item became, due to the fact that it was removed from it's waterfilled contained in order to detonate it. After several minutes, the Vice Wing Commander notified the EOD shop directly that permission was granted and to proceed with the detonation. The team returned to the shop at 1500 to reconstitute supplies.

Hurlburt Field NO. 36M MK1 1 At 1135, EOD support was requested by the Florida State Fire Marshall, Mike White, regarding a hand grenade that was dropped off at the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Department. Permission to respond had already been obtained from Lt Col Mangus via the Command Post. SSgt Leslie, SrA Flora, and A1C Harden departed the shop en route to the Sheriff's Station. While the team was still traveling to the area, TSgt Northcutt called to inform us of of a possible ID made from a picture emailed to the shop. At 1230, the team arrived on scene and SSgt Leslie proceeded down to confirm the ID of the UXO. He confirmed that it was a UK NO. 36m Mk1, 60E3 26. The grenade did not have a safety ring and it was so caked over with sand and dirt that it was impossible to positively tell if the safety pin was still in. We determined that it would be safer to transport the UXO to the sheriff's range that was nearby, rather than transporting it to base. After securing the spoon in place with tape,the grenade was transported 1/2 a mile to a disposal range and detonated with explosives acquired from the State Fire Marshal. The team returned to the shop to reconstitute supplies.


Hurlburt Field M82, 69MM, PROJECTED, PRACTICE

18 Flight received notification from MSgt Staudt concerning some smoke grenades that were stored in one of their buildings. These grenades were acquired from the Navy knowing that there had been an attempt to fire and stored for ADR. During the course of events it was determined by AMMO that the items were nonAF stock listed and could not be ADR'ed within the AF system. Further research identified the items as unsafe to transport or store with the attempt to fire condition. EOD was requested to evaluate the items for disposition by AMMO.

Team reported to Inspections in the bomb dump and verified ID and quantity of 18 each M82 smoke simulators. IAW referenced manual, 13 of the 15 items were determined to be armed and required disposal. Items were packaged and transported to the EOD range. Two ammo personnel assisted in the pickup and transport of demolition materials to the EOD range and stood by during the destruction.

Fire department personnel were onscene during the operation due to the high fire threat due to our dry weather spell.

Items were destroyed IAW reference manual. Team returned to the EOD shop and resumed normal standby posture.

Note: During the disposal operation, the team also destroyed 750 excess Hilticarts for the Horizontal shop.

Hurlburt Field ANM43A1, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, SINGLE

STAR, RED

5 Team received a call from the local State Fire Marshall that he had 10 ea 40mm flares that he had in his possession. SSgt Ferguson and A1C Harden responded and met Mr. White in Tiger Point to inspect and ID the items in question. When team arrived, Mr. White had the items sitting on his tailgate and team inspected the items. They were 5 ea ANM43A1, 4 ea ANM44A1, and 1 ea ANM45A1 Aircraft Signal Flares. The items were unfired and deemed safe for transport, and the primers were protected using tape. The items were turned over to Hurlburt Field munitions inspection section for disposition on the next ADR, and TSgt Soto accepted all 10 items.

Both the Team Chief and the Team member agree on the identification of the items. Incident complete.


Hurlburt Field ANM54, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, GREEN TRACER, REDRED STAR OR ANM54A1, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, GREEN TRACER, REDRED STAR OR

M54, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, GREEN TRACER, REDRED

STAR

24 ATF in Mobile, AL notified us of military munitions items that were confiscated from an individual during a raid and requested assistance with the disposition of the items.

EOD team left the shop at 0700. On arrival at the location, the ATF agents took us to their explosives storage area and gave us the items to inspect and collect. We went through all the items, consolidated and recorded what was collected, then loaded the items in to the truck for transport back to base. The 626 and 836 forms were completed prior to departing location in Mobile.

Upon return to base we took the items to Ammo for turn in. Ammo went through the items and found a few that could not be stored and had to be destroyed. We took the items to the range and destroyed them. Incident terminated.

Hurlburt Field 105 mm Cartridge Case

1 5 Jul 06 Notified by Command Post that TSA had taken a 105mm cartridge case from an individual boarding a plane to Atlanta. (The individual tried to hand carry it through the security checkpoint.) SSgt Hodgekiss connected the team chief to Lt Steele with the airport police. Lt Steele provided limited information then connected the team chief to Officer Angevine. The officer described the round, the small marking where the primer had been struck, and the corroded nature of the inside of the cartridge case.

Based on this information, the security personnel were told the cartridge case was expended and to hold on to the case and the team would pick it up on 6 Jul 06.

6 Jul 06 The team contacted all appropriate agencies to inform them of the trip to Pensacola to pick up the cartridge case.

Upon arrival at the airport, Capt DeCosta had the cartridge case brought to the team.


Once taking possession of the case, the team departed for Hurlburt.

The team returned to base and resumed normal stand by posture.

Hurlburt Field M599, 20MM, CARTRIDGE, HEIT

2 7 July The Florida State Fire Marshall, Mr. Mike White, dropped off 4 ea 20mm projectiles that were found in a house while being cleaned out. The individual took the rounds to the local Police Department, and then they were turned over to Mr. White. He brought them directly to the shop where they were inspected for identification and to determine if they were safe to ship. All 4 rounds were corroded and were not safe to be shipped to Hill for an ADR. Positive ID couldn't be made on 2 of the rounds, and information was sent up to Indian Head for them to assist in the research. The MSA had an empty igloo and agreed to temporary storage of the items until Indian Head sent us the information.

10 July Indian Head sent us the information on the M601 rounds that was found in Army TM 43000127. Indian Head requested that a mini Technical Intelligence was completed so that the round could be entered into AEODPS. Once the Intel was complete, explosives were drawn and the emergency destruction was completed once both Team Chief and Team Member agreed on the positive identification of all ordnance items involved.

Note On Man Hours:

7 July Northcutt 3 hours


Ferguson 3 hours

Flora 2 hours

8 July & 9 July on hold awaiting information from Indian Head

10 July Ferguson 7 hours

Flora 7 hours

Northcutt 4 hours

Milliken 3 hours

Total hours 29 man hours

Hurlburt Field 105 mm Cartridge Case

1 11 Sept 06 The standby team was notified by Eglin AFB EOD about a 105mm cartridge casing in our AOR that they were called to respond to. A brief description and contact information was acquired from Eglin EOD. TSA found the item in a passengers checked baggage during Xray, TSA turned the item over to Airport Police. Team Member contacted Officer Tavis Herron of Pensacola Airport & instructed him to call the Hurlburt Field Command Post. Officer Herron described the item as a spent 105mm casing, completely empty.

Based on available information, the team told Officer Herron that the item was safe for temporary storage and that we would pick it up as soon as we received permission from the MSG/CC to respond.

We received approval and made all necessary notifications prior to leaving Hurlburt Field.


Upon arrival at the Pensacola Airport, Lieutenant Steele of the Pensacola Airport Police department lead the EOD team back to the Airport Police Department where the item was temporarily stored. The team leader made sure the item was in fact empty and that it was safe for transport.

After assuming possession of the item, the team departed back to Hurlburt Field and assumed normal standby posture.

Kirtland AFB M18, HAND, SMOKE, VIOLET

3 EOD was called to pickup 4 grenades from the back of a civilian truck. When EOD arrived, 3 smoke grenades and one mace canister was recovered and transported to the EOD holding area to await disposal.

Kirtland AFB BT/APAT 50mm Rifle Grenade, Training

23 On 7 Jul 06 Albuquerque Bomb Squad responded to a residence for a possible UXO. They arrived on scene and found multiple military weapons and munitions. They decided not to proceed until the next morning and contacted Kirtland Command Post requesting our assistance. Kirtland EOD met with APD near the residence at 1000 the following morning. The only munitions that were found were training rifle grenades with no explosive hazards. Over 50 automatic weapons and hundreds of various other weapons along with thousands of rounds were found at the scene. No other explosives were found.


Lackland AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 Hand Grenade in Cedar Creek, TX

7 Jan 04

1230 hrs: While on a response fro hazardous dynamite the team received notification of a hand grenade found at 322 Leisure Lane, Cedar Creek TX.

1235 Team turned over other response to secondary team.

1240 Team left shop for Munitions Storage Area(MSA).

1250 Team arrived at MSA and loaded explosives.

1300 Team left MSA for Cedar Creek TX.

1435 Team met escort and was taken to the residence.

1440 Team arrived at residence. Team Chief spoke with Sgt. Joel Wade of the Bastrop County Sheriff's Department. The team was provided a background on the item. The home owner's father was a veteran who passed away a few years back. He left the item with his daughter who is moving from that residence.

1445 Team entered the home, found the item and SSgt Knapp positively identified the item as a MK 2 frag grenade. Team safely removed grenade secured the spoon and what was being used as a safety pin. The team tried to find an area to destroy the item but the Sgt could not find an area that would be considered safe for the detonation. The team decided to transport the item to the next closest area which is our range.

1455 Team left residence for disposal range.

1645 Team arrived at range and set up disposal.

1700 Team destroyed item by detonation.

1705 Team departed range for shop.

1720 Team arrived at shop.


1730 Team returned gear to operational status. MC

Total drive time: 4 hrs and 15 minutes.

Mileage: 105 miles each way. Total 210 miles


Lackland AFB Type 100 2 9 Feb 05:

1530: Received call from Command Post of 2 UXO's found at private residence in Rockport, TX.

1545: Team departed shop for MSA.

1615: Team departed MSA for Rockport, TX.

1910: Team arrived on scene in Rockport, TX., TC made contact with Sgt Lopez Rockport PD, (PH (361) 463 9440)

1920: TSgt Reeves positively identified UXO's as Japanese 81mm Type 100 Mortars. SrA Cummings verified with AEODPS.

1925: Team departed scene for local disposal area.

1930: Team arrived at local disposal area.

1950: Disposal Complete.

2000: Team departed Rockport, TX for possible UXO in Bishop, TX. See next report.

10 Feb 05:

0030: Team arrived at MSA to return unused explosives.

0045: Team departed MSA for shop.

0115: Team arrived at shop, reconstituted gear, MC.


For mileage and travel time, refer to report for UXO in Bishop, TX.


Lackland AFB .50 Caliber Rounds M2

4 9 Feb 05:

1645: Recieved call from Command Post for possible UXO in Bishop, TX while in route to a call in Rockport, TX.

2000: Team completed call in Rockport, TX. Departed Rockport for Bishop, TX.

2100: Team arrived at Nueces County Constable's Office in Bishop, TX. Met with Constable Jack Caughman (361) 3877211 / 5843262.

2110: TSgt Reeves positively identified UXO as 75 mm Shrap Round. SrA Cummings verified with AEODPS.

2115: Team departed Constable's Office for local disposal area.

2140: Team arrived at local disposal area.

2200: Disposal Complete.

2210: Team departed Bishop, TX for Lackland MSA.

10 Feb 05:

0030: Team arrived at MSA to drop off unused munitions.

0045: Team departed MSA for shop

0115: Team arrived at shop, reconstituted gear, MC.

Total Miles Traveled: 430 round trip


Total Travel Time: 6 hours and 55 mins


Lackland AFB M781 40mm Practice 1 17 Feb 2005

1140: Notified by the 79th Fort Sam Headquarters of a 40mm projectile found by San Antonio PD after a search warrant was executed at an apartment building. SAPD found a fired 40mm projectile, their bomb squad verified it was a military munition. Rocky Romera from the SAPD Bomb Squad called the 79th at Fort Sam Headquarters. Munition was located on Vista Del North Road off of Blanco Road.

1145: Left shop for MSA.

1200: Arrived at MSA to pull explosives.

1212: Left MSA for site of munition.

1235: Arrived onscene and met with POC Rocky Romera. SSgt Knapp verified that the munition was an M781 40mm Practice Projectile (orange dye) and took possession from Rocky Romera.

1245: Left scene for MSA.

1300: Arrived at MSA and returned explosives.

1305: Left MSA for shop.

1315: Arrived at shop.

Munition was disposed of in accordance with standard demilitirazation and turn in procedures.

MISSION COMPLETE

Drive time: 1 hour

Mileage: 35 miles


Lackland AFB M70 57mm 1 26 Feb 05

0930 Team received notification from Command Post of a request from SAPD to evaluate possible UXO.

0945 Team notified Muntions flight for access to MSA.

1000 Team left shop.

1010 Team arrived at MSA to pick up explosives. Team waited one hour and fifteen minutes for Munitions from notification to arrive.

1100 Team left MSA for 129 Sherton San Antonio, TX.

1125 Team arrived at 129 Sherton.

1130 SSgt Knapp positively identified item and team picked up item for disposal at Camp Bullis.

1145 Team arrived at Camp Bullis and prepared item for disposal.

1215 Team successfully disposed of item and headed back to Lackland AFB.

1245 Team arrived at shop and returned gear to operational status.

1300 MC

Lackland AFB to 129 Sherton st. San Antonio TX. : 18 miles / 25 min drive

129 Sherton to Camp Bullis: 9 miles / 15 min drive

Camp Bullis to Lackland AFB: 40 miles / 50 min drive


Lackland AFB M116A1, SIMULATOR,

GRENADE, HAND

3 24 Mar 2005

1615: Received notification from 79th EOD (Ft. Sam Houston) of a hand grenade in the front yard of local residence in Luling, TX.

1640:Team departs shop enroute to MSA to pull explosives.

1700: Team departs MSA

1800: Team Arrives on scene. TSgt Stuart meets with Deputy Chief Creed and is shown the approximate location of the grenade from outside the cordon.

1805: TSgt Stuart proceeds down range and determines the item is a M21 practice grenade (confirmed with AEODPS).

1815: Team is notified by Deputy Chief Creed that a volunteer firefighter has items that may be of interest to us.

1820: Team departs first scene enroute to second.

1830: Team identifies "items of interest" as two M49A1 trip flares, two M18 smoke grenades (one yellow, one red) one slap flare and three M116 ground burst simulators.

1840: Team transported items to a local disposal area.

1915: Items destroyed by detonation.

1925: Team departs Luling, TX enroute to Lackland AFB.

2025: Team drops off explosives at MSA.

2045: Team returns to shop and returns gear to ready status. MC.

Mileage 200, drive time 5.5 hours


Lackland AFB M918 CARTRIDGE, 40MM, TP

1 28 April 05

NOTE: SSgt Kerl of the 342nd CTFX was team chief.

1230: Received call from 79th Ordnance Battalion (Ft. Sam Houston) of a 40mm grenade in Converse, TX.

1300: Team loaded gear/equipment and departed shop.

1330: Team arrived onscene and identified item as a TP, 40mm projectile. Item was unfired.

1415: Arrived at MSA and turned the item over to munitions.

1430: Team arrived back at shop. Returned gear to ready status. MC.

Lackland AFB Mk 25 Mod 5 1 1100 Notified by National Park service of a Naval Flare that had washed ashore at the mile marker 45 in the South Padre Island National Seashore. Requested that the Dispatcher notifiy Lackland Command Post.

1145 Received notification/permission to respond from Lackland Command Post

1200 Departed Shop for Lackland MSA.

1210 Arrived at MSA to draw explosives

1245 Departed MSA for Padre Island

1600 Arrived at National Park Headquarters and made contact with the chief Ranger. Requested the chief Ranger fill out the Release Form and notified him of EPA requirements.

1630 Departed Park Headquarter for Incident site.

1900 Arrived at incident site, disposed of Flare/Marker

1930 Departed incident site


0100 Arrived at Lackland MSA, Notified Command Post to recall Munitions personnel.

0145 Departed MSA for Shop

0200 Mission Complete

mileage 500/ Drive time 9 hours

Lackland AFB 90mm APT Round 1 1000 Notified By the Colorado County Sheriffs Department of a 90mm projectile located in Columbus, Texas

1015 Departed Shop for MSA

1025 Arrived at MSA

1100 Departed Lackland AFB for Columbus, TX

1400 Arrived in Columbus and made contact with Deputy LaCourse, identified a 90 mm AP round with a tracer element in the base. Detonated tracer with one block of C4.

1445 Departed Columbus for Lackland

1745 Arrived in Lackland MSA.

1815 Arrived at shop M/C

Drive Time 6 hours/ Mileage 450


Lackland AFB MK 2 Trainer 1 19May05

1400 Received notification of a possible UXO in New Braunfels.

1420 Team gathered tools and departed for MSA.

1500 Team departed MSA with explosives for incident site.

1600 Team arrived on scene and met with Mr. Brinkkoenter. The team was escorted to the item and TSgt Stuart identified the suspect item as a lead filled inert grenade with no explosive hazards.

1625 Team departed for MSA.

1745 Team arrived at MSA, stores explosives and departed for the shop.

1800 Team arrives at shop and reconstituted tools.

Total Mileage:115 Total Drive Time: 2Hr 20min

**********MC**********


Lackland AFB M791, 25MM, APDS T

2 19 June 2005

1300 Received notification through 79th Ord. Battalion that an officer from SAPD had two 25mm rounds in his possession. Initiated recall of stand by team.

1330Team arrives at shop. Loads out gear and departs shop.

1350Team arrives and intersection of US 90E and Military Drive. Meets Officer Culp of the SAPD.

1400Team takes possession of items. Transports items to munitions for turn in.

1420Team arrives at munitions and waits for munitions personnel.

1450Team turns items over to munitions.

1500Team arrives back at EOD shop. Returns gear to ready status. MC


Lackland AFB M8, APERS, PRACTICE

1 5 July 2005

0100Standby team notified of a possible landmine located in a private residence in Alice, TX.

0130Team arrived at shop and loaded out gear.

0150Command Post was instructed to notify 37th LRS/Munitions Management Flight that EOD needed after hours access to MSA.

02000330Standby team waited for MSA personnel to arrive at MSA

0345Team finally got access to explosives and departed for Alice, TX.

0600Team arrived on scene. Item was positively identified as M8 APERS practice landmine.

0615Item was transported to a local disposal area.

0630Item was destroyed.

0645Team departed Alice, TX


0930Team was redirected to Camp Bullis for another response.

Total Mileage: 282 mi.

Total Drive Time: 4 hrs. 30 min.


Lackland AFB 75mm Shrapnel Round

8 5 July 2005

0930Team was redirected to Camp Bullis while enroute back to base after previous response.

1100Team arrived at Camp Bullis Range Control

1115Team followed guide to incident site.

1130Items were located and identified as eight 75mm shrapnel rounds.

1145Items destroyed.

1150Team departed Camp Bullis.

1250Arrived at MSA to store explosives.

1300Team arrived back at shop. Returned gear to ready status. MC

Total Mileage: 65m


Total Drive Time: 2.5hrs.

Lackland AFB 75% ammonium nitrate dynamite

2 0955 Recieved a call from the CP that a dog had bitten a stick of dynamite in half

1005 Team departs a suspect package incident in route for the dog handlers storage facility

1020 Team arrives on scene and determines the dynamite to be unserviceable

1025 Team departs scene for MSA

1040 Team arrives at MSA and pulls explosives

1045 Team recieves another call from the CP that a grenade has been found in Bastrop TX

1050 Team departs for Bastrop (Covered in another report)

1730 Team arrives at EOD range

1745 Team disposes of dynamite by detonation and departs in route for shop


1800 Team arrives at shop and reconstitutes tools

1815 Mission complete

Drive time: 8hrs

Mileage: 215mi

Lackland AFB M6A1 2.36" HEAT Rocket

1 1700 Team received notification from CP that a rocket had been found in Seguin Texas

1725 Team members arrive at shop

1735 Team departs shop in route for MSA

1745 Team arrives at MSA and pulls explosives

1805 Team departs MSA in route for the Blue Hills Antique Mall where the item was found

1925 Team arrives on scene and is escorted to location of item

1933 Team determines the item to be a practice round and that it contains no explosive hazards and departs in route for MSA

2030 Team arrives at MSA and restores explosives

2055 Team arrives at shop and reconstitutes tools and equipment

2100 Mission complete


Drive time: 2hr

Total mileage: 120mi

Lackland AFB 75mm Shrapnel 1 08Aug05

0900 The shop received notification from Sgt Garza, of the 79th ordnance battalion, that there was a request for a pick up / disposal in Pharr, TX. The response team then gathered tools and awaited confirmation from the command post.

0930 Team received permission to take the call from CP. Proceeded to the MSA.

0945 Team arrived at MSA and gathered explosives for the mission.

1100 Team departed MSA for Pharr, TX.

1500 Team met up with the POC, Sgt Reteria, and were taken to the ordinance item.

1530 SSgt Derrick positively identified the item as a 75MM shrapnel round.

1545 Item was set up for disposal by detonation.

1551 Disposal shot was fired.

1555 Disposal of the item was confirmed.


1600 Team left for Lackland AFB.

2045 Team returned to base and reconstituted tools and equipment.

Total miles: 600

Total drive time: 9Hr

MC

Lackland AFB M158 1 19Sep05

1600 Team received notification from the command post for EOD assistance at 1300 Femoyer St

1625 Arrived on scene; made contact with Ms Cravewer; MSgt Stuart determined that the item was an empty flare casing

1640 Departed scene for shop

1650 Returned to shop

Total Mileage: 2.6 Total drive time: 15 min

*MC*


Lackland AFB Mk 124 Mod 0 2 13 Feb 2006:

1600 Team received notification from command post.

1615 Team departed for the MSA to pull explosives.

1655 Team departed base and proceeded to Port O'Connor.

2045 Team arrived on scene at the Coast Guard base in Port O'Connor.

2050 A1C's Guinn and Finn identified the items as two each Mk 124 Mod 0 Signals. SSgt Knapp verified the items.

2100 Attempts to locate a safe disposal area were unsuccessful.

2110 Team departed base and proceeded to the EOD Range on Lackland AFB.

14 Feb 2006:

0100 Team arrived on the range and paused demolition operations until first light.

0730 Demolition operations resumed.

0800 Successful detonation occurred.

0840 Team restored explosives at the MSA.

0900 Team arrived at the EOD shop and returned gear to operational status.



Drive Time: 9 hours

Mileage: 365 Miles


Lackland AFB ANM37, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, DOUBLE STAR, REDRED

2 31 March 2006

0630: Team recieved call from the USA Environmental. Team loaded equipment.

0700: Team departed the EOD shop.

0715: Team arrived on scene and located ordnance.

0730: A1C Guinn positively identified all items and SSgt Knapp verified all items.

0800: The team gathered all ordnance items and located several other items.

0830: Team departed location and proceeded to the EOD Range to dispose of the items.

0900: Team disposed of all items by detonation.

0930: Team arrived at the EOD Shop. Mission Complete.

Mileage: 15 miles


Drive Time: 25 minutes


Lackland AFB Unknown 1 1730 Notified of Request

1745 Received permission to respond

1800 Departed shop enroute to MSA

1830 Departed MSA enroute to incident site

1900 Arrived at site

1905 Spoke with local authorities

1915 Recon performed

1925 Was unable to identify item in AEODPS, item appeared to be a practice bomb that was empty except booster cup

1930 Stood by while local authorities cleared the area with helicopter.

2015 Blew item in place


2030 Recovered equipment

2100 Departed site enroute to MSA

2130 Arrived at MSA

2215 Departed MSA

2230 Return to shop

Drive time = 1 Hour

Mileage = 30 Miles

23 June 06

08000900 Researched item in AEODPS and paper TO's; still unable to identify.



Lackland AFB M70 1

Lackland AFB M49A2 1 5 Nov 2006

1422Command post notified by 797th EOD of a possible mortar located on private property in Bastrop, TX.

1433Standby team notified

1500Standby team arrives at shop, loads out gear, notifies standby team for munitions.

1530Team arrives at munitions.

1600Team departs munitions

1830Team arrives on scene, 316 Old Potato Road. The item was located by the land owner who notified the Bastrop County Sheriffs Department. A1C Nason identified the item as a M49A2 60mm mortar, SrA Guinn confirmed with AEODPS.

1850Item destroyed by detonation.

1900Team departed Bastrop, TX.


2045Team arrived at munitions to store explosives.

2100Team departed munitions.

2113Team arrived at shop, restored standby equipment to ready status. MC

Drive Time 4 hours

Total Mileage 232mi


Lackland AFB TYPE 100, 81 MM, HE, MORTAR

1 0933 Received call from CP requesting EOD support to a residence in La Vernia, Tx for an WW II ordnance item. The item has been in possession of Mr. Bean for many years. He had notified Lackland EOD about the item and the fact he wanted to get rid of it.

0944 Team departed shop.

1030 Arrived onscene, TC visually inspected the Mortar and confirmed its unarmed status with Team Member. Item was placed in a CMC and encased with sand.

1040 Departed scene

1150 Arrived on range

1210 Detonated ordnance

1215 Departed range

1231 Arrived back at shop and cleaned up gear. MC


Langley AFB 3 inch projectile 1 Notified from the command post that Poquoson Police Department was requesting our assistance to evaluate a UXO at 34 Little Florida Road. Colonel Rumsey, 1st MSG/CC, authorized EOD to respond off base.

Team arrived at the residence of Norman Stimings and made contact with Poquoson Police Officer J.R. Michalski. He informed us that the resident was using a metal detector at Buckroe Beach, and found an encrusted metallic object. He brought the object home and was attempting to clean the item up when he thought better of it and contacted Poquoson PD.

Team evaluated the item and found it to be a 3 inch projectile that was encrusted with barnacle and rust. Positive identification was not possible on site, but was deemed safe for transport back to Langley for further analysis.

Item was researched in 60A2111 and it looked similar to a Mk29 Mod 1. Xray analysis was conducted but was inconclusive. There was no evidence to support a burster tube or fill plug. Even though the item was not positively identified, I am confident the round is either HE or inert. To error on the side of caution, item was transported to the munitions storage area for the weekend.

24 Jan Item was transported to Yorktown NSW and turned over to Navy EOD for disposal. Response terminated.

Langley AFB M72, 75MM, APT 1 1741 Team received a call from the 1st FW/CP for a ordnance item located at 1419 West Queens St.

Standby was notified and reported to work for the response.

During our initial call Col. Rumsey approved our response offbase.

1820 Team departed base.

1831 Team arrives onscene.

Begins interrogation of ordnance including conclusive xray.


After interrogation of item A1C Peters identified the item as a 3'' armor piercing projectile.

Identification was confirmed by TSgt Livingston

1915 Team returns to base

Langley AFB MK 14, 3 INCH, COMMON

1 11:20 Received a request to respond off base to Buckroe Beach in Hampton to a possible military munition that had washed up on the beach.

12:15 Team departs Base

12:30 Arrived on scene. Fire Chief briefed the team on the look and location of the item found. Due to the deteriorated state of the munition and lack of external identifying features, EOD investigation and diagnostics revealed very little as to the exact nomenclature of the item. Munition was thick cased metal with a scored rotating band and remnants of what appeared to be a fuze. Due to the location of the item a Level 1 Blow in Place disposal was not a viable option.

1400 Transported munition on base to EOD range

1630 Disposed of munition

1700 Returned to shop

1745 Cleaned equipment and headed home


Langley AFB Unknown 3 inch 1 1545 received a request to respond off base to Buckroe Beach in Hampton to a possible military UXOthat had washed up on the beach

16:00 Team departs Base

16:25 Arrived on scene. Fire Chief briefed the team on the look and location of the item. Although the item was very deteriorated, EOD investigation and diagnostics revealed an nomenclature of M90. UXO was thick cased metal with a scored rotating band and was unfuzed. The projectile was determined to be inert.

17:20 Inert projectile was transported back to base for further analysis

17:45 Returned to shop

18:45 Cleaned equipment and headed home

We were unable to identify the projectile using available technical data and sent a request to Mr. Shawn Neidrauer at EOD Technical Division for help in identifying the projectile. He also was unable to identify it, but it was thought to be similar to a MK 22 illumination round, found in 60D219, figure 34. The round with the nomenclature M90 stamped on it's base is obviously not an illumination round. No further attempts at identifying the projectile have been made.

Langley AFB Mk 20 1 Hampton Fire Department requested EOD assistance at 48 Water St. in Hampton VA. A fishing boat was being unloaded when a suspected piece of ordnance was found.

EOD standby team was recalled and permission to respond off base was granted by Col Bendall.

Team arrived on scene and positively identified the item as a Mk 20 Mine.

Level 1 emergency was declared and item was transported to Yorktown Naval Weapon Station for disposal. Approximately 250 lbs of TNT remained in the item.


Incident was terminated.

Langley AFB MK 25 MOD 1, 5 INCH/51, ILLUM

1 1 FW Command Post was contacted by Hampton Fire Dept requesting EOD respond to a munition item found in a local residence.

Standby team was recalled and received permission to respond off base to the incident. Upon arrival Lt Darnett, Hampton FD, briefed that the resident had recently purchased the property and was cleaning out a storage shed when he found the item. Team positively identified the item as a Mk 25 Mod 1, 5 inch artillery round which was empty and void of all hazards. Incident was terminated and team returned with item to base. Wilson Ventress was the owner of the residence the item was found at.

Langley AFB Dyer 8.25 in 135+ lbs. 1 1330 EOD primary recieved 3 way phone call initiated by the command post in regards to a "shell" found in suburban Hampton. Item description was limited to the word shell and the location was given as a residence.

1340 EOD was given permission by Brigadier Gen. Field, legal and squadron commander to respond in support of the Hampton Fire Department.

1420 Standby team departed a explosive training operation at the EOD range and stopped at the EOD shop for T.O's and directions and then proceeded to the incident site.

The cordon had been established by the time we arrived at the site so we made contact with Chief Bartgis to get a situation briefing. The resident that called the item in was not available, but contact was made with the land lord who stated that the item had been in its location for at least 17 years.

Entry was made and a recon performed. Item was xrayed and was determined to be solid metal. The round was then carried with an Allen rope bag to the BSERV and transported to the EOD shop. Further analysis and


research showed that the most likely identification is a 8.25 inch Dyer type Civil war era lead saboted bolt.

Lincoln Rocket, 66mm LAW, M72

1 On 13Apr2005 at approx. 1130 the Lincoln AFB Command Post received a request from Offutt SFS for EOD support. A Security Forces personnel discovered a LAW rocket launcher lying on the rear seat of a car parked in the Main Gate Visitor's Center. The request was for an evaluation of the item to determine if was a "full up" rocket, or just the launch tube. The vehicle belonged to a NEARNG member who was TDY. The members son is an employee at the Commissary, and drove the car to work the night before. Security would not allow the car on base, due to the lack of a current insurance card. The son parked the car in the visitors lot, and went to work. After work the son realized he had locked the keys in the car. After failed attempts to open the car with wire and a screwdriver, the son called a friend for a ride, leaving the car in the visitor's lot. When we arrived at the gate, Security had located the wife of the NEARNG member, who unlocked the car. A quick inspection determined the launcher was "empty". A the direction of the Mission Support Group Commander, we confiscated the launcher for safe keeping until the SFS completed their investigation into the incident.

Lincoln BOMB NOSE FUZE, ANM126A1

1 On 20050819 My office was contacted by the 155th Command Post with a request to pick up a piece of military ordnance found in the residence of a deceased WWII veteran. I was given a name and contact number. I contacted Michelle Drake at 4023101333 to make arrangements for the pick up of the item. We scheduled to meet at 1110 N. 51st street Lincoln, Ne 68504 at 1500 hours. I then contacted the local Lincoln Fire Inspectors Bomb Squad to accompany us to the residence. After arrival, we examined the item, and determined it to be an inert ANM126A1 bomb fuze(60B23310).

Ms Drake opted to keep the item, after it was determined inert. The fuze had the set pin holding the booster drilled out, and the booster & detonator removed. The booster cap was replaces with a machined copy, with a hole in the bottom, allowing a view of the firing pin. I gave my contact information to Ms. Drake for future reference, or need, and departed.


Lincoln M106 1 On 21406 I was contacted by the Nebraska State Patrol and asked to provide technical assistance with a military projectile found in a railroad box car located in a metals salvage yard. I rode with the NSP Officer to the salvage yard, examined the item, and determined it to be an m106 8" artillery round, empty of explosives. The empty round was removed.

Lincoln MK I 2 We were contacted on Friday March 3rd, 06 about munitions @ 1530. Due to scheduling conflicts agreed to meet Saturday morning at 1030. March 4, 06 we prepared gear and traveled from Lincoln, NE to Geneva, NE. Met with State Trooper Larry Wollenburg and set up our staging area at our truck. After performing a recon we determine the first munition posed no hazard. The fuze and shell were separated and the shell was empty. Fuze had functioned already. We were unable to determine whether the fuze had functioned for the second munition, so we confiscated second munition in order to dispose of at a later date.

Lincoln M7A1 2.36in rocket, practice

1 On 2006090,7 the Nebraska State Patrol requested assistance removing two UXO items from a garage in Oakland, NE. The UXOs had been moved by the new owner of the property, and placed in a 5 gallon plastic bucket in the middle of the garage. One of the UXOs was inside of a cardboard packing tube. Recon of the UXOs proved them to be inert, late WWII era, 2.36 inch practice rockets.

Lincoln MK2 M228 1 On 20060818, the Lincoln Fire Department requested assistance evaluating a UXO found in the street next to the driveway of the Lancaster Country Liquor commissioner's home. Recon of the item proved it to be a replica of a Mk2 pineapple grenade, with an inert, M228 type fuze. The item was destroyed by Lincoln Fire Dept.

Little Rock AFB MK 1 Stokes Mortar 1 1115: Notified of 105mm Projo located off base and EOD requested to respond to construction site. Location: 324 Stone Mountain Road, Conway, AR.

1200: Team receives approval from base commander to respond

1230: Team departs base

1300: Item positively identified as a Stokes Mortar. Mortar appears to have been fired but fuze still had safety fork intact, thus determined safe to transport to EOD range.

1330: Transported item to range.

1500: Disposal complete.

1530: Operation complete.


Little Rock AFB MK 1 Stokes Mortar 2 5 Mar 05

1320: Received call from CP with Conway Bomb Squad on the line requesting assistance with a mortar located in the far Southwest corner of Pulaski County.

1350: Team received approval from base commander to respond

1410: Team departed base

1440: Team identified two Practice Stokes Mortars. One with an intact fuze and one with no fuze. Both had been fired.

1520: Transported items to holding bunker on EOD range

7 Mar 05

1020: Disposed of Mortars

Little Rock AFB 47 MM AP Hotchkiss 1 29SEP

1030HR Mike Davis called for EOD assistance through the command post for a UXO

1130HR Team departed LRAFB

1500HR Team arrived at the Mammoth Spring Police Department. Round is rusted and appeared to be fired. X ray was inconclusive due to thickness of round body. UXO Matched 47mm AP Projectile. Round was placed in a CMC.

1600HR Team departed Mammoth Spring PD.


1900HR Team arrives LRAFB and stores round till daylight hours

30SEP

0830HR Explosives drawn and round transported to range

1000HR Round disposed of.

Little Rock AFB Mk 2 grenade 1 EOD Flight received a call from Lonoke County Police Chief requesting assistance identifying a war trophy Mk 2 "Pineapple" grenade. The OD color with yellow band and markings indicated it was live. Police chief opted to transport the item to Little Rock EOD range. Response team met him there and detonated the item.

Category 2 emergency.

No EPA permit was required; MOUs are on file at 314 CES Environmental flight.


Little Rock AFB MK 2 MOD 1 U.S. Navy False Target

1 Little Rock Fire Dept Bomb Squad requested assistance in the disposal of a munition item that was in their possession. The item was picked up by the local Bomb Squad from the "USS Razorback" submarine in downtown Little Rock. The item had an old stock and was on display for several years while still in the sealed shipping container. The item was delivered to Little Rock Air Force Base and turned over to the 314th EOD flight. The item was researched then transported to a disposal site and detonated.

The munition item could not be found in the 60 series publications but information on the label and from an old navy sub veteran led team to believe item was safe to destroy. The following info was taken from the munition container:

NSN 1370001155447 1.3G

US Navy, False Target MK 2 MOD 1

The shipping container was grey/green with a silver/foil ring at one end, measured just over 2.5 ft long, and held 18 individual canisters containing an exposed pyrotechnic mixture.

Little Rock AFB ANM8, HAND, SMOKE, HC

1 12 Dec 05: Team notified of military ordnance located at Little Rock Fire Dept. We made arrangements to pick up the following day.

13 Dec 05: TSgt Alexander and SSgt Patnaude responded to fire dept. storage area. Picked up items, transported to EOD range and disposed of by detonation.


Little Rock AFB 155mm HE M107 2 Little Rock EOD was notified of several UXO's in a farmer's field in the outskirts of Hope, AR. The local sheriffs dept had reported the items. A road grader was turning up dirt from the side of an old dirt road when his blade pushed up 2ea large ordnance items. The sheriff had cordoned off the area until EOD personnel could respond. Once on scene it was discovered the area had previously belonged to the US military and was an old impact range that had been turned back over to the civilian sector. Upon investigation of the items, they were identified as 2ea 155mm HE projectiles. One round had a shipping plug in the nose well, and the other had a portion of a fuze minus the components to make it function. The items were transported back to Little Rock AFB and stored in the MSA. The next afternoon, the items were transported to Camp Robinson for disposal. The items were detonated. MC

The excessive use of explosives was due to repeated tries to destroy this very old ordnance.

Little Rock AFB M51, PROJECTILE 1 1 Mar 06 79th EOD battalion called 314 CP for support to Hope, AR for UXO. 314 EOD contacted Hope sheriff Department for details on item. Departed for Hope.

Arrived in Hope. Sheriff escorted team to item. Team reconned the item. Item was heavily rusted. Identified the fuze series. Referred to the tech data warning stated "Avoid unnecessary movement." Could not positively identify the 90mm projectile.

Sheriff was asked to secure the round overnight. Reason being that further research and explosives were needed.

Returned to the EOD shop at Little Rock. Consulted with AETC MAJCOM who referred the team to Joint EOD Tech Support Center (TSC). Supplied information to TSC on the round. Information provided was typical of a Tech Intel problem. TSC informed team chief that they would give an answer by 0930 the following day.

2 Mar 06 Picked up explosives. Received an email and phone call identifying the round as an M71. Asked the possibility of chemical. Was informed not possible.


Proceeded to Hope. Escorted back out to the item. A backhoe was used to scrape the ground clear of combustibles and dug a 2 foot hole. Sheriff secured both ends of the country road. Item was placed in hole. Two blocks were placed on top of the item. Detonated. Returned to the hole. Item was still there but the fuze was not present. Did a search for the fuze. Negative find. Referred back to TSC. Informed team chief of possible wax or concrete filled round. Considered item inert and transported back to Little Rock.

EOD range at Little Rock Placed another 2 blocks of C4 on item. Confirmed concrete filled.

Little Rock AFB FUI F1, Projectile, PD 1 0900 Received call from Bill Buford, state police bomb squad. He found an 81mm mortar that "somebody's grandfather had brought back from WWII."

1300 TSgt Alexander and SrA Jarmon pulled explosives from the MSA.

1415 Arrived at Range Control at Camp Robinson. Met up with Mr. Buford.

1440 Transported item to range. Item was identified as a French mortar with a French fuze.

1500 Placed 2 blocks of C4 on top of the item and detonated it.


1510 No remnants left.

1600 Returned to unit. Mission complete.

Little Rock AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1353 received call from 314 AW/CP

Sheriff required our support to Bonnerdale, AR for a military hand grenade.

After talking to sheriff, he said the grenade was green and the fuze was pinned.

Arrived on scene, verified that grenade was pinned. Also the residence informed us that the sheriff taped the spoon to the grenade. Placed in CMC and transported back to MSA.

2030 Arrived back at the unit


Little Rock AFB M117 6 Newport police reported a gentleman delivered 2 ea CS smoke grenades in original cardboard shipping containers, and 6 ea M117 booby trap simulators (flash).

Team responded to Newport police department, secured the pull cord of one of the M117. All others were in original containers. Team loaded up all items and returned to base.

Munitions were placed in MSA to await disposition.

Little Rock AFB M794 25mm projectile 1 Team responded to Lonoke Police Department for a 25mm dummy round.

The round has M794 25mm Dummy stenciled on the side. The case and projectile are all one piece of solid steel. No hazards are associated with this item.

We were unable to find a 60 series TO that covered this item.

The Cartridge, 25mm Dummy M794 Linked (DODIC A967) is used for nonfiring system checkout used with the 25mm M242 Automatic Cannon for training of the crew. This M794 Cartridge is a modified M793 Target Practice with Tracer (TPT) projectile silver brazed to a modified standard cartridge case and is completely inert. The cartridge case cavity is filled through an enlarged primer hole with an epoxy resin filler to approximate the weight of the M792 High Explosive IncendiaryTracer (HEIT) and M793 TPT Service Cartridges. The threaded nose of the TPT projectile is silver brazed to the projectile body to improve physical integrity. The external configuration of the M794 metal dummy cartridge (by use of standard components) is the same as that of the M792 HEIT and M793 TPT Service Cartridges. These cartridges are linked together by the M28 link.


Little Rock AFB 105mm cartridge, projectile

1 We received a call from the command post to assist Little Rock bomb squad with a UXO call. Someone in a residential neighborhood sighted 4 munitions items in a backyard and reported them to the police. The Little Rock bomb squad requested our assistance to verify that the items were inert. Contact was made with the on scene commander, battalion commander Sherwood, who informed us that the items were 1 each high explosive M1 round with a fuze and 3 each mortars. Upon arrival and further inspection it was determined that all items were inert but were misidentified. Recovered was 3 each M6 series 2.36" practice rockets (training aids). Also recovered was an M84 projectile with an M54 MTSQ fuse, placed inside of an M1 105mm cartridge. The fuse damage gave the appearence it had been fired and landed somewhere. Once it was determined to be safe the projectile was removed from the cartridge. The projectile was empty and missing its base plate. Little Rock bomb squad had no interest in keeping the items and turned them over to us for disposal at a later date.

Little Rock AFB M21 1 1620 Citizen in Cabot, AR reported a pineapple hand grenade at his residence. Citizen was advised to call Little Rock command post. Command post notified EOD of the situation. Team prepped equipment and waited on approval from group commander. 1648 Approval was granted team departed Little Rock AFB. 1714 Team arrived at Residence. Home owner directed team where item was located. Team chief directed the family to leave the immediate area. The hand grenade was found to have an already functioned fuze with a steel frag sleeve. No explosive hazards present. 1719 Team departed residence. 1745 Team RTB for reconstitution. 1800 Mission Complete.

Little Rock AFB M83, HAND, SMOKE 1 314 CES/CED Little Rock AFB, AR M83 Smoke Grenade

1042 Notified by the 314 AW/CP Downtown Police department was called out to a Grenade. The item was found while the local highway crew was cleaning.

1100 Departed

1110 Arrived on scene

Verified the item was a Smoke Grenade/ Item had the spoon and was pinned


Taped the spoon to the body/pin to the fuze body

1140 Returned to Little Rock AFB

Turned item over to Munition Storage Area

1210 Returned to Flight

Little Rock AFB ANM126A1, BOMB FUZE, NOSE, MECHANICAL

IMPACT

1 Received call at 0800 reporting that the home owner bought a box of items at local auction. From reading the recent paper he realized that the man he bought the box of items from had a previous EOD incident at his house. The man decided to check inside the box and found 6 fuzes and 3 boosters. Fuzes are as follows:

1ea. M3 projectile fuze

1ea. ANM126A1 bomb fuze


1ea. MK29 MOD5 projectile fuze

1ea. M111 bomb fuze


3ea. Miscellaneous projectile boosters

Arrived on scene at 0900 no local law enforcement was on scene after they called the command post and


confirmed military ordnance.

Team took pictures of ordnance and placed them in CMC with cushioning and returned to base for disposal. Disposal was complete at 1130.

Little Rock AFB M3, PROJECTILE, PD 3 0915 Received call from command post. Individual had 3 detonators as he called them in Cabot home. SSgt Lipinski called the person in Cabot. Objects sounded like projectile fuzes as he described them 3EA. Waited for approval to respond off base. Cabot Fire Chief was already at the residence.

1013 Departed LRAFB (Long Delay waiting for approval and CP call back)

1025 Arrived at Franklin Ray's home. His father had passed away and he had found the fuzes while cleaning the home. All three fuzes were found to be live. They were all unfired. All three were put in a CMC with packing material to immobilize.

1034 Transported items to LRAFB EOD range.

1052 On range waiting for explosives.

1200 Disposed of fuzes by thermal treatment.

1210 Found partially intact fuze while checking the shot. Sent team to draw more explosives.


1330 Fuze thermal treatment successful

1400 RTB

Luke AFB LUU2C/B, FLARE, AIRCRAFT

1 1315: SSgt McGinnis from the Command Post contacted Luke EOD regarding a flare found next to Highway 85 in Gila Bend, AZ.

1345: Team departed from Luke AFB.

1500: Team arrived at Gila Bend AFAF Security Office, notified CP of our arrival in Gila Bend, and requested assistance from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Border Patrol to block traffic on Hwy 85 while we disposed of the flare. Team gathered all equipment necessary to perform disposal of the flare.

1550: Team performed recon on flare and determined it to be a LUU2 C/B. Parachute had been deployed and was missing, the lanyards were hanging out. A small dirt berm was constructed around the flare to try and prevent a large fire in the dry terrain surrounding site. A demining Flare was prepared and positioned on the LUU2 C/B.


1555: The highway traffic was blocked By the Sheriffs Officer and the Border Patrol.

1630: Flare was burned with the demining flare, team waited until smoke cleared and confirmed a successful disposal, entire flare cartridge was consumed. A small fire was started and put out by the team with no assistance required.

1730: Team departed back to Luke AFB.

1830: Team arrived at shop, and resumed normal standby duties.


Luke AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 21 Apr 05

1300 EOD received call from Sergeant Todd Whitney from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office requesting assistance to pick up a Mk 2 frag grenade that was found in a house in Mesa after the man living there had deceased.

1305 Team received permission from MSG Commander to meet with Sgt Whitney off base to pick up grenade and bring it back on base to turn in to Inspections.


1320 Team met with Sgt Whitney, ensured grenade was safe to transport, and brought grenade back to Luke.

1400 Team arrived back at shop and xrayed grenade to ensure it had not been tampered with.

1420 Team completed paperwork necessary to turn in grenade to Inspections.

1520 Team departed shop to turn in grenade.

1530 Team arrived at Inspections and turned in grenade and paperwork.


1600 Team returned to shop and reconstituted equipment. Mission complete.


Luke AFB Mk 4 Mod 1 Common 3 "pounder"

1 2130 Luke AFB Command post informs SSgt Szczepaniec that Chuck from the Tempe bomb squad has requested our assistance.

2140 SSgt Szczepaniec called Chuck and asked for specifics on the requested assistance. Chuck informs SSgt Szczepaniec that simulated guns, real ammunition, bandoleers, and a military projectile were found in a bush bordering school property and tonight was the eve of the Columbine shooting anniversary.

2215 Team leaves shop

2255 Team arrives on scene and gets briefed by Tempe bomb squad

2305 SSgt Szczepaniec examines projectile while SrA Ohge performs safety backup duties.

2306 SSgt Szczepaniec determines that the projectile is empty and has no hazard.

2308 SrA Whittaker finds item in OP 1664 and briefs Tempe bomb squad

2315 Team leaves scene (item was left with Tempe bomb squad for evidence)

2355 Team arrives at shop

0001 Team departs shop after storing classified material


Luke AFB M206, CARTRIDGE, FLARE w/ unknown

initiator

1 8May05

1200: EOD team received call from Ron Barboa of the Thona O'odham Indian Nation that a flare was found approximately 15 miles south of Selles, AZ. The flare was in an extremely remote area and marked well enough to find it when an EOD team could be assembled to respond.

9May05

0800: EOD team received several photos of them item through email and determined it to be an Israeli countermeasures flare. Dimensions were the same as an M206 with an Isreali label attached to it. It had a black plastic cap attatched to it at one end that had a black plastic bore rider potruding from it. These pictures were sent to Det 63 for further identification. See Picture Attatchments.

1100: SMSgt Senst, SrA Stoffel, and A1C Pascoe departed Gila Bend Auxiliary Airfield in route to Selles, AZ to meet up with Ron Barboa.

1330: Team arrived in Selles and met with Ron Barboa to be escorted to the flare.

1400: Team arrived on scene, remotely manipulated the item and placed it into a CMC once it was determined safe to transport.

1430: Team departed the scene in route to the Range 3 consolidation point to store the item until it could be disposed of by the team doing the BMGR East Tac clearance operations.

1900: EOD team arrived back on station.


12 May

Flare was disposed of successfully in conjunction with many others using the demining flares.

Luke AFB M49A2, 60MM, MORTAR, HE

2 1205Call is taken by SSgt Hendricks from the Command Post asking for the response team to respond to 2 each 60MM mortars that were in the possession of Glendale Police department. Detective Andy Hopkins acquired the mortars from a women that had recently found the mortars in the house of a deceased family member.

1215Team departs shop heading to Glendale Police District 6 located at 6206 N. 24th St.

1305Team arrives at Glendale District 6. Team takes possession of the mortars from local police department and returns back to base.

1430Team arrives at base.


1445Team turns in both mortars to 56 FW Munitions Inspections. Incident terminated.

Luke AFB AN/SSQ36 SONOBUOY

1 1000 Sgt Bob Stout, DPS Bomb Squad Phoenix, called to request our assistance on

identifying a piece of military ordnance found by DPS officers serving an arrest

warrant in Ash Fork Arizona. The item was described as 4?x36? with fins and an

ID plate stenciled FMU139 bomb fuze. Sgt Stout was instructed to contact the

56 Command Post to initiate the formal request and a team gathered gear for the

response. Col Smith, MSG commander, approved the response request. Ash

Fork is a 4 hour drive from Luke AFB so Sgt Stout arranged for helicopter

transport trough DPS.

1200 Team meet with DPS aircrew at Glendale airport and departed.

1300 ? Team arrived at residence in Ash Fork and meet with Sgt Jerry Diehl, DPS Bomb


Squad Flagstaff. He had just arrived and we spoke to the officers who had

discovered the possible fuze. Officers had seen the fuze and moved it to get a

better look. It was sitting in a bed room leaning against a bed. The side of the

item was clearly stenciled AN/SSQ36. It also had the name plate for an FMU

139 taped to the side. SrA Pascoe found the TO for the AN/SSQ36 sonobouy in

the pubs and it was deemed safe to recover. The sonobouy posed no hazard and

was retained by DPS for prosecution purposes.

1400 ? Team departed Ash Fork for Glendale. Return flight was extended due to a

required fuel stop.

1345 ? Team arrived at Glendale airport and returned to Luke AFB.

1615 ? Team back in EOD shop. Mission complete.

Luke AFB BDU33B/B, PRACTICE

36 Team was tasked to remove ordnance related items left on private property by a contractor. The contractor had used the land as a holding point after removal from BMGR. Contractor filed bankruptcy and Mr Runte gained possession of the property. Items were removed as a safety measure and act of good will for Mr Runte.

5 Tons of scrap removed.


Luke AFB M55A1, PROJECTILE, 37MM,

PRACTICE

1 30 Jan

1355 Received call from SrA Kost of the Command Post for a response in support of the Phoenix Bomb Squad. Military munitions had been turned in to the Phoenix Bomb Squad described as 1 ea. 90mm projectile and 1 ea. 37mm projectile, both unfuzed. Permission to respsond was granted through MSG deputy commander.

1405 Team departed Luke AFB en route to Phoenix FD Special Operations section (Bomb Squad).

1430 Team arrived at FD. Team was escorted to Bomb Squad where the munitions items were located. Items were handed over to team.

1510 Team departed FD en route to Luke AFB .

1545 Team arrived at Luke AFB.

1630 Team made appropriate notifications, reconstituted supplies and returned to normal standby posture.


Luke AFB M116A1, SIMULATOR,

GRENADE, HAND

2 1015 SA Thorlin arrived at the EOD shop and stated he would like to turn in several military ordnance items recovered by the FBI. All of the items were in unfired/unexpended condition. TSgt Corner inspected the items, verified the condition, and took control of the items. SrA Winger contacted munitions inspections to turn the items in.

1105 Munitions inspections called back and said they were prepared to receive the items.

1110 TSgt Corner and SrA Winger departed the EOD shop enroute to inspections.

1120 Items were turned over to munitions inspections.

1130 Team arrived back at the EOD shop. Mission complete.

Recovered items:

6 each 40mm HEDP M433 rifle grenades Lot # MA15488

1 each M18 yellow smoke grenade Lot # MEI2029

2 each M18 violet smoke grenade Lot # PB85F067004

1 each M18 green smoke grenade Lot # PB85H008002

2 each M116A1 hand grenade simulator Lot # DTI83C01X


Luke AFB WTU11/B, WARHEAD, 5.0 IN, PRACTICE, ZUNI

1 10 Feb

1200 Team chief notified by Ron Barberra of "Projectile" in persons junk pile that has been using it as an anvil.

13 Feb

0700 Received call from the Command Post for a response to found military munitions in Why Arizona. Permission was granted via MSG deputy commander.

0800 Team departs Luke AFB for gas station/casino in Why, AZ.

1300 Team arrives and is guided to property where item was found by Ron Barberra.

1330 Team identifies item as Practice 5" rocket warhead.

1345 Team departs for Range Three on Gila Bend AFAF.

1500 Team arrives and drops off round to be disposed of on Range Three 75 use day clearance.

1630 Team returns and made appropriate notifications, reconstituted supplies and returned to normal standby posture.

Luke AFB .50cal ball 2 7 Mar

0600 Team notified of munitions confiscated from suspect by PHX PD Bomb Squad


0730 Detective Oviatt turned items over to Team

0734 Items temporarily stored and are to be disposed of on range four 75 use day(09Mar06)

0735 Team returned to stand by

Luke AFB M206, CARTRIDGE, FLARE

1 CERCLA Response

0700: Team departed for Sells, AZ.

1030: Team met with guide Ron Barbaos, Solid Waste Management superintendent for the Tohono O'dham Nation, in Sells AZ.

1100: One M206 flare was found in the desert. Flare was transported to Barry M. Goldwater Range for destruction with range residue disposal.

1500: Arrived back to EOD shop. Mission complete.


Luke AFB MK 1 MOD 1, WARHEAD, 2.75 INCH, PRACTICE

1 Practice Warhead

1300 Received notification from the Command Post that the Arizona DPS Special Operations Division Explosives Unit has requested our unit to assist them with a UXO that was recovered from a panhandler. Pictures were emailed and reviewed prior to departing. Equipment was loaded and team departed to DPS office.

1315 Command post notified of teams departure to DPS office.

1345 Team arrived at the DPS office to take possession of the UXO. On arrival team inspected the UXO and found it to be a practice rocket warhead. SSgt Spradley took possession of the warhead and team departed for base.

1430 Team notified Command post of their arrival back on base

1500 Team performed restore of equipment and resumed normal standby duties.



1 CERCLA Response

21 June

Flight received call from Ron Barbea of the Tohono O'dham Nation. He had one M206 flare in the desert near some homes. TSgt Corner ensured all approvals for off base pick up were completed.

22 June

0730 Team departed for Sells, AZ

1230: Team met with guide Ron Barbea, Solid Waste Management superintendent for the Tohono O'dham Nation, in Sells AZ.

1300: One M206 flare was found in the desert. Flare was transported to Barry M. Goldwater Range for destruction with range residue disposal on 27 Jun 2006.

1700: Arrived back to EOD shop. Mission complete.


Luke AFB m1903 1 27 June 06

1627: SSgt McGraw received call from CP to assist Phoenix PD with UXO.

1645: Team departed shop.

1648: CP Notified by team that they were enroute.

1725: Team arrived on scene at Phoenix PD range. They were met by four Phoenix PD Bomb Squad personel, headed by Detective Jake Bohi, (602)5345762. After research the round was found to be a WW II projo with a M1907M PTT fuze. XRays were taken, round was determined to be empty and non

hazardous.

1810: Team took possession of round and departed the scene. Round was kept for training.

1845: Team arrived back on base, notifying CP of their return. Mission complete.


1 1301: Amn Wald from Command Post called to report aircraft from 308th inadvertently dropped chaff/flare.

1311: Arrival on scene at south EOR.

1321: Retrieved M206.

1325: Arrived at MSA.


1435: Detonated M206.

1445: Returned to shop. Mission complete.

Luke AFB CXU4/B, SIGNAL CARTRIDGE

1

Luke AFB MK 76 MOD 0, 25 LB, PRACTICE

1 1238 Amn Holt from the 56th FW command post notified EOD that the Phoenix police department was requesting assistance. Phoenix PD had responded to a MK 76 and needed Luke EOD to verify if there were any hazardous components present.

1250 The MSG commander gave approval for EOD to respond to the offbase location.

1255 The EOD team left Luke AFB to respond to the call.

1340 EOD arrived on scene. There was a MK 76 that had been discovered during construction. After probing the MK 76 EOD deemed it unhazardous.

1415 EOD transported the MK 76 to Luke AFB, AZ.

1500 The EOD team arrived back at Luke AFB. Mission complete.


Macdill AFB MK 25 MOD 4, MARINE MARKER

1 1010, 11 Mar 05 Notified by Mr. Dan Bergeron, Park Ranger at Honeymoon Island State Park, that a Mk25 Mod 4 marine marker had washed up on a beach inside the state park. Notifications for response off base initiated.

1111 Permission to respond off base granted. Team departs.

1330 Team arrives at Honeymoon Island State Park and discovers that the Mk25 is empty. Item secured in truck for transport back to base and disposal of munitions residue.

1500 Team returns to base, mission complete.

Macdill AFB Mk 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker

2 16 Mar 05

0815: EOD support requested by Coast Guard (PO Owens) via CP for 2 ea MK 58 Mod 1 marine markers in hazardous condition

0900: Team departed MacDill AFB in route to incident site

0950: Team arrived on scene; team confirmed ordnance items were MK 58 Mod 1 markers; team safed items for transportation

1010: Team departed incident site in route to MacDill AFB

1100: Team arrived MacDill

1300: Team pulled explosives and prepared range for disposal

1430: Team disposed of Markers in route to EOD shop

1500: Team reconstituted equipment mission complete


Macdill AFB MK 58 mod 1 1 16 March 2005

1400: Team notified of MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker found in St Pete beach EOD support requested by St Pete PD.

1600: Team departed Macdill AFB in route to incident site.

1700: Team arrived incident site; Ordnance positively identified by SSgt Herrera and A1C Howell; team secured ordnance team departed in route to MacDill AFB

1745: Team arrived MacDill AFB; dispose of 1 ea MK 58 mod 1 marine marker

1800: Mission complete

Macdill AFB MK58 Marine Marker 1 29 March 05/1500: The MacDill Command Post notified us of a MK58 Marine Marker recovered by the Coast Guard.

1520: Received permission to respond off base from the MSG/CC.

1525: 6 CES/RCRA Operations Coordinator verified no permit needed.

1530: TSgt Seay, SrA Riley, A1C Loveless responded.

1700: The team arrived at the Clearwater Coast Guard Station and TSgt Seay and SrA Riley positively identified the marker.


1730: The team departed Clearwater enroute to MacDill.

1850: The team arrived at MacDill and transported the marker to the range for disposal.

1930: The response terminated and all equipment was returned to standby status.

Macdill AFB MK58 Marine Marker 1 31 March 05/2100: TSgt Seay received a call from the MacDill Command Post reporting a MK58 Marine Marker was recovered by the Charlotte County Sheriffs Department. TSgt Seay requested the CP contact the MSG/CC for permission to respond.

2130: Permission granted for off base response. TSgt Seay and A1C Howell began response procedures.

2200: Team picked up a 55 gallon drum from the Fire Department and departed Macdill AFB.

1 April 05/0130: The team arrived at the Palm Island Resort and met with Deputy First Class Will Saxer.

0200: TSgt Seay and A1C Howell positively Identified the marker and place into the 55gal drum and secured it.


0230: The team left Charlotte County enroute to MacDill AFB.

0400: The team arrived at MacDill and transported the marker to the range for disposal.

0700: Response terminated and all equipment was returned to standby status.


2 04 April 2005

0830: EOD notified of MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker found in St Pete beach EOD support requested Coast Guard.

0915: EOD team departed Macdill AFB in route to incident site.

1000: Team arrived incident site; Ordnance positively identified 2 ea Mk 58 Mod 1 by SSgt Herrera and A1C Howell;

1015: Team departed site in route to MacDill AFB

1100: Team arrived MacDill AFB;

1115: EOD team met up with SSgt Stark, SrA Riley, and A1C Loveless for aid in disposal of both MK 58 Mod 1 markers.

1330: disposal of MK 58 Markers complete; Mission complete


Lot number ATV00G002001B Suspected to be a bad lot. Informed PO Owens and he was going to notify proper agencies to check into and verify if other units were experiencing same high rate of non functioning MK 58.

6.45 EOD Hours added for team members Stark, Riley and Loveless for participation in disposal

Macdill AFB Empty M3 4.2" Mortar 1 11 Apr 05 1630 Standby team was notified by a military member that he had an old ordnance item in his apartment and wanted to turn it in. His grandpa had it for 50 years and had given it to him 3 years ago. Member was informed that a request for assistance must come from local authorities and not a member of the public. Contact was made with Corporal Lance Connors of the Hillsborough Sheriffs Bomb Squad letting him know of the situation. He responded to the apartment, confirmed it was military ordnance and requested us to respond and pick it up.

1800 Team departed MacDill AFB after receiving the official request for assistance and getting approval to respond off base.

1900 Team meet up with Deputy Connors and inspected the item. Item was a fuzed projectile mounted on top of a 105mm brass cartridge case. The most striking aspect of the projectile was its shiny chrome surface. Examination of the fuze determined it to be inert with all explosives previously removed. The cartridge case was also inert with the primer having been functioned previously. The chrome projectile was completely empty.

1905 TSgt Webber and SSgt Stark positively identify the items as 1ea inert M14 105mm cartridge case, 1ea inert M54 nose fuze and 1ea empty M3 4.2" (107mm) chrome mortar projectile. The mortar had been mounted on top of the 105mm cartridge and made a nice display piece.


1915 Item secured in back of response truck for transport back to MacDill AFB. Item being retained in the EOD shop as training aid.

2000 Team returns to MacDill AFB, mission complete.

Macdill AFB MK 58 Mod 1 1 July 13 2005

0915 US Coast Guard requested EOD support to pick up a MK 58 MOD 1 Flare in Clearwater Florida

0930 Team departed Macdill AFB for Coast Guard Station

1020 Team arrived at Coast Guard Station, picked up flare and departed to Macdill

1200 Team arrived on base and proceeded to EOD range for coninutation of RSP of hazardous flare

1230 Mission Completed


Macdill AFB M54, PROJECTILE, TSQ

1 31 October 2005

1240 The U.S. Postal Inspection Service in Tampa, FL requested EOD support for a 105mm round EBay purchase sent through the mail.

1310 Team departed MacDill AFB on a level 1 response for the postal inspection building.

1340 Team arrived at the postal inspection building and met up with Lee Edwards (Postal Inspector) and Joe Spanno (EOD with the State Fire Marshals Office).

UXO was positively identified as a M84 by SrA Wood and verified by TSgt Hohn and was visibly void of explosives because the base plate was missing. The response was downgraded to level 2 due to the lack of explosives. The fuze was now the main concern. Joe Spanno took Xrays of the fuze while MacDill EOD team was in route. SrA Wood positively identified the fuze as a M54 and TSgt Hohn verified. After viewing the Xrays the MacDill team determined that the items were safe to transport back to MacDill EOD. Due to the Postal Inspector desire to prosecute the sender he requested the MacDill team to certify the absence/presence of explosives.

1405 TSgt. Hohn signed an evidence chain of custody receipt for the M84 and the team departed the postal inspection building with the M84.

1440 Team arrived at MacDill and upon closer inspection the team chief determined that the items were free of explosives.


01 November 2005

1200 Lee Edwards arrived at the MacDill EOD shop and assumed custody of the inert M84 projectile and M54 fuze. Mission complete.

Macdill AFB MK58 Mod 1 1 22 Nov 05, 1910: Detective Albanetti contacted 6 AMW Command Post requesting EOD support on a MK58 Marine Marker that had washed ashore on Treasure Island Beach, FL.

1950: Team received permission to respond from 6 AMW/CC and departed MacDill AFB.

2100: Arrived on scene and recovered one each MK58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. Positive identification of the MK58 Mod 1 Marine Marker was obtained by SSgt Herrera and verified by TSgt Land. The marker had functioned as designed however, it was unclear if the filler was completely expended. The marker was secured and transported back to MacDill AFB.

2210: Team arrived back on MacDill. The marker was taken to the EOD proficiency range where it was secured for the night awaiting continuation of the render safe procedure on 23 Nov 05.


23 Nov 05, 0830: Team pulled explosives and continued actions IAW 60S2210

1030: Mission complete


Macdill AFB 20mm Mk IV Mod 3 HET

1 08 Dec 05

1145 Contacted by Charles Harden from the American Victory Warship Museum about numerous projectiles that had been aquired from unknown sources as a donation.

1200 EOD Team contacted Command Post and requested permission to respond off base.

1230 EOD Team received permission to respond.

1300 EOD Team departed shop.

1330 EOD Team arrived on scene.

1500 All ordnance items positively identified by TSgt Webber as various WWII era projectiles from the United States and Germany (See Ordnance tab). Positive identification confirmed by TSgt Hohn.

1515 Ordnance items were gathered up and secured in truck for transportation back to base.

1530 EOD Team departed scene for EOD Range.

1600 EOD Team arrived on range.


1630 Continuation of RSP completed.

1700 EOD team arrived at shop and reconstituted equipment. Mission Complete.


Macdill AFB MK 58 MOD 1 VARIANT, MARINE

MARKER

1 01 Feb 06

0700 EOD shop notified by P.O. Castillo of the U.S. Coast Guard that sometime during the previous evening they responded to and picked up a MK58 Signal Marker. The item was reported by a local Emergency Services person, and found near the intercoastal waterway. The P.O. informed us that the item was currently in a barrel behind the Station and was covered in wet sand.

0730 EOD Team received permission to respond offbase.


0910 Team arrived at the Coast Guard Station.

0920 SrA Keenan inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. TSgt Hohn confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.

0925 Item was loaded into a container for transport and covered with wet sand.

0926 Team departed area for EOD range.

1130 Team arrived at the EOD range and downloaded the item.

1230 Continuation of RSP is complete no hazardous items remain.

1245 Team departed range for EOD shop

1300 Arrived at shop and reconstituted equipment

P.O. Castillo was briefed that the recovery of partially burned markers is EOD's responsibility and that he should not bring them back to the Coast Guard Station.



1 13 Feb 06

0730 EOD shop notified by P.O. Castillo from Clearwater Coast Guard Station of a partially burned Mk 58 mod 1 marine marker at 10 Pier 60 blvd

0815 EOD Team (TSgt Hohn and SrA Keenan) received permission to respond offbase.



0925 SrA Keenan inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. TSgt Hohn confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.



1100 Team arrived at the EOD range, downloaded the item, met with remaining team members (SSgt Stark and SrA Burnett) and prepared range.

1200 Continuation of RSP is complete no hazardous items remain.





1 15 Feb 06

1630 EOD shop notified by P.O. Johnson from Clearwater Coast Guard Station of a partially burned Mk 58 mod 1 marine marker had washed up on Sand Key Beach.

1645 EOD Team received permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Webber, SrA Burnett).

1650 EOD Team contacted 6 CES/CEV to see if EPA permit actions are required. None are required.



1805 TSgt Webber inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. SrA Burnett confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.



1930 Team arrived at the EOD range and downloaded the item. Mission suspended for the evening due to darkness.

16 Feb 06

0830 TSgt Webber, SrA Burnett, departed EOD shop for range.

1000 Continuation of RSP is completed; no hazardous items remain.





1 9 Mar 06

1700: EOD Shop notified by TSgt Varner from the Wing Command Post of a MK 58 located at a private residence in Palm Harbor, FL. He received the call from the Clearwater Coast Guard Station who received the initial call from Deputy Pitman of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Department. A local civilian found the item around Anclote Key, FL and brought it back to his home where it spontaneously ignited. The individual then called the police. EOD Team requested permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Hohn and SrA Burnett).

1735: EOD Team contacted 6 CES/CEV to ensure EPA permit actions are not required.

1745: Team received permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase.

1800: Team departed EOD Shop.

1930: Team arrived on scene.

1935: TSgt Hohn inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. SrA Burnett confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.

1940: Item was loaded into a container for transport and covered with wet sand.

1951: Team departed area for EOD range.

2130: Team arrived at the EOD range and downloaded the item. Mission suspended for the evening due to darkness.

2137: Team departed EOD range.

2150: Team arrived at EOD Shop, secured the vehicle and equipment.

2205: Departed EOD Shop.

10 Mar 06

0900 EOD Team (TSgt Hohn and SrA Riley) departed EOD Shop for range.



1015 Team departed range for EOD shop.

1030 Arrived at shop and reconstituted equipment.


1 10MAR06

1215 EOD assistance requested from 766th EOD, Cape Canaveral to respond to an ordnance item washed on shore in Anclote Key, FL.

1230 Off base response approved by 6 MSG/CC

1235 EOD team departs MacDill AFB

1430 EOD arrives at Honeymoon Island and meets with Lt Rob Merriman who transports us from Honeymoon Island to incident location via boat.

1530 EOD arrives at Anclote Bar

1535 Item is positively identified as a MK 58 Mod 1 by TSgt Land and verified by SrA Keenan

1540 Item is packaged and ready for transport

1545 EOD team departs incident location in route back to Honeymoon Island.

1645 EOD departs Honeymoon Island back to MacDill AFB


1830 EOD arrives at proficiency range and stores item for later disposal.

13MAR06

0800: EOD Team Chief contacts 6 CES Environmental Office to confirm permit from Florida Department of Environmental Protection is not required to perform continuation procedures

1000 EOD team departs for munitions storage area to pull explosives

1030 EOD team arrives at EOD range

1045 Continuation of RSP completed

1055 EOD team arrives back at shop

Response terminated.

Macdill AFB US Marker, Marine, MK 25 Mod 4

1 6 Apr/1110: Special Agent Jerrod Seal from the FBI Bomb Team contacted the 6 AMW Command Post requesting EOD assistance on a marine marker that had washed ashore at a state park in Holiday, FL. The area was being secured by Deputy Toldo of the Pasco County Sheriffs Office.

1130: Approval to respond was granted by the 6 MSG Commander, Colonel Bob Moriarty

1200: Team departed MacDill in route to Holiday to link up with SA Seal.

1345: Arrived on scene and MSgt Mike Land identified the item as a MK 25 Mod 4 Marine Marker. The positive identification was verified by SSgt Brad Manco. The marker was in good condition and the amount of red phosphorous left unconsumed in the marker could not be determined. The marker was secured in an ammo can


and transported back to MacDill.

1645: Returned to MacDill and secured the marker on the EOD Proficiency Range.

7 Apr/0900: Contacted Mr Dan Arrendale of the 6 CES Environmental Flight and received confirmation that a permit was not required to treat the item.

1000: Continuation of the render safe procedure was conducted IAW 60S2250 on the EOD Proficiency Range.

1030: Returned to shop, reconstituted the equipment and resumed normal duties.

Macdill AFB Marker, Marine MK 58 Mod 1

1 16 Apr/ 1500: Chief Pellengill from the US Coast Guard Station Sand Key contacted the 6 AMW Command Post requesting EOD assistance on a marine marker that had washed ashore behind the Hilton Hotel on Clearwater Beach. The area was being secured by two of his petty officers from USCG Station Sand Key.

1545: Approval to respond was granted by the 6 MSG Commander.

1545: Team departed MacDill in route to Clearwater Beach.

1700: Arrived on scene and MSgt Mike Land identified the smoking item as a MK 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. The positive identification was verified by SrA Michael Burnett. Once the flame extinguished the marker was placed in a 30 gallon metal drum, packed with wet sand and secured for transport back to MacDill.


1745: Received a direct call from Chief Pellengill on another marker located on Honeymoon Island. For data tracking purposes I will include the response on a seperate report. (AMCMACD0604171813Z)

1800: Contacted MacDill CP and informed them of the situation.

1800: Team headed towards Honeymoon Island to P/U next marker.

2130: Returned to MacDill and secured the marker on the EOD Pro Range.

17 Apr/0900: Contacted Mr Dan Arrendale of the 6 CES Environmental Flight and received confirmation that a permit was not required to treat the item.


1030: Returned to shop, reconstituted the equipment and resumed normal duties.


Macdill AFB Marker, Marine, MK 58 Mod 1

1 Continuation of report AMCMACD0604171732Z

1730: Received a direct call from Chief Pellengill on another marker located on the north end of Honeymoon Island. Team departed Clearwater Beach and headed north to recover the item.

1830: Arrived on Honeymoon Island State Park and MSgt Land identified the item as a MK58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. The identification was verified by SrA Burnett. The marker was placed inside a metal drum with the other marker recovered earlier from Clearwater Beach and transported back to MacDill.

17 Apr/0900: Continuation of RSP was performed IAW with 60S2210.

17 Apr/1100: Team returned to normal stand by posture


1 23 Apr/ 1900 Received call from MacDill Command Post requesting EOD assistance. 6 MSG/CC permission was received to respond and team departed the installation.

2030 Arrived at Honeymoon Island State Park. Park Rangers Service had the area around marker marked with caution tape and had a Ranger posted at the location.

2045 SSgt Michael Burnett positively identified the item as a MK58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. SSgt Trevor McGinley confirmed the item was indeed a MK58 Mod 1. Team determined the item was safe to transport. MK 58 was placed in a rocket motor case lined with a trash bag. Sand and water were added to prevent ignition of remaining residue.


2055 EOD team departed for home station.

2230 Team reached MacDill and stored the item.

24 Apr 06 Item was detonated IAW S2210


1 4 May 2006

1355 : We were notified by the Florida Park Service of a burning marine marker at Anclote River Park discovered at 1302

1415 : Approval was given by 6 MSG/CC to respond and we departed the shop

1555 : Arrived on scene

1558 : Item positively identified as a Mk 58 Mod 1 Marine marker by SrA Keenand and verified by Sgt Manco

1605 : Marker safed and packaged for transport

1615 : Departed for MacDill

1745 : Dropped marker in bunker at the range

1800 : Arrived back at the shop


5 May 2006

0700 : Explosive Pull team departs for the MSA

0800 : Shot set up

0845 : Detonation

0900 : Mission complete

Macdill AFB Marker, Marine MK58 Mod 1

1 20 May 0830: Corporal Benzie from the Pinellas County Sheriffs Office contacted the 6 AMW Command Post requesting EOD assistance on a marine marker that had washed ashore at 16 Gulf Blvd on Indian Rocks Beach.

0930: Approval to respond was granted by the 6 AMW Commander Col Margaret Wood.

0930: Team departed MacDill in route to Indian Rocks Beach.

1030: Arrived on scene and MSgt Mike Land identified the smoking item as a MK 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. The positive identification was verified by SrA Patrick Keenan. Once the flame extinguished the marker was placed in a wooden box, packed with wet sand and secured for transport back to MacDill.

1200: Returned to MacDill and secured the marker on the EOD Pro Range.


23 May 0800: Contacted Mr Dan Arrendale of the 6 CES Environmental Flight and received confirmation that a permit was not required to treat the item.

0900: Contacted MSgt Rob Nuedecker and requested fire trucks be on scene.


1030: Returned to the shop, reconstituted the equipment and resumed normal duties.


Macdill AFB Marker, Marine MK 58 1 6 May 05 12:30 Received call from 6th AMW CP they had the call patched from the Coast Guard. Coast guard was called by the Caladesi Island Park Rangers who initially found item washed up on the beach.

13:30 Arrived at shop, met P2 and loaded truck

13:45 left shop headed to Caladesi Island State park ferry dock.

15:45 Arrived at ferry boat dock, waited for park ranger for the boat ride to island

16:15 Arrived on Caladesi Island and escorted to item

16:30 Left Caladesi Island, by boat back to ferry dock

17:00 Left ferry dock, returning to base

18:00 Arrived at MacDill EOD range, secured MK 58 MOD 1, for daylight destruction.

8 May 06 destroyed MK 58 MOD 1



1 29 May 06

1810: EOD Shop notified by the 6 AMW Command Post of a MK 58 located at a fishing pier on Anna Maria Island. The call was received from the Clearwater Coast Guard Station who received the initial call from Deputy Griner of the Manatee County Sheriff's Department. EOD Team requested permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Hohn and SrA Keenan). Team departed their residences for the EOD Shop.





2045: SrA Keenan inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. TSgt Hohn confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.



2230: Team arrived at the EOD range and downloaded the item. Mission suspended for the evening due to darkness.




30 May 06

1345 EOD Team (SSgt McGinley, SSgt Manco and SrA Keenan) departed EOD Shop for range.



1445 Team departed range for EOD shop.

1500 Arrived at shop and reconstituted equipment.

Item's Lot # ATV00G002001B


1 27 Jun 06

1424: EOD Shop notified by the 6 AMW Command Post of a MK 58 located on Honeymoon Island. The call was received from PO Germain of the the Clearwater Coast Guard Station who received the initial call from Vince of the Park Ranger Service. EOD Team requested permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Hohn and SSgt McGinley).





1602: SSgt McGinley inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. TSgt Hohn confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.




1719: Team arrived at the EOD range, met up with remaining team members (Land, Hester, Manco) who prepared the range and downloaded the item.

1800: Continuation of RSP is completed; no hazardous items remain.






1 28 Jun 06

0950: EOD Shop notified by the 6 AMW Command Post of a MK 58 located on Caladesi Island. EOD Team requested permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (SSgt McGinley, SSgt Murawski, SrA Keenan).




1155: Team arrived at Honeymoon Island Ferry Launch and awaited transport to the scene.

1230: Team arrived on scene. SSgt McGinley inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. SSgt Murawski confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.



1410: Team arrived at the EOD range, met up with remaining team members (TSgt Hohn, SSgt Manco) who


prepared the range and downloaded the item.

1420: Continuation of RSP is completed; no hazardous items remain.




Macdill AFB Mk 58 Mod 1 1 17 July 06

2020: 6 AMW Command Post notified EOD Shop of a MK 58 located on Honeymoon Island call received from Ron Young (727) 4695942 Honeymoon Island State Park.

2023: EOD team called Ron Young to verify information

2033: Team called POC, Gloria, at (727) 6381610. Honeymoon Island state park assistant manager.

2111: Team received permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Hester, SSgt Murawski, and A1C Harwood).



2250: SSgt Murawski inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker. TSgt Hester confirmed the item was a MK 58 Mod 1 marine marker.

2255: Item was loaded into a container for transport, covered with wet sand.

2310: Team departed scene for EOD range.


18 July 06

0011: Team arrived on base.

0020: Notified the 6 AMW Command Post that the item was secured and the mission would be suspended for the evening due to darkness.

0800: EOD Team (SSgt Manco,TSgt Hohn) went to MSA to pull explosives.

0900: EOD Team departed MSA for EOD range.

0930: Team awaited for Fire Department support.

1000: Continuation of RSP completed; no hazardous items remain.

1015: Team departed range for EOD shop, mission complete.




1 18 JUL 2006

1228 Received notification from 6 AMW Command Post that a marine marker was found near Anclote Island.

1230 Contacted Joe Eiche (US Coast Guard) and received initial incident briefing.

1300 Received MSG commander's approval to proceed off base.

1302 TSgt Hester, SSgt Murawski, and A1C Harwood proceeded off base en route to US Coast Guard station.

1414 Arrived at US Coast Guard Station.

1420 EOD team boarded US Coast Guard vessel along with 3 US Coast Guard personnel to locate item.

1500 Arrived as close to coordinates as possible due to low tide. EOD team debarked vessel into the water, waded ashore and proceed to sweep the beach north towards the exact coordinates.

1520 SSgt Murawski located item after approximately 1000 ft. of searching. He positively identified item as a Mk 58 Mod 1. TSgt Hester confirmed it is a Mk 58 Mod 1. Item was placed in a container and covered in wet sand.


1521 EOD team called back to US Coast Guard personnel on the vessel and requested they circle the island to retrieve team closer to the incident site which was on the opposite side of the island from the drop off point.

1535 Team boarded vessel with item and departed for Coast Guard station.

1622 Arrived at station.

1625 Team secured item in bed of truck and departed for base.

1715 Team arrived on base. Due to inclement weather and lightning in the area, operations were halted and item was secured for evening.

19 JUL 2006

0900 EOD team (SSgt Manco and SSgt Murawski) proceeded to MSA to procure explosives.

0935 EOD team departed MSA for EOD range.

0940 Range prepared for continuation of RSP.


0942 Fire Department arrived.

1000 Continuation of RSP complete; no hazardous items remain. Mission Complete.



1 1225: 6 AMW Command Post notified EOD Shop of a MK 25 located on Honeymoon Island call received from PO Moralles (727) 4968666 U.S. Coast Guard.

1230: EOD team called PO Moralles to verify information

1245: Team called POC, Gloria Beauchame, at (727) 6381610. Honeymoon Island state park assistant manager.

1305: Team requested permission from the Command Post to respond offbase. Team 2 enroute back to base from VIP mission.

1400: Team received permission from 6 MSG/CC to respond offbase (TSgt Hohn and A1C Harwood).



1505: TSgt Hohn inspected the ordnance item and positively identified the item as a MK 25 Mod 4 marine marker. A1C Harwood confirmed the item was a MK 25 Mod 4 marine marker.

1506: Item was loaded into a container for transport, covered with wet sand.

1514: Team departed scene for EOD range.

1622: Team arrived on base.

1623: Notified the 6 AMW Command Post that the EOD team was back on base.

1625: EOD Team (SSgt Manco, SSgt Murawski) went to MSA to pull explosives.

1635: EOD Team departed MSA for EOD range.

1640: Fire Department Arrived at the EOD range.

1650: Continuation of RSP completed; no hazardous items remain.

1720: Team arrived at EOD shop, mission complete.


Macdill AFB M110 3 1015 Received a call from Staee Fire Marshall, Joe Spano stating that he had 5 gun simulators that needed to be picked up.

1030 Departed shop.

1100 Met up with Joe Spano, and inspected the items. Three M110 US Flash Simulator. The other two, M800, German pyrotechnic cartridges.

1200 Returned to base.

1300 Researched the items in AEODPS.

1330 SSgt Stark inspected the items and A1C Harwood verified that the items where the M110 and M800.

1400 Made range calls and pulled explosives.

1515 Items disposed of by detonation. Returned to shop and resumed normal standby duties.


Malmstrom AFB blasting caps, commercial

350 Received call about possible exuding dynamite in a cave near Lewistown, Mt. Arrived on scene and evaluated the situation. Dynamite was extremely crystallized. Team found 2,000' of Prima Cord, 150 Shock Tube caps w/ leads, 100 nonelectric caps, 200 electric caps, 60 tetryl boosters, 15 two lb sticks of dynamite, 6 one lb sticks of dynamite.

The dynamite was desensitized before transportation. All items were transported to the sheriffs range for disposal. Items were successfully disposed of by detonation.

Malmstrom AFB M69, HAND, PRACTICE

1 At 1400, 19 March 2005 the standby team was notified through Malmstrom dispatch of a grenade found in Three Forks, Montana. Through communications with Officer Trent, requestor in Three Forks, the grenade was identified as a possible practice grenade. The Officer was able to report visible markings such as M228 fuze. Due to the weather, time of day and travel time it was decided by Team Chief and agreed upon by Support Group Commander, Col. Higgins that team would respond the next morning, 0700 20 March. The item was secured by Officer Trent.

The team responded to Three Forks and met with Officer Trent at 1000. Officer Trent escorted the team to the location of the grenade, a storage locker. Team inspected the grenade and confirmed the M228 practice fuze. It had been impinged. It was installed on a M51(MKII "Pineapple") practice grenade body. All hazards had previously been expended. M69 referenced in ordnance section covers the M228 practice fuze installed.

No notable defiencies to report.


Malmstrom AFB CHG DEMO BLOCK TNT 1LB

3 EOD team received call on Monday, June 20 2005. The information given described three "cases" of military TNT on an old farm in Red Lodge, MT. Team was already on a dynamite response, and did not depart for Red Lodge until the morning of the 21st. Permission was given to roll and sufficient explosive were drawn in anticipation of a large quantity of TNT. Upon arrival the team was lead to the site and shown three 1lb blocks of military TNT. Team disposed of the explosives using C4 and an MX22. The area contained historic buildings which were to be dismantled and rebuild on another site so the excessive amount of explosives were detonated in two separate shots to prevent damage to any structures. Operation was successful and uneventful with no damage caused. Due to the 6 hour return drive and disposal operations concluding at 1700 hrs, the team remained over night at CES/CC directiond and returned to base the morning of the 22.

No problems were encountered or reported on this response.

Actual work time per team member was two hours.

Malmstrom AFB dynamite 12 Flight received a request from Jefferson County Sheriffs Dept. on the afternoon of 17 June for disposal of crystallized Gelodyn dynamite found at an old mining site near Boulder MT 1740 . Dynamite was found by a local land owner on her property in the mountains by the mining site. After determining the remote location and the late hour it was decided that the response would be made early on the following duty day. Sherrifs Dept. sent digital photographs for team review. There appeared to be twelve sticks of commercial dynamite in a metal pail, all with crystallization.

Standby team received permission to roll and departed base for the 2.5 hour drive to Boulder. Team made contact w/ sheriffs eputy and was accompanied to the site (18 miles and 45 minutes from town) by a Forrest Service representative. The land owner also was on hand at the scene. Recon was done and confirmed the hazardous state of the dynamite. Due to the deteriorated condition, the decision to blow in place was made, and was acceptable to all parties. Shot was setup, placed and blown, with the only damage being to a young tree, cut down in it's prime. Land owner and all present were satisfied and response concluded.

No problems were encountered or reported during this response.


Actual man hours worked was 4, 12 total.

Malmstrom AFB Mk 1 Stokes Mortar 1 EOD Team was notified via command post of unexploded ordnance in the town of Livingston, Montana on the night of 10 April 06. The call was determined to not be an immediate hazard to personnel since the ordnance had been there for years and was in a secure location.

The team responded to the call the following day and arrived in Livingston during the late afternoon. Once on site the team located the ordnance in a barn. After reconnaissance the team identified the ordnance as a Mk 1 (3 inch) Stokes Trench Mortar. The mortar was jarred and then hand carried to the disposal site, where it was placed in a hole in the ground. The ordnance was then detonated, completely destroying the mortar.

EOD Team finished the operation late in the evening of 11 April. It was decided due to the length of time involved in the operation and the length of drive ahead that the team would spend the night in Livingston. After conferring with home station team stayed the night and returned to station after a four hour drive the following morning.


Malmstrom AFB 105mm HE M1 1 15 May 06

1230 Call through Command Post from Brandon Gauthier, Safety and Health Manager at Yellowstone National Park, requesting EOD assistance for a projectile found on the Sylvan Pass in the southeastern part of the park. Standby team was recalled to the shop to begin preparations.

1300 Team begins preparations and sets up explosive pull.

1330 Team members returned to their places of residence to retrieve clothes and overnight supplies for the TDY.

1430 Team enters bomb dump and begins trip thirty minutes later after explosive pull.

2315 Team arrives at gate of Yellowstone National Park and meets Mr. Gauthier who takes them to place of lodging for the night. (Trip took longer going to the park then coming back because of the amount of night driving the team accomplished. There are many deer impacts on the road taken so the team took extra time.)

16 May 06

0800 Team proceeds to Sylvan Pass.

0845 Team arrives at item.

1000 Disposal of item. Team is asked to stay while another search is done because of information about the existence of another UXO.

1200 Park service releases team after search turns up nothing.

2030 Team returns to Malmstrom AFB, MT.


Malmstrom AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1130 EOD received request from GFPD via command post for assistance. Officer Glass of GFPD had been called by a civilian who discovered a grenade while cleaning a deceased family member's garage.

1230 EOD team left base, heading to 337 Hylande Dr, Great Falls, MT. Team brought a truck with attached TCV and the BSERV.

1320 EOD team arrived on scene. Delay was due to a separate call for assistance that turned out to be nothing.

1325 SrA Mahone arrived on scene first with TCV and secured scene with Officer Glass.

1326 SSgt Oxley and SrA Schilling arrived on scene. Officer Glass relayed location of grenade to team. Two members independently verified the grenade was impinged.

1335 Xray was taken of the Grenade and verified filled w/fuze.

1340 SrA Schilling packaged the grenade and placed into TCV.

1355 Safe scene was released to Officer Glass. Grenade was transported to EOD range on Malmstrom AFB and disposed of by detonation.

Malmstrom AFB M314, 105 MM, ILLUM

1 Team responded to Plentywood city landfill for a UXO. Item was a fuzed 105MM illumination projectile with a cartridge attached. Team was unable to verify condition of UXO due to extensive damage of the round. Item was blown in place.

Malmstrom AFB M501, FUZE, PROJECTILE, MTSQ

1

Malmstrom AFB M309A1 1 1300 Team notified of UXO response to apartment building where hikers brought back a 75mm fired projectile and then contacted local authorities.

1900 Team arrives on scene and performs recon. Positive ID is made.

1925 Team safely removes UXO from the apartment building

1945 Team transports UXO to Bozeman landfill in back of sand laden vehicle to disposal site.

2030 Team disposed of UXO


2100 Team clears the scene

March AFB Mk2 Hand Grenade (Practice)

1 14:38 While during cleanup at Suspect IED incident (AFRMARC50001T), I received a second call for assistance. Police officers in Hemet, CA called in a military hand grenade. As the item was a potential military item, I was asked to accompany RSO HDT to the incident.

15:55 Arrived at hand grenade incident in Hemet, CA. A brief from local law enforcement stated a World War II grenade had been found in a neighborhood yard and was moved to an open field by the officers to protect civilians. When the officer moved the grenade, he noticed a hole the size of a dime on the bottom and inside a silver prong. With this information, PPE (vest and helmet) was used to approach and inspect the grenade. Grenade was indeed a WWII style practice grenade; hollow and with no live fuze components. Being there were no hazards, I took possession of the grenade to keep from being called again on the same item at a later date.

16:05 Call terminated, returned to unit.

March AFB Mk2 Fragmentation Grenade

3 16 May

1230 Hrs Received call from a Mrs. Hilbert stating that she was at the March AFB Air Museum entrance with a box of hand grenades she found cleaning out her latehusbands lawnmower shed. We advised her to stay put and we would come out and look at them. Notified 452d AMW/CP about the grenades and received permission to respond. Placed a cursory call to Riverside County Sheriffs Office to notify them of our call and they told us to call them back if it was anything interesting. No fire or medical personnel were deemed necessary for the initial firstlook.

1245 Hrs Met with Mrs. Hilbert and looked in her bag of grenades. We could easily see that, although once live, the items were three Mk2 frag grenades and a Japanese Type 92 frag grenade that had been inerted and had


since had M18 smoke grenadestyle fuzes installed in them. The fuzes did not thread in correctly and kept falling out of the grenades, revealing their empty interior. Upon inspecting the fuzes, it was determined that they had been functioned before being screwed into the grenades. There was no way to identify the exact fuze nomenclature, but they were not meant for HE/Frag grenades. She explained that her husband was in the Phillipines during WWII and had brought back the grenades from there. He had told her that they were safe, but she doubted he knew what he was talking about.

1315 Hrs Items were inspected closely and deemed inert. We have offered them to the Museum WWII exhibit, but they have not responded. Items will be marked appropriately and kept as training aids until a better use for them is found.

1330 Team returned to normal duties.

March AFB M793 25MM TPT 1 19 Jul 05

At approximately 1851 hrs, SSgt Pollion of the 452 SFS informed us of an ordnance item that had been brought on base by a military member. A Major from the 336 ARS had been given a live round by some kids at a Chinese Resturaunt downtown. He then brought it back on base to his Squadron Ops building and proceeded to call the LE Desk.

MSgt Hartzell was on leave, however TSgt Chris Cheshire was here on Annual Tour, so we initiated a response to the item's location at Bldg 2245. TSgt Cheshire identified the item as an M793 25mm TPT projectile that was unfired. This item has a full powder charge and an incendiary tracer element.

The round was placed into a padded container and insulated to protect it from stray electrical charges. The can was then temporarily stored in the EOD Explosive Locker until MSgt Cliff Keyes (452 MXS/LGMW) could take possession of the item. This is an Explosive Safety violation, as our Explosive Storage Locker is not sited for these items, but in lieu of any other safe options, this was the procedure taken.


Item will be delivered to MSgt Keyes at the Munition Storage Facility as soon as possible in the morning. MSgt Keyes will then be responsible for the care and disposition of this item.

EOD team returned to normal, offduty activities at 2030 hrs.

March AFB Grenade, Unk 2 0800 We received a call from Det. Jim Mahan of the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Office Hazardous Devices Team (SBCHDT) requesting our assistance with potentially hazardous military ordnance items located in San Bernardino City. We contacted 452 AMW/CP and received permission to respond. We packed appropriate equipment in the truck and hooked up the TCV just in case transport of a dangerous item was required.

0900 Departed March ARB for San Bernardino.

1000 Team arrived on scene and performed reconnaissance. We found literally hundreds of military ordnance items and/or ordnance related scrap. Many of the items were obviously scrap (rocket launcher tubes, practice bombs, mortar fins etc...), while an equal amount were not so easy to discern. We worked for approximately four hours in over 100 F degree heat and sorted through at least 50% of the stockpile, where we discovered armed projectile fuzes (M500A1s), multiple live grenades (Mk2s and some unknowns) and live/armed aircraft flares (MJU10s). These items were deemed too dangerous for transport and were detonated at a safe area nearby.

1400 We ceased sorting operations for heatrelated safety concerns and proceeded to a quick disposal of the items we had separated. Items were safely disposed of on county property close to the work site.


1500 Team departs area and heads back to March ARB.

1530 Team arrives back at EOD shop and returns equipment and vehicle back to opertaional status.

1600 Team resumes normal standby duties.

The exact method by which these items came to be where they are is not wholly known, but it's thought to be a stockpile of confiscated items from the Sheriffs Dept. in northern San Bernardino County (Lucerne Valley, Barstow area) that were thought to be scrap and old training items. One Deputy with military experience checked them and advised his bosses to call us. We only detonated the items we confirmed as live ordnance, and must return to the site next week for one more operation, as I feel there will be more live items in the area. We have made a tentative schedule of 9 Sept 05 for the next operation, as that is the next day that the Sheriffs Office can schedule the proper support (Fire, Medical etc...). The stockpile will be secured and guarded until then.

March AFB ANM8 Smoke Grenade, HC

3 6 Sept 05 Received notification from San Bernardino County Sheriffs Office Bomb/Arson Team (SBCSDBA) Detective Lance Stuart that we were requested to complete our military ordnance emergency disposal operation on 8 Sept 05, starting at 0700 hrs. This basically was a continuation of the incident which began 1 Sept 05, an operation halted until SBCSD could secure the proper protective equipment and emergency standby vehicles. Normally this would not be a problem, but in the heart of the Southern California fire season, two fire trucks doing nothing are a hot commodity. Ft. Irwin (USA) EOD was notified, but declined to participate as they are under 25% manned.

8 Sept 05

0600 Team departed EOD flight en route to San Bernardino. 452 AMW/CC and Command Post had been notified and all permissions granted.


0700 Team inplace and operations began. In the remaining pile of military ordnance items, we found three 60mm HE mortars with damaged fuzes as well as a damaged but intact MJU7/B flare. These, along with some MK2 and old HC smoke grenades, were carefully secured and walked to the disposal site. The actual armed/unarmed status could not be determined on all items due to damage or extreme age and mudpack, so all were treated as armed.

1100 Team prepared demolition materials and allowed local authorities to make the area safe. SBCSD personnel established a hard cordon and tpok cover before EOD fired demoltion shot. Shot is successful and no kickouts or residue required additional demolition.

1130 Operation completed, EOD team returned to MARB.

1200 Team arrived back on MARB and resumed normal standby duties.

March AFB Fuze, Unidentifiable Damaged

3 0800 Notified by RSOHDT that some potentially hazardous military ordnance had been discovered during a routine disposal of unserviceable explosives in a joint effort by several state and local law enforcement agencies. Apparently, a local agency without HDT capability had sent along a box of confiscated items that had not previously been seen. When box was opened at the disposal site, HDT members realizedthat they did not have the expertise or proper explosives to safely dispose of the items. so we were called.

0915 Arrived at Edom Hill at evaluated situation. The multiagency operation was disposing of unserviceable smokeless powder, picric acid and several other relatively sensitive explosive items, using mainly small explosive charges (kinestiks, tetryl boosters etc...). One box, given to them by an outside ageny, contained three 81mm HE Mortars with unidentifiable, shearedoff fuzing. We decided that since we were already in a safe disposal area, we would dispose of the items in place with no further movement of the mortars. A disposal permit had already been obtained by the California Dept. of Forestry Bomb/Arson unit, and the mortars were deemed to be a RCRA Level 1 response, so no further permitting actions were necessary.


1030 Mortars are prepared for disposal with a total of six blocks of C4 initiated by MX22 remote firing device.

1115 Mortars disposed of and area cleared of any additional hazards.

1145 Team departs Edom Hill for March ARB.

1245 Team arrives at March ARB and resumes normal standby duties.

McChord AFB Model 83 Line Cutter 4 4 March 05

Received a phone call form Hill EOD on behalf of Mr. Bishop for the pick of live initiators that were involved in a crash and subsequently shipped to BOEING in Kent WA. The items where all part of the parachute system from a AGM 86B that failed to operate during a test flight. No additional information was provided on the test flight or shipment of the items to BOING. After contacting BOING (Mr. Masterson (253) 7739476) we arranged to pick up the items on Tuesday the 8th.

8 March 05

Drove to BOEING (20403 68th Ave S, Kent WA 98032) and collected the items form Mr. Masterson. Returned to McChord AFB and turned in items to Mr. Anderson (62d MXS Senior Munitions Inspector) for evaluation and final disposition.

9 March 05

After conferring with Mr. Bishop, Mr. Anderson deemed the items unsafe for shipment and in need of "Emergency Demilitaraization". EOD responded to Inspections at 0800 and transported all item to our range and disposed of them by detonation.


McConnell AFB M69 1 23May05

1530 Received initial phone call from SA Tierney regarding a possible munition found in Newton, KS. ATF suspects it is a mortar.

1645 SA Tierney phoned back and confirmed that there was a piece of military ordnance found off base. Capt Weld advised SA Tierney to call the wing command post to report the problem and initiate command and control notifications. Capt Weld then spoke to the WG/CC and received permission to respond to the call.

1740 Team departs base en route to Newton, KS.

1830 Team arrives on scene. Initial brief from SA Tierney indicates that the item in question is indeed a mortar that was discoverd when a fence post was being dug out. SA Tierney also stated that it had been struck on the body twice with a sledge hammer because it was mistaken as part of the fence post. Once the item was identified as ordnance the scene was evacuated and the authorities called. Additionally, the item had been removed from the hole it was found in and relocated a few feet away.

1850 Team member goes down range for initial recon.

1905 Team member returns from down range.

1920 Team has possible match of item in publication A2122.


1930 Team member heads back down range to take an Xray of the munition.

1938 Team member returns from down range.

1950 Xray suggests the item is solid metal with no fuze or means of fuzing. All team members agree on the identification of the ordnance item as a M69, 60mm training round found in publication A2122.

2000 Team recovers M69 and RTB.

2055 Team arrives on base

2135 Equipment returned to ready status. Incident complete.


McConnell AFB M793 2 09 August 2005

2200 Received notification from Haysville Police Dept that they had (2) 25mm projectiles in their custody. Team made arrangements to pick up and dispose of the items on 11 August

11 August 2005

1200 Team departed McConnell AFB en route to Haysville police dept

1223 Team secured the rounds and transported them back to the EOD range at McConnell AFB, KS

1245 Team members SrA's Rider and Hawk positively Identified the rounds as US 25mm M793 TPT

1247 Identification of rounds verified by team chief SSgt Bolen

1300 Team arrived back to McConnell AFB

1330 Team destroys the rounds during training

1400 Arrived back to EOD shop and reconstituted equipment


McConnell AFB U.S. PROJECTILE, 81MM, TRAINING, MORTAR, M68

1 11 SEP 05

1030 Received call from Smoky Hill ANG Range about a UXO that was found by a farmer in land along the boundary of the range itself. The farmer had found it while using heavy machinery in his fields, and the item was struck once by the piece of heavy machinery. Upon Smoky Hill ANG Range personnel arriving on the site to check it out (prior to calling us), a Major that was in charge that weekend decided it was in his best interest to move it off the middle of the field and into a different clearing. He did this because "It had already been struck with a piece of farm equipment, so it must be okay to move a little bit".

1130 Team organizes equipment and departs for Smoky Hill ANG Range, Salina, KS.

1245 Team arrives at Smoky Hill ANG Range Operations building and is briefed on the location of the UXO. Team departs Operations for site.

1300 Team arrives at site, immediately off Smoky Hill ANG Range. Upon initial observation, the determination was made that it was possibly a practice mortar, and the cartridge was fired. After some unsuccessful results with AEODPS, the team decided to XRay it to make sure it was solid as suspected. But, due to lack of equipment, an XRay was not possible and the determination was made to take the UXO to the "EOD Circle" on the actual range itself (NOTE: the "EOD Circle" is a munitions holding area for EOD personnel). Since an XRay was not possible, the Team Chief made the decision to store it at the circle overnight and the team would return the next morning with the proper equipment to complete full diagnostics.

1445 Team departs Smoky Hill ANG Range, Salina, KS for McConnell AFB, KS.

1630 Team arrives at McConnell AFB, KS.


12 SEP 05

0630 Team arrives at EOD shop to conduct more research to gain 100% identification of the UXO. After some searching, it was decided that the body of the mortar was an U.S. PROJECTILE, 81MM, TRAINING, MORTAR, M68, but the fins appeared to be from an U.S. PROJECTILE, 81MM, TP, M43A1. There are only 6 fins, but in the M68 publication, it shows 8. But the decision was made by the team to identify the item as an U.S. PROJECTILE, 81MM, TRAINING, MORTAR, M68

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0730 Team departs McConnell AFB, KS for Smoky Hill ANG Range once again.

0915 Team arrives at Smoky Hill ANG Range, EOD Circle, and picks up UXO to take to the Operations vehicle bays to XRay.

0930 Team acquires XRay showing item being solid.

0945 Team departs Smoky Hill ANG Range, Salina, KS for McConnell AFB, KS.

1200 Team arrives at McConnell AFB, KS.

1300 Team reconstitutes equipment. Mission complete.


McConnell AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 26 Nov 2005

1100 Team notified of hand grenade found in Fredonia, KS

1235 Team arrives at the Wilson County Sheriff's Office

1240 Team member goes down range and secures the grenades spoon and pin in place, then places the item in a cushioned CMC. Item positively identified as a MK2 US Hand Grenade by SrA Rider and verified by MSgt Raver.

1245 Team departs location

1330 Team arrives to MSA and hands over possession of the grenade

1350 Terminate

It


McConnell AFB Type 91 1 1500, Team was given a headsup call by Agent Tearney BATFE of a suspected "bouncing betty" landmine in Attica Kansas

1530, Team is given permission from 22 ARW/CC to respond to offbase.

1545, After collecting emergency disposal kit from ammo team departs McConnell AFB

1730, Team arrives at Attica Kansas PD station. Team chief questions Police Chief and finds that the item was found in an old farm house that was in the process of being demolished. The workers brought the item to the PD station where the Police Chief took possession, placing it it a PD garage covering it with old second chance vests.

1745, SSgt Hauser proceeds down range for a recon. Upon inspection SSgt Hauser recognizes the item as a WWII era Japanese hand grenade.

1750, After conferring with team and Police Chief for a good disposal area SSgt Hauser goes back downrange secures grenade pin and places it in a padded CMC.

1800, Team arrives at Attica tree burning site to prepare detonation. MGRS 14SNG6750723408

1815, Team successfully detonates the grenade

1830, Team finishes cleanup and departs for home

2000, Team arrives McConnell AFB

2030, Mission Complete


McConnell AFB 20mm Load Trainer 50 26 Jan 06

1700 Team Chief was notified by SA Williams of McConnell OSI that they had been called to AOK movers by the FBI who had in turn been notified by the Wichita PD (WPD). The movers had picked up a Navy E6s household goods at the Crane NSWC in Indiana. They had transported the HHG to Wichita, while they were crossloading the members HHG's into a trailer headed to Miami, one of the boxes opened up. The movers realized that the box contained a large amount of 20mm rounds, the movers evacuated the trailer and called the WPD.

1715 Team receives approval to respond downtown.

1800 Team arrives with BSERV at 820 East Zimmerly St.

1810 Team evaluates items and SMSgt FitzGerald immediately ID's them as solid aluminum load trainers containing no explosive hazards, which is verified by SSgt Hauser.

1815 Rather than unload and search all the HHG team requests McConnell AFB K9 to bring a explosive detection dog out to evaluate the shipment.

1900 K9 Team arrives and begins to search the trucks.

1910 K9 Team completes sweep with negative results.

1920 20mm load trainer ammo was turned over to OSI agents for final disposition

1940 Team RTBs

2000 Team departs base mission complete


McConnell AFB M788, 30mm TP 1 1130 Wichita PD received a 911 call from a local resident who discovered an item in her garbage can. The officer dispatched to the scene identified the item as military ordnance. The dispatched officer took control of the item and placed it in his vehicle.

1200 Officer contacted us directly and we routed him through the CP so notifications could be made. We were not responding off base so notifications were for situational awareness only. The officer was able to describe to us exactly what he had by reading the nomenclature on it. Since he was transporting it around in his vehicle I had him look at it to get an idea of it's condition. He stated he didn't see any damage and that it looked like a brand new round. He then stated he was on the road already and would bring it to the base.

1230 Met the officer outside the gate, verified the item and condition, then took control of the item.

1315 Turned the item over to MUNS. Incident terminated.

1330 Team back at shop

McConnell AFB Mk1 Shrapnel 1 1800 Team contacted by Command Post to evaluate 75mm round in residence in KCK. Team received permission from 22 ARW/CC to respond offbase

1900 Team departs shop to collect explosives and leave McConnell

2300 Team arrives on scene and confers with Sgt Bob Baumli of KCK PD Bomb Squad, item has been in possession of family members since it was brought back as a trophy from WWI yes; the first one.

2330 Team performs recon and is able to positivily ID item from markings, 75mm round is in remarkably good shape for being so old. Team also takes several film Xrays to eliminate any thought of item being a repainted chem round. No internal burster discovered. Item positively identified by SrA Baze and verified by SSgt Hauser.

2345 Team and KCK Bomb Squad decide it would be best to transport item in KCK's bomb basket for public, officer, and EOD safety. Team and KCK Bomb Squad departs scene with item enroute to KCK range

0045 Item is successfully detonated, contribution to C4 detonation brings team and bomb squad to conclusion that the round was live.

0500 Team Arrives at McConnell AFB to reconstitue equipment and write report



McConnell AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1735 Call came in from command post that ATF&E has requested our assistance, was patched through to Agent Neil Tierney of the Wichita ATF&E Field Office to get information of incident.

Auctioneers in Coffeyville, KS were preparing a house for auction when they came across what appeared to be a live grenade in a bedroom closet. Resident and owner of house was a deceased WW II veteran. Coffeyville PD was immediately notified, who in turn called the ATF&E. Grenade was in shipping can when found, can was opened by PD and inside was a green grenade with a yellow band and fuzed. No holes were present in the grenade which made them believe it was live. Bullet proof vest was placed around item to protect property in case of possible detonation.

Attempted to contact Munitions Storage Area personnel to draw explosives in case this was a LEVEL I response. Phone numbers used went unanswered, also had 22 ARW Command Post attempt with no answer.

1829 Team departed McConnell enroute to incident site.

2050 Team arrived. SrA Mabe did intial recon and identified the grenade and determined it was a full up live grenade.

1330000285837 MK 2 Grenade, Hand (04) 1.1F

AT THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED A LEVEL 2 RESPONSE

2100 Team departed incident site enroute back to McConnell.

ManHour count has been adjusted to reflect incident times.


2345 Team arrived back to McConnell, stored grenade at EOD range bunker until morning. This was done because contact with Munitions Storage Area was not established earlier.

10 May

1000 Grenade turned over to munitions personnel, awaiting disposition instructions from item manager.

McConnell AFB MODEL 1923, HAND, FRAG

1 2002 Called by SFS control center that Elk County Sheriffs Department called about a possible ordnance item in a Howard, KS residence. Elderly person had deceased and family found item while cleaning house.

Pictures had been taken of item by Sheriff Hanks and emailed to 22 SFS who in turn sent them to TSgt Brainard at home. Item initially ID'd as a grenade and notifications to Alternate Standby, 22 ARW/CP, 184 ARW/MSA, Flight Super were started for a LEVEL 1 response.

Also talked to Sheriff Hanks during this time and had him request our response through the CP and ask questions about the grenade and the circumstances of the incident.

2047 Received permission to respond from Wing CC through 22 ARW/CP.

2200 Departed McConnell enroute to Elk County Sheriffs Department, 100 N. Cedar, Howard, KS


2330 Arrived Howard, KS. Met with Sheriff Hanks and proceeded to house where item was located. Reconnaissance, ID and safing of grenade performed. Because of the age, possiblity of tampering and foreign origin the team opted to destroy the item locally instead of returning to store in the Muns area. Item was placed in a CMC, wrapped in the bomb blanket and transported to the Elk County Sheriff's Shooting Range for destruction.

2400 Arrived at shooting range. Destroyed item by detonation.

0300 Arrived back to McConnell, vehicle/equipment reconstituted. MC


McConnell AFB U.S. FLARE, TRIP, M49A1

10 14 JUNE 2006

2045 Team Chief receives phone call patched through by the LE Desk from El Dorado Police Officer John Stewart about items found in a house in El Dorado, KS. Team Chief has CP contact the Security Forces LE Desk to get all their information and to get Officer Stuart to officially request the teams assistance and get Wing CC approval.

2055 Team receives approval from Wing CC to respond offbase.

2100 Team members arrive at EOD shop and check out equipment in BSERV.

2145 Team departs McConnell AFB, KS for El Dorado, KS.

2240 Team Arrives in El Dorado, KS at residence where items were found.

2245 Team enters residence with ATF Special Agent Tierney and El Dorado Police Officer John Stewart.

2250 Team retrieves items neatly stacked in a large briefcase.

2255 After examining the items, they were placed in a CMC for transportation back to McConnell AFB, KS.


2300 Team departs El Dorado, KS for McConnell AFB, KS.

15 JUNE 2006

0000 Team Arrives back to McConnell AFB, KS. Team turns items over to 184th MUNS.

0030 Team reconstitutes all equipment. Mission Complete.


McConnell AFB Mk 1 Shrapnel 1 1215 Received notification of military ordnance located in private residence in Park City by Park City Police Department

1230 Received permission to respond from Command Post

1315 Departed Shop

1340 Arrived on scene

1450 Positively identified ordnance, and prepared for transportation

1520 Detonated ordnance, mission complete.


McGuire AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 15Aug05

1230 Team notified by Lt. Ryan (Brick Twp. PD) of a suspected UXO located near a mailbox at 561 Mantolocking Rd. in Brick , NJ.

1240 Notified 305th command post received approval from Col. Foster (Acting Base Commander) to respond.

1300 Departed for incident location.

1345 Arrived at incident site.

1350 Team member performs recon and identified one Mk 2 frag grenade with no fuze. Positively identified by TSgt Vincent and verified by SrA Douglass.

1355 Placed item in a CMC.

1400 Team departed incident site en route to Ft. Dix EOD range for emergency disposal.

1445 Team arrived at range and awaits requested demo explosives.

1515 Team prepared item for disposal.

1530 Charge initiated.

1535Range all clear, team departs for McGuire AFB.

1600Team arrived shop cleaned equipment and returned to standby.

1615MISSION COMPLETE.


McGuire AFB M2A1, HAND, FRAG 1 16 Sep 05

0900 Received a call from Jackson Township Police Dispatcher requesting our assistance. A residence had found a hand grenade in there house while doing renovation to the property.

0950 After receiving approval to respond from Col. Menehan and Col. Foster the team responded to 3 Oak Drive.

1045 Arrived residence and briefed by Officer Kafton, the grenade was found when a construction worker removed a ceiling tile and saw what he believed to be a grenade sitting on one of the 2x4's.

1100 SrA Bramble went in to positively identify the item. Item was verified to be a MK 2 Fragmentation grenade with the fuze and safety pin installed. Item was removed and transported to Ft. Dix EOD Range for disposal.

1430 Item disposed of, mission complete, team returned to standby.


McGuire AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 29 Nov 05

1400 Flight notified of a grenade found at 18 Polly Way in Middletown NJ. Grenade was found by Jose Santiago (7326191080) an exterminator who was using a pick to dig up around the edge of the foundation to spray insecticide. Mr. Santiago picked up the grenade, unscrewed the fuze and placed them in the driveway. He then notified Su Ying Yeh (7327060038) who called the police. Middletown Police responded to the scene and notified the McGuire EOD Flight.

1445 Team departed McGuire AFB.

1540 Team arrived on scene. Team chief talked with Middletown Police Department Patrolman Mike Kenney. Patrolman Kenney gave SSgt O'Toole a synopsis of what had happened to that point and that the inside of the grenade looked hollow. Patrolman Kenney also said that the exterminator was formerly in the Army and had 20 years of experience. Patrolman Kenney and SSgt O'Toole talked to the owner of the house to see who the grenade belonged too. Mrs Yeh said that her son was given the grenade a few years ago by a friend. Mrs. Yeh's son was not on scene to be questioned. SSgt O'Toole told Mrs. Yeh to call her son at the first opportunity and to ask if there was anymore ordnance in the house, and if there was, to call the local authorities.

1550 Team Chief inspected the grenade and finds it to be hollow. Team Chief inspected the fuze and found it to be already functioned, and missing the striker.

SSgt Michael O'Toole positively identified the ordnance as a MK 2 Hand Grenade with a M204 fuze.

SrA Robert Evans positively identified the ordnance as a MK 2 Hand Grenade with a M204 fuze.

Team collected the items and departed scene.


1710 Team arrived back at McGuire AFB and returned to standby duties.

McGuire AFB Cannonball 1 03 Jan 06

1100 McGuire EOD Flight received a call from Officer Essig (Banagate, NJ) a residence at 87 Schooner Ave. Reported finding a cannonball during a recent fishing trip and would like for us to check it out.

1105 Contacted Col. Martin (305th MSG) and Det 63 for permission to respond.

1130 Permission granted

1315 Arrive 87 Schooner Barnagate, NJ. ECP Located (18S WS 64980 99562) officer Essig escorted us to the item that was located (18S WS 65120) in the back yard of the residence. The item was identified by TSgt Vincent and SrA Burke as a Civil War 5" cannonball rusty and damaged on the bottom. The ordnance had been moved several times before, item was placed in a container and transported to Ft Dix Range 55 (18T WK 48064 28604) for an emergency disposal.

1430 Arrived Ft Dix Range meet SSgt Hartloff with our demolition explosives.

1500 Demolition operation complete, returned to shop and cleaned equipment. MISSION COMPLETE


McGuire AFB M21 1 16Feb06

1030 Team (TSgt. Rehak & SrA Mills) was notified about a grenade that was found in a nearby landfill.

1200 Team received permission to respond by Wing Command Post and departed McGuire AFB, NJ for Tinton Falls, NJ (Monmouth County Landfill)

1250 Team arrived at landfill and found the grenade in an office building with a pin in place

1300 Team began EOD procedures to evaluate the grenade. TSgt Rehak identifed the item as a M2 gernade and that was verified by SrA Mills.

1330 Team concluded that the grenade was completely inert, the fuze was expended, and the pin was fabricated by an employee and replaced to hold the spoon in place so that the grenade could be kept as a souvenir

1340 Team collected all components of the grenade

1345 Team departed landfill for McGuire AFB, NJ

1430 Team arrived at McGuire AFB, NJ



McGuire AFB XM708 1 Ordnance Pickup from East Stroudsburg, PA

18 Feb 2006

1845 Received call from 63rd EOD Battalion requesting our assistance due to Ft Monmouth being out of the area. Capt Hileman got all pertinent information and recalled TSgt Brown, SrA Evans. PA State Police bomb squad were initially called and were enroute to the scene.

Capt Hileman notified chain of command and JAG and received permission to respond from Command post.

2130 Team (Hileman, Brown, Evans) departs base for incident site.

2345 Team arrives on scene, interviews state police bomb techs and proceeds to recon the item. Item was located appox. 200 ft behind private residence. Recon determines that the item is a 155mm projectile, fuzed but unfired, blue with a brownred paint over it. The base of the round was "dished out" similar to some dispenser rounds found in AEODPS. Further examination reveals that it is a XM708 but no tech data can be found in NG AEODPS matching the dimensions nor the nomenclature. A search on the internet also reveals no further information. An Xray examination was performed revealing no presence of a burster or other chem ID features. Additionally the Xray showed no internal fuze components and no indications of any dispensed payload.

19 Feb 2006

0230 Team chief and Flight chief decide based on information available, to transport the round to McGuire AFB for further examination and disposal.

0530 Team arrives at McGuire AFB and initiates further search for positive identification of the item. Item is stored locally awaiting further information before final disposition.


24 Feb 2006

After working extensively with the Technical Support Center at Det 63 we were still unable to find any more information on the round.

After an exhaustive physical and Xray examination we determined that there was no hazard present and we used two Mk 24 EXRODs to remove the base plate from the round, confirming that the round was empty and inert. No further actions required.

McGuire AFB M125A1, 90mm blank 1 8 Mar

1000 received a call from Lt Ken Jones, Bethlehem Fire Department and Bomb Squad Commander concerning a 90mm projectile that they had recovered from a local resident.

1115 Team notified Wing CP and received permission from MSG/CC. Team departed McGuire AFB enroute to Bethlehem.

1230 Met with Lt Ken Jones and Lt Joseph D. Chernasky, Fire Inspector at an old soccer field behind the Bethlehem Recycling Center. They had moved the item there from the residential district where it was found after discussing it with SMSgt Mustafa. The item was in a standard ordnance cardboard tube with distinct military markings. 90mm Gun Container, M125A1 Blank, 1.5lb charge. The tube had not been open and came from an "untrusted source", so an Xray was taken. After analyzing the pictures the tube was opened by hand. Inside was an empty brass 90mm cartridge with an unfired primer. The item was brought back to base for future disposition.


1530 Returned to McGuire AFB. Mission Complete.

McGuire AFB M158 1 14 MAR 06

1200 Requested by:Cranford Police Department for pick up of 1 M158 Red Star Flare and 1 M49 Trip Flare. Both items still in storage condition and secured.

15 MAR 06

0700 Departed McGuire AFB for Cranford NJ

0800 Arrived at Cranford PD and met with Lt. Calaneri

0815 Items positively identified by TSgt Brown and verified by A1/C GiGioconne. Items and secured in truck

0900 Departed Cranford NJ for McGuire AFB

1030 Arrived back at McGuire AFB and turn in items to MSA for final disposition within the system



McGuire AFB MARK II, HAND, FRAG

1 1430 Received call from Command Post. Someone had brought a grenade to Security Forces personnel at the BX Gate.

1445 Team arrived on scene and met with Security Forces. They had already set up a 500ft cordon when the team arrived. A WWII vet had found a grenade while going through his deceased friend's garage and had decided to turn it in to the SF. He had it in the trunk of the his car. Team identified it as a Mk 2 grenade. The grenade was placed in a CMC and a cursory search of the car was conducted, no other items were found.

1520 Team elected to conduct an emergency disposal on the item since it could not be shipped to a licensed disposal facility and long term storage was not possible. Permission was granted for disposal by MSG/CV. Team departed to the MSA to pick up explosives for disposal. The item was disposed of by detonation at the EOD Range on McGuire.

1600 Team returned to the EOD shop. Mission Complete.


Minot AFB M48E1, HAND, SMOKE, RED

1 16 Nov 2006

1145: SSgt Burnett received call from Minot Police Department Bomb Squad informing him of a grenade located in Garrison, ND. SSgt Burnett asks Minot PD to call CP to initiate EOD Off Base Response.

1152: SSgt Burnett Calls Lt Col J.G. Wilz of the North Dakota National Guard to get more information about the item.

1158: Command Post calls with a teleconference between EOD, Squadron/Group commanders, and Legal. SSgt Burnett informs all personnel of the situation and what our operating procedure is, EOD gets tenative permission to respond but must stand by for Wing Commander approval.

1210: Team receives approval to respond off base from Wing Commander

1220: Team departs enroute to Garrison, ND

1330: Team arrives Garrison, ND

1345: Team meets with Sheriff Richard Hultberg and receives item description (which has now changed color 3 times)

1402: Team arrives on scene, SSgt Burnett identifies item as M48 Red Smoke grenade, MSgt Moore verifies.


M48 Placed into CMC and secured in bed of pick up

1410: Team departs enroute to Minot AFB

1530: Team arrives on Minot AFB, M48 is safely disposed of by detonation

1545: All is safe again in ND because of the swift actions of Minot EOD. Mission Complete!

Moody AFB M115A2, SIMULATOR, PROJECTILE,

GROUND BURST

3 1245 Received call from Major Willard of Tift County Sheriff's Dept requesting EOD assistance with three hand grenade simulators. Described as "rusty" and 40 years old.

1345 Approval gained from 347 MSG/CC to respond and departed base.

1440 Arrived at Tift County Sheriff's Dept and followed Deputy Wingate Whitley to Southside station / Fire Station #3 where items were located.

1500 Investigated three M115A2 Hand Grenade Simulators, Lot #PXC448, Mar 1963. All in safe condition. Placed in closed metal container and strapped down in truck.

1515 Completed DD Forms 626 and 836 and transported items back to Moody AFB.

1615 Turned in items to Munitions Storage Area inspections section. Awaiting further disposition.


1645 Back at shop and resumed normal standby.

Moody AFB BDU50A/B, 500LB, PRACTICE

1 Friday 29 March 2005

1015 Team received notification from command post of Mk 82 found offbase

1020 Team ready to go, waiting for MSG/CC permission

1055 Team received permission and left shop for site

1105 Team arrived on site

1110 Team determined item is a BDU50A/B from stamped nomenclature on bomb

1115 Team requested frontend loader from base to bring item back to base for disposition

1210 Frontend loader arrived on site and team loaded up bomb

1215 Team left site and headed back to base

1230 Team arrived back on base and proceeded to EOD range

1245 Team arrived at range and dropped bomb off for disposition to expose concrete filler at a later date

1255 Team left range and headed back to shop

1300 Team arrived back at shop, mission complete.


Moody AFB M115, SIMULATOR, SHELL BURST,

GROUND OR T77, SIMULATOR, SHELL BURST, GROUND


20060111 1110

received call from sheriff's regarding a suspected grenade. Office redirected them to Command Post

1130 Team received permission to respond from the Vice Wing CC

1147 Team arrived on scene. The deputy had not arrived yet. At 1205 the deputy arrived and showed the item to the team. The item was identified as an M 115 GBS. The team placed it in a CMC and returned to base.

1248 The gbs was turned in to Ammo.

1255 Team returned to the shop. Mission Complete.

Moody AFB BDU33D/B, PRACTICE

1 0945 Command Post contacted EOD Flight for assistance with a BDU 33 D/B found in the Suwanee County Landfill.

0955 Team received permission from MSG commander to respond offbase.

1020 Team departs base to respond to Suwanee County landfill.

1135 Team arrived on scene. Team chief then spoke with the Sheriff on scene who pointed out the BDU33 aproximately 100m away laying on the side of a road in the landfill. Team chief then went down range, probed BDU, and determined the BDU to be spent with no remaining hazards.

1150 Team chief returned to the ICP with the BDU. Team departed scene.

1330 Team returned to Moody. Mission complete.

Mountain Home AFB

M73, 35MM, SUBCALIBER, PRACTICE

9 EOD Received phone call at 1400 (7 Feb 05) from ATF regarding retrieval of 9 M73 Subcaliber rockets from informant. After receiving emailed pictures of the items, team decided to respond the following morning to pickup rockets. Team departed shop at 0900 the following morning enroute to ATF office in Boise, ID. Upon arrival, items were inspected and deemed safe to transport. Items were taken to Mountain Home AFB MSA for storage and are awaiting disposition instructions. The call was terminated at 1200.


Mountain Home AFB

Smoke Pot, ABCM5 1 1200: Call was received by Idaho State Comm requesting EOD assistance in Donnelly, ID.

Initial request for support was originally sent to the Army EOD in Yakima WA; however, after conversing with Sgt Bogad (Yakima EOD) and explaining our coverage for the state of Idaho as outlined in our MOU, we took the call.

1315: State Comm conference call took place and all involved agencies were informed of situation. Mountain Home Legal declined to accompany team, DEQ gave authorization to detonate item within the local Donnelly area if needed, and Col Lemmon (366 MSG/CC) gave us permission to respond.

1400: Departed Mountain Home AFB.

1730: Arrived in Donnelly, ID, received brief from Fire Chief and Deputy Police Chief Larry Stokes. Proceeded to incident location: 263 Halferty St. Donnelly, ID 83615. Team entered the home and xrayed the smoke pot. It was deemed safe to move and transported to a local transfer station (approximately 4 miles Northeast of town) and detonated.

2230: Team arrived Mountain Home AFB, restored excess explosives and reconstituted equipment.

2330: Mission Complete.

Mountain Home AFB

M2, ArmorPiercing, .50cal cartridge

29 Received word via email from Mountain Home AFB Fire Chief that firefighters in Castleford, ID had found a bomb while fighting the 187,000 acre Clover Fire. After further investigation, Monte Hurd with the Merrill Faleen Incident Management Team was contacted and the particulars of the incident were described in a conference call with the Idaho State Communications Center.

Colonel Byrd (366 MSG/CC) granted permission to respond, and team coordinated to meet with Mr Jeff Bedke (Fire Safety Officer) at Castleford, Idaho High School.

Jeff Bedke escorted team to location of bomb and .50 cal cartridges, and after evaluation of the items; SSgt King decided to detonate them in place.

Team returned to base and reconstituted equipment. Mission Success.


Mountain Home AFB

M2, CARTRIDGE, BALL, .50 CALIBER

77 9 Aug Received a conference call from state com requesting our assistance with 66 partially buried .50 cal rounds.

10 Aug We arrived in Twin Falls and met with the representative from BLM. We were escorted to the site where we uncovered 77 rounds of .50 cal ammunition. We had an approximate 8 mile clear radius around us and we had permission to dispose of the rounds on site. The rounds were disposed of and the team headed back to base.

Mountain Home AFB

Mk 23 Mod 1 2 21 NOV 05

1100:

Flight received a call from Sgt Hambelton, of the Boise Bomb Squad stating he had found 2 "Mortars" in an old farm house.

1130:

SSgt King engaged in a State Comm Call, and received permission from the MSG/CC to get them and/or dispose of them.

1145:

Team left and met up with the Boise Bomb Squad at a designated location. Team/BBS then convoyed to the Ada County firing range and recovered the ordnance from their TCV. Team identified them as 2 each Mk 23 Mod 1 Practice Bombs, with no carts installed. Team returned to base, mission complete.

Mountain Home AFB

dupont blasting cap 17 Team received call for service from Mountain Home sheriffs office at 1215and advised them to contact STATECOM. The call from STATECOM came in at 1245 and team received permission to leave base and dispose the items. After arriving at the Mountain Home sheriffs office we determined the hazardous item to be 17 Dupont blasting caps. We proceeded to the sheriffs firing range and disposed of the blasting caps by detonation IAW our MOU with the state of Idaho.. Team arrived back on base at 1400.


Mountain Home AFB

20MM DUMMY AIE 1 Team was notified of an object at the Meridian Police Station that had been turned in by a civilian. Object was described as 1" diameter and 7" long. Team rolled out shortly thereafter and found the device to be a dummy 20mm round. Round was transported back to Mountain Home AFB.

Mountain Home AFB

M7A1 1 1030 Notification from Mike Phillips of a UXO found by a civilian while cleaning his shed.

1200 Statecom conference call takes place.

1230 Team leaves the shop headed for the MSA.

1300 Team departs base for the incident site.

1425 Team arrives at incident site. The Nampa Police Department Bomb Squad was on scene and had taken an xray of the UXO. Upon review of the xray and the UXO itself the team chief decided it was safe to transport back to base.

1435 Team departs incident site for MHAFB.

1600 Team arrives back on base and goes to the MSA to restore explosives and the UXO.

1645 Team returns to the shop.


Mountain Home AFB

unk 1 Received call from Jerome County Sheriff at 1300 about rocket warhead found at a home outside Jerome, ID. Team departed at 1320. Team arrived on scene at 1450. At that time item was unable to be located in AEODPS. Decision was made item was safe to be transported as in had been used at residence as a door stop for 3 years and did not appear to have any fuzing. Team departed scene at 1440 and arrived back at Mountain Home AFB at 1630. Item was xrayed and no explosive filler/fuzing was detected. The item is thought to be a training Zuni warhead, but it does not exactly match any found in AEODPS.

Measurement of warhead:

5 in. diameter

20 in. total length

17 in. to break warhead/motor junction

Item has 2 spanner holes 180 degrees apart 1/4 in. above juntion.

3 pictures of Item are included

Mountain Home AFB

Commercial Dynamite 11 0839L Joined Statecomm call over 68 sticks of dynamite in Declo, ID

Concluded with Tooele Army EOD that we were the closest unit to incident

0915L Departed MSA for Declo, ID

1115L Arrived on scene located 11 sticks of dynamite and 4 sets of primacord with caps intact.

Items were desensitized for safety and transported to local disposal site

1225L Items were disposed of

1240L Team headed back for base

1530L Team arrived at base and reconstituted equipment


Mountain Home AFB

M77, APT 1 20060821 0940

Conducted STATE COMM conference call. Request for EOD assistance in Meridian ID to recover 4ea 90mm rounds. Civilian who has them in his shed provided photos. We were able to determine the rounds to be M77 APT.

20060821 1030

Permission to respond granted from MSG/CC. Because event is "no emergency", response scheduled for 24 Aug.

20060824 0900

Team contacted Meridian Police and Civilian to ensure all was still a go for the recover of the rounds today

20060824 0930

Team departed Mtn Home AFB for Meridian ID

20060824 1100

Team recovered all 4 rounds; 1 still has some tracer compound, stored in MHAFB MSA, other rounds are empty.

20060824 1130

Team departs incident site for MHAFB

20060824 1215

Team arrives MHAFB MSA, round containing tracer is turned in for storage

20060824 1230

Team arrives at EOD shop, command post notified of completion. Mission complete.


Nellis AFB BDU33D/B, PRACTICE

1 0955 We were notified of a piece of military ordnance located by the Las Vegas Bomb Squad. Permission was acquired from the 99 ABW/CC through the Command Post to respond off base.

1020 The item was located in the desert approximately 2 miles north of the intersection of Nevada 215 and Losee Rd. Arrived on scene. Item determined to be a BDU33D/B, Unarmed.

1055 Returned to base

1115 Turned item over to the appropriate agency. Response Terminated.

Nellis AFB ANMK 1, SIGNAL, DRIFT, DAY OR AN MK I, SIGNAL, DRIFT, DAY OR MK 1, DAY DRIFT SIGNAL

1 23 Feb1800Received a call via Command Post from Las Vegas Bomb Squad (LVBS) requesting us to respond and pick up some military munition items that they had recovered from a raid downtown. 99 ABW/CC approved response, and Standby Team was recalled, responded off base to LVBS Range and took custody of items. Team returned to base and handed items over to SSgt McKinley, 57 EMS Storage and handling. Incident terminated after equipment was reconstituted.

Nellis AFB 105mm HEPT, recoilless, training

1 Las Vegas police found a projectile and two grenades while raiding a house for drugs. Local bomb squad looked at items and called us. Directed them to call command post. Command post called us back with Wing commander approval for response.

We inspected items, the projectile was a inert training round. The grenades were metal bodies with hole in bottom and fuzes that fired a long time ago. No hazards for any items. Retrieved the items and returned to base.

Nellis AFB BDU50/B, 500LB, PRACTICE

1 Surveyors found a BDU 50 while walking in wash, about five miles north east of Cedar Pass gate into Tonopah Test Range. The bomb impacted the ground and split apart exposing the cement filler. We picked it up and put it in the Range 74 staging area.

Nellis AFB ANM8, HAND, SMOKE, HC

8 1440 Las Vegas PD transports smoke grenades to shop. The items were dropped off to police by a local residence under a amnesty program.

1450 Team leaves to transport combination of ordnance (List/Description located under Ordnance Section) to 57EMS Munitions for inspection.


1540 Ordnance turned in, team returns to E.O.D. Shop. Mission Complete.


16 Officer Mitchell, LVMPD, unexpectedly arrived at the Nellis EOD flight with a box of unfuzed green M18 smoke grenades and M49A1 trip flares. He had stated that the items had been turned into the police department about a month ago and he has had them in his vehicle since. I took custody of the items and had A1C Kuric assist me in conducting an inventory of the items. Officer Mitchell then asked me if he could keep the fuzed grenades. Since there were no fuzed grenades present, I asked to him to which grenades he was referring. He then produced another box of smoke grenades from the front seat of his vehicle. This box contained fuzed HC smoke grenades and two more M18 grenades with fuzes. I then took custody of those grenades, too! A1C Kuric notified munitions inspection of the inbound ordnance items and they readily received all items upon our arrival. Munitions inspection took custody of the items and we returned to the EOD flight to resume normally duty.

NOTE: It was fairly obvious that Officer Mitchell had somehow (and inappropriately) taken custody of the trip flares and grenades. After playing around with the items and finding very little entertainment value in the trip flares and no use for the unfuzed grenades, he decided to stop by the EOD flight to dispose of his "now" unwanted bounty and keep the more useful smoke grenades. I briefed Officer Mitchell of his need to promptly notify us in the future when military ordnance items are involved.


Nellis AFB M43A1, PROJECTILE, 81 MM,

TP, MORTAR

1 1430: The shop was notified that some ordnance items were recovered from a persons house. The team was then briefed that the items were being brought to the Area 2 gate to be turned over to Nellis EOD personnel for evaluation and disposition.

1545: SSgt Fitzpatrick and A1C Wiley meet Officer Hensen from Las Vegas Bomb Squad at the Area 2 gate. Team did a quick recon of the items and found them safe to move. Items were transported to a safe area where team need a more indepth recon.

1745: All items were identified through AEODPS with the help of TSgt Ruth. Items were found to contain no hazards restricting safe turnin to munitions inspection personnel.

1800: TSgt Ruth and SSgt Fitzpatrick transported ordnance items to 57th Munitions inspections.

1830: Items were turned over to MSgt Parsons.

1915: TSgt Ruth and SSgt Fitzpatrick returned to the EOD shop. Incident Terminated.


Nellis AFB SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION

1,610 1415 EOD received call from OSI Special Agent Meadez requested to dropoff various small arms confiscated from the apartment of a military member's suicide. OSI Stated 57th MUNS Inspections suggested calling EOD for turnin.

1445 OSI arrived at EOD shop with two ammo cans full of various small arms ammunition.

1510 After EOD standby team inventories and signed for ammunition, team left for turnin to Inspections. Inventory revealed listing as follows:

9 MM 246 Each 300 Remington Ultra Magnum 14 Each

7.62 X 39 260 Each .22 Caliber Long Rifle 585 Each

.40 Caliber 271 Each .38 Special 5 Each

44 Magnum 100 Each 12 Gauge, 7 1/2 Bird Shot Shotgun Rounds 129 Each

1525 Team arrived at Inspections and dropsoff ammunition.

1550 Team arrived back at EOD shop. Mission Complete.


Nellis AFB BDU33D/B, PRACTICE

3 20050623

The EOD flight received a phone call from Edward Arthur of STS Inc.. Mr Arthur was in Pahrump, NV and wanted to return to the Air Force both a 500lb and a 2000lb inert bombs located on his property. Mr. Arthur has had the two bombs on his property for approximately 7 years. Background information received from Mr. Arthur is he received an undisclosed amount of hard bombs for the purpose of testing munitions residue reclamations processes. He cut and returned of all but two bombs which were still on his company property. Mr. Arthur said he received the ordnance from the civilian contracting company, responsible for Leach Lake. He claimed the now retired CMSgt Lorelli had personnally visited him to verify the safe condition of the munitions.

We advised Mr. Arthur to proceed with proper reporting and notification of the incident through his local law enforcement and command post; who would properly request our response. At 1330, EOD was notified by command post of Mr Arthur's incident through Nye County Sheriff's department. Deputy Sheriff Jim Scott was the assigned Nye County Sheriff's Department representative. Response was approved by local command and base legal was notified and briefed of incident.

20050624

A seven member EOD team, including Major Bongiovi (OSC) departed Nellis AFB to meet with Deputy Sherriff Jim Scott. The response team was accompanied by Captain Cannon, base legal representative. At 1145, the team met with deputy sheriffs Jim Scott and B. Hannon; the combined team proceed to STS Inc. property. Once on scene, the Major and Captain talked to Mr. Arthur while the remainder of the team identified bombs as being inert, painted orange, with vent holes. Further search of grounds turned up three BDU33 D/B pieces. TSgt James Ruth identified the munitions and SSgt Robert Krumlinde verified his identification. All ordnance was loaded for transport and returned to Creech Air Force Base, for proper disposal. The team then returned to Nellis AFB and returned equipment to operational status.


Nellis AFB BLU109A/B, PENETRATOR

1 Request by Gary Reynolds of Mercury Test Site for EOD to respond to a low order/deflagrated BLU109 in a test bunker target. Coordination reviewed and response authorized for recon and disposal on Friday 25 June 2005. Team departure scheduled for Monday 28 June 2005.Team arrived at EOD Shop at 0600. Explosives drawn from munitions storage area. Team departed Nellis AFB for Mercury at 0830L. During the team's sweep electricity to the bunker was out. This and rubble present made it difficult to clear the tunnel site with 100% certainty. No raw HE was located during this sweep and it is believed that the HE was consumed during a burn out of the bomb case. After evaluation of the incident site, nonexplosive components and hazardous inert residue were gathered and disposed of by detonation. At a later date the requesters will restore power and wash down the area. At that time more items may be identified. Team returned to base at 1745. Mission Complete.

Nellis AFB M115A2, SIMULATOR, PROJECTILE,

GROUND BURST

13 0900 hrs. Notified by DOE of 13 ea. dud M115A2 Ground Burst Simulators on the Nevada Test Site. Operations redirected caller to contact the command post and request EOD assistance. Once permission was granted, team arranged for escort to meet responding team at the front gate of NTS, Mercury at 1200 hours.

1100 hrs. Team departed base in route to NTS, Mercury, Nevada.

1200 hrs. Team arrived and was met by escort. Team was escorted to location of duds. All duds were placed in CMC's, loaded, and secured in bed of response truck. Upon completion, team was escorted back to NTS main gate.

1400 hrs. Team departed NTS, Mercury.

1520 hrs. Team arrived back to Nellis AFB and proceeded directly to the disposal range.

1620 hrs. Disposal team arrived at the range and destroyed duds.

1700 hrs. Both response team and disposal team returned to shop and resumed normal duty. Incident complete.


Nellis AFB M29, 3.5INCH, PRACTICE

1 1550 Las Vegas Bomb Squad notified EOD operations of a military ordnance item in a Las Vegas Residence

1615 The Command Post gave the EOD team permission to proceed off base to the incident site

1700 EOD team arrived on scene @ 6007 Starwood St. Las Vegas Metro Police Department and Las Vegas Bomb Squad had already set up a cordon and CP.

1710 LVBS provided digital pictures of the item to the team. The residence had been previously raided by LVMPD SWAT team.

1715 SSgt Fitzpatrick and SrA White went to the garage with two LVBS members and performed a recon on item. As team verified item to be a M29 with a dummy M405 fuze, the two LVBS members continued a search of the garage. 3 home made cricket pipe bombs were found.

1730 SSgt Fitzpatrick and SrA White packed the M29 in a wooden box and tied item down for transport. Team then waited at CP while the two LVBS members performed a complete search of the house. No more Military munitions items were found.

1820 Team departed scene to return to base.

1930 Team arrived back at the EOD shop. Team xrayed item to verify that the item was not tampered with prior to turn in. Item was then turned over to SSgt Kyle Trinity of 57 EMS/MXMWMB. Incident terminated


Nellis AFB MK 6, WARHEAD, 5 INCH, PRACTISE

1 Team received call for an ordnance pick up at 705 Park Pesco, Las Vegas, Nv. Team acquired approval to respond from the Command Post at 1430.

Team responded and arrived on site at 1510. One U.S. practice 5" rocket warhead was found. The ordnance item had been at the residents house over 20 years. The warhead had also been painted gray numerous times. No identifiable marking were available. SSgt Aaron Andrews identified the ordnance as a MK 6 practice warhead. TSgt James Ruth verified the identification of the rocket.

Team stored the projectile until the following day. The ordnance item was taken to the EOD proficiency range to expose the filler. Team used shape charges to pierce the shell and expose the inert filler and lack of internal fuzing.

Mission Complete.

Nellis AFB MJU23/B, FLARE, AIRCRAFT,

COUNTERMEASURE, IR

1 14 March

0800: Notified by 98th Range wing of a UXO located at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept in Alamo, NV, the item was dropped on a nearby privately owned ranch. Initial evidence led the team to believe the item was an aircraft flare.

0930: Team departed Nellis AFB enroute to Alamo, NV.

1045: Team arrived Lincoln County Sheriff's Dept in Alamo, NV to pick up UXO

1100: Item found was determined to be an MJU23/B Flare pellet from a B1 Lancer aircraft, team determined item safe for transport

1115: Team departed Alamo, NV enroute back to Nellis AFB

1500: Item was disposed of by detonation in accordance to applicable T.O.'s

1530: Team arrived back to EOD shop, Mission Complete


Nellis AFB BDU33/B, PRACTICE 1 1045: Team chief called by Command Post informing him of "bomb" found north of Decatur Ave. There was a patrolman on scene named Officer Szymenski. The command post gave his cell number to the Team Chief.

1050: Team chief called rest of standby team.

1120: Both members arrived at EOD shop, made calls to the Shop Chief, Command Post and Officer Szymenski. Initial information was gathered from Officer Szymenski along with a place to meet.

1130: Team departed shop.

1215: Team met with Officer Szymenski. He told the team the item was discovered by some ATV riders 3.5 miles up an offroad dirt trail.

1245: Team arrived at UXO site. Item was identified as a BDU33 with an expended cart. Item was loaded in the back of the EOD 6 pack.

0100: Team left incident site.

0200: Team arrived back at shop, called Command Post to relay the information about the incident, turned in BDU33 to munitions inspections personnel and terminated incident.

Nellis AFB BDU33/B, PRACTICE 1 2340 Team notified by Nellis Command Post that Ben Hoage of the Las Vegas Fire Dept. Bomb Squad had some military grenade fuzes located in a private residence. Team verified permission from 99th ABW/CC to respond.

0015 Team departed 99th EOD shop for the incident location.

0040 Team arrived at the incident location. Team coordinated with onscene local bomb squad to ascertain the situation. Team was briefed on the location of the items and their condition. Team chief donned level 4 bodyarmor and helmet. Team Chief verified all the items then placed the hazardous items into a CMC and collected the other items after performing a remote move on them.


0140 Team departed incident scene for Nellis AFB.

0200 Team arrived back on Nellis AFB and contacted 57th MUNS to turn in all the items collected.

0240 Team arrived back to 99th EOD shop, reconstituted equipment, and departed for home.

Nellis AFB M43A1, 81 MM, HE, MORTAR

4 0930 06 JULY 06 Team received a call from the command post requesting assistance. The Washington County Bomb Squad responded to several munition items located by a local contractor on public access land near the town of Hurricane, UT. The items were found to be old military munitions. Team requested from the 99th ABW/CC to respond.

1030 Team was given permission to respond. Team prepared all the equipment necessary to conduct operations. Team readied the explosives necessary for the operations.

1320 The response was suspended by Flight management due to the time required to drive to the incident location (132 miles), time of day for departure, and severe thunderstorms moving into the area.

0630 07 JULY 06 Team departed EOD shop to pull explosives and depart for the incident site.


0940 Team arrived in Hurricane, UT. Team met with Sgt Nate Brooksby of the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Sgt Brooksby was the responding member of the Washington County Bomb Squad to the initial response. Team was escorted to the incident location approx. 10 miles away.

1030 Team prepared the equipment to conduct demolition operations. All the items encountered were severely corroded and/or broken apart. Per the Technical Orders none of the items could be moved. Due to the remote location of the incident site there was no danger to the local populous during demolitions operations. 8 personnel on ATV's were used to control the demolition site during operations. Team was informed the incident site was a former impact area used for munitions testing in the 1970's.

1341 Team finished conducting demolition operations. All item were disposed of by detonation in place.

1415 Team departed the incident location for Nellis AFB, NV.

1700 Team arrived back on Nellis AFB, NV and contacted the command post to inform them of operations conducted. Team secured all equipment and departed for home. Mission Complete.


2 0940 Standby team notified that Las Vegas Bomb Squad was enroute with military ordnance they received from local resident during house cleaning after the death of a Marine in Iraq.

1000 Anthony Burton of LV Bomb Squad arrived at EOD flight and turned over multiple smoke grenades and 20mm dummy and training projectiles.

1025 All items turned into 57th Munitions inspections

1049 Team returned to flight Mission complete.


Nellis AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 1215 EOD Operations Team notified by LVFRABS via CP of UXO, in an off base civilian residence, 3441 Florrie Ave.

Description: Mr. Tony Stevens, of the Las Vegas Fire Rescue Arson Bomb Squad, described item as a mortar, with a visible nomenclature of "M84a1", and the condition unknown. Item was described as "rusty, with a blue tip.

1223 CC approval via CP; SSgt Hinojosa

1230 Ft Irwin contacted, notified of our intention to respond.

1231 HQACC contacted, notified of our intention to respond.

1236 Team Departs EOD station, Nellis AFB Command Post notified; SSgt Hinojosa

1309 EOD Response team arrives on scene:

Team Arrives and makes contact with Tony Stevens. They had a mortar and hand grenade that the residents had purchased in an estate sale. Team performed recon on the items. The items were an expended M301A3 81mm Illum mortar and a live M21 Practice grenade. The team Taped the spoon and pin inplace on the grenade. The team took possession of the items and headed back to base.

1323 EOD Team completes pickup of ordnance item(s).

1340 EOD Operations notification of munitions inspections for delivery of "practice grenade" and mortar by EOD team chief.

1345 EOD Team en route to munitions inspections.

1420 Team arrives and turns over the items to TSgt Houser of Munition Inspections.


1500 Team arrives back at shop. Mission Complete.

Nellis AFB Flare, Distress, Red (Pin Flare)

5 1400 Ben Hogue from Las Vegas Bomb Squad and Special Agent Scott Godwin from Army CID contacted the EOD shop concerning some pin flares found during the investigation of the Pat Tillman friendly fire incident. The EOD shop then told them to contact the command post, therefore the command post could get authorization for the offbase response.

1430 After receiving a call from the command post with commander's approval the EOD team left the shop and drove to the location of Agent Godwin.

1515 The EOD team arrived on scene and found Agent Godwin. The five flares were Red Distress Flares (pin flares) S/N 13709216118. The flares were sitting in Agent Godwin's trunk on a flak vest he had taken as evidence for the investigation and had a flare initiator attached to it with parachute cord. The EOD team was told by Agent Godwin that they were actually found at: 6820 Nickelmine

Las Vegas, NV 89122


They were moved because Agent Godwin was trying to get authorization to take them back to Washington D.C. for the investigation, but when unsuccessful he notified LV Bomb Squad who in turn notified us due to the items being military ordnance.

1530 The EOD team took the flares and the initiator off the vest. Four out of the five flares had safety caps on them. The EOD team took the one without the safety cap and placed a hard piece of cardboard over the primer and taped it in place. The EOD team then placed the flares in padding inside a vented ammo can and strapped it down in the bed of the truck.

1630 The EOD team arrived back to the shop and waited for standby ammo inspection personnel until 1830.

1845 The EOD team arrived at the WSA and turned over the flares to inspections.

1930 The EOD team returned to the shop and requisitioned the gear.

Otis ANGB MK58 MARINE MARKER

1 03 January 2005, EOD received a call from the Wellfleet National Seashore Park Rangers requesting assistance with a Marine Marker which had washed ashore during a recent easterly storm. The following morning EOD responded to item. The item was positively identified as one MK58 Marine Marker in the armed condition IAW 60S2210 para 6..

Ranger Rick Obenesor acted as EOD's safety bakup.

The item was placed in sand and moved to a remote location and disposed of by detonation. The prescribed procedure was not utilized due to lack of thermite grenades.

At 1330 hours, EOD resumed normal duties.


Patrick AFB M8 SMOKE POT, PRACTICE

1 12 Jan

0900: EOD Team received a call from Detective Robertson of Volusia County Sheriff's Department. Team was informed of three gallon smoke grenade in the Bomb Containment Vessel in Daytona. Sheriff's department acquired smoke pot during investigation of Army surplus store. Team loaded up equipment and headed to Daytona.

1100: Team arrived on scene and inspected smoke pot. A1C Petrulis identified and SSgt Smith validated the ordnance. The smoke pot was secured and loaded in back of the response vehicle. Team departed Daytona and headed to Cape Canaveral Air Station.

1300: Team arrived at range on Cape Canaveral Air Station. Team handed the smoke pot over to Patrick AFB's SERVDROP for disposition of munition.

1500: Team arrived back at Patrick AFB.


Patrick AFB MK 1, GRENADE, ILLUMINATING

2 23 FEB 05

EOD flight was called by George Robertson of the Volusia County Bomb Squad. He notified SSgt Mitchell of "2 full grenades, 3 possible empty" that were believed to be military munitions. Arrangements were made to dispose of the items the following day.

24 FEB 05

0945 EOD team departed for Port Orange landfill, where the VCBS conducts their range operations.

1115 Team arrived on scene and received briefing from Officers Moss and Moraitis. There were two heavy "pineapple" frag grenades, and two thincased, egg shaped, smooth body grenades in a cardboard box. All four had been found among some donated items at the Habitat for Humanity Center. Officer Moss had duct taped the spoons down, and all four safety pins were still in place.

1130 A1C Allen and A1C Bowen positively identified the "pineapples" as U.S. Mk 2 Frag, hand grenades, and the smooth bodied to be U.S. Mk 1 Illuminating grenades. SSgt Mitchell verified the identification.

1200 Team prepared the grenades for disposal using VCBS demolition explosives, then stood by for the Volusia County Fire Department to arrive.

1219 VCFD arrived on scene.


1220 Team detonated charge.

1230 Team proceeded down range to verify the site was clear of all explosive hazards, and then headed back to base.

1435 Team returned to base and reconstituted equipment.

Patrick AFB JFEDER (CLockwork LongDelay)

1 0015: received call from SSgt Jamie Hopkins of the 45 SW Command Post who connected me to the Indian River Sheriff Dept. dispatch. The dispatch personnel described a German WWIIera landmine found by civilian personnel while cleaning their apartment at Apt 102, 5 Vista Palm Lane Vero Beach, FL. The dispatch connected me to the onscene officer (James Huley) who described the object in a small box in pristine condition.

0030: received authorization to respond via 45 SW Command Post

0100: We departed base

0215: We arrived at Police ECP and interviewed the lady that found the item. She said it belonged to her deceased grandfather who served in WWII and she had found it packed with war mementos and gear.


0230: We were escorted to the apartment containing the suspected landmine. It was in a small olive drab wooden box built to hold it with the words JFEDER stenciled in white on the lid. A1C Crisp took measurements of the item and identified it as a German WWIIera JFEDER 504 Clockwork Longdelay Fuze in 60A811 (Chapter 4 text and figure 278). I measured the item and verified the identification. Upon close inspection of the item and the technical data we determined the item was free of any explosive hazard. Although we offered to take the item, the owner considered it a heirloom and chose to keep it.

0345: We departed scene.

0500: We return to home station

Patrick AFB LUU19/B, FLARE, AIRCRAFT, INFRARED

1 0830 Received a call from TSgt Seay from MacDill AFB requesting assistance from us. Their flight was involved in a different response and could not support both.

0845 Contacted Ken Beers at Range Ops to get information. I was informed that he had a LUU 19/B flare that had been dropped outside range boundaries.

0900 Explosives were ordered from CCAFS

1100 Explosives arrived at the shop, and the team departed for AVON Park

1315 Arrived and spoke with Mr. Beers. He informed us that we had another 1.5 hours of driving to get to the item

1500 Arrived at a canal where a Department of Environmental Protection officer, John Strenth, was waiting with an air boat

1515 SSgt De Vore and A1C Repetto road on the boat to the item. The item was on land in a marshy area. The item was RSP'd and transported across the canal to the Bombing and Gunnery range where the item was disposed of.

1715 Team departed for Patrick AFB


2000 Team arrived back at Patrick AFB

Patrick AFB M6 AT Landmine 1 24 Mar

1700 Receive call from Indian River County Sherrifs Department on a possible landmine found on a beach adjecent to a home (960 Reef Road, Vero Beach, FL.). Advise Sherrifs Department to contact PAFB Command Post.

1715 Receive call from command post. Team responds to Vero Beach, FL.

1830 Team Arrives onscene. Met with Lt. Wheeler (Indian River County Fire Department) who directed team to mine. The landmine was a M6 antitank mine. A1C Repetto identified and TSgt Price verified the M6 AT mine. Lt. Wheeler said, Vero Beach was the training grounds for the DDay invasion. These mines have been found there in rows before, locals find them and use mines as stepping stones, Army EOD has responded on these types in the past. Item was packaged for transportation to CCAFS for courtesy storage.


2000 Team arrived CCAFS and landmine is stored for later disposal.

2200 Team returned to shop.

30 Mar

1230 Team commences explosive operations. Team decides to flex upper half of mine to verify if mine contains explosives. 300 grain flex four foot length is used and placed around upper half of mine. Flex low ordered the mine, only the base of the mine existed and a few chunks of explosive is found. Explosives found are saturated in water and is putty in form. Team collects all HE and disposed of by detonation.

1615 Team complete with all operations.

1700 Team arrives back at shop.


Patrick AFB MK25 Mod 3 Sea Marker

1 19 Apr 05

1445 Received call from Ft. Lauderdale (Bomb Squad) on a MK25 Sea Marker found at local beach. Requested they call PAFB Command Post.

1500 Received call from Command Post and team responded to Ft. Lauderdale.

Team: SSgt Smith, SrA Pinkston, A1C Bowen

1900 Arrived at police department and met with Officer Ivan (bomb squad) who directed team to Sea Marker. Ordnance was being held in their bomb trailer. SrA Pinkston verified and SSgt Smith certified that the item was a MK25 Mod 3 Sea Marker. The sea marker had fired and was brought back to CCAFS for courtesy storage for possible residue and later disposal.

2330 Arrived Patrick AFB for reconstitution of equipment.

20 Apr 04

1230 TSgt Chamberlain and A1C Bowen commenced disposal operations on the Sea Marker.

Team: TSgt Chamberlain, A1C Bowen

1530 Team returned to shop.


Patrick AFB MK 25 MOD 0, MARINE MARKER

1 Received call from 45th SW Command Post at 1330hrs requesting team to respond to Martin County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) for a MK 25 Flare which was picked up previously by the MCSO Bomb Squad in the surf in Jupiter Florida. Team responded, properly identified the item as a MK 25 Flare and transported it to Cape Canaveral AFS for disposal. Team disposed of the flare and returned to the shop to reconstitute equipment. All actions completed at 2000hrs.

Patrick AFB MK 58 MOD 1 Flare 1 19 SEP 2005

1430 Command post call the EOD shop and requests a team to respond to a flare that was found on Cocoa beach. SSgt Mitchell and SrA Crisp loadup a truck and go to meet with local law enforcement.

1445 The team arrives on scene and speak with Sgt. Jones of the Cocoa Beach Police. Sgt. Jones directs SSgt Mitchell to the item. SSgt Mitchell then identifies the item and SrA Crisp confirms ID and prepares a CMC to transport the MK58 flare to the EOD range on Cape Canaveral AFS.

1800 Explosives are delivered to the range. Flare is disposed of by detonation.

1845 Team returns to Patrick AFB. Mission complete.


Patrick AFB ANM8, HAND, SMOKE, HC

2 1220: EOD Team received call from Special Agent Russ May. He reported his ATF team and Volusia County Bomb Squad had served a search warrant at the home of Neal Elder. Upon entering his home, they discovered that it was chock full of what appeared to them to be unexploded ordnance. The amount of ordnance junk in Mr. Elder's home was overwhelming. Special Agent may requested our team (through the 45 Space Wing Command Post) come and evaluate ordnance items the Volusia County Bomb Squad could not certify inert or non hazardous.

1233: Team received permission from Group commander to respond offbase.

1300: Team departed base

1500: Team arrived on scene. Special Agent May and Sgt Cantrell (Volusia County Bomb Squad) escorted our team into the residence. Every room was filled with Elvis and military paraphenalia, firearms (real and fake), ammunition boxes, small arms ammunition (real, inert and blank), practice ordnance of various sizes (painted to look live or polished for display), and practice bombs. Mr. Elder told the police that he had bought most of the items at military surplus stores and also admitted to acquiring many items from nearby range facilities. Team examined items in every room of the house and the back yard. Among the clutter the team located several empty grenade bodies with live fuzes and several live smoke and CS grenades. All items were turned over to the Volusia County Bomb Squad and ATF for evidence collection and pending destruction.

1745: Team departed scene.



Patrick AFB MK Para Red Rocket Distress Signal (Commercial)

1 2115: Team received notification and permission to respond offbase to a flare found on beach and turned over to a Cocoa Beach Police Officer. The Police Officer had the flare in the parking lot of the Double Tree Hotel.

2212: Team departed Patrick AFB.

2226: Team arrived on scene and picked up a British made "MK 3 Para Red Rocket" distress signal flare.

2241: Team departed scene.


29 Jun 06 1300: Signal Flare destroyed during ADR.


Patrick AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1200 19 OCT 06

Team called by St. Lucie Sheriff's Department bomb squad to respond for a grenade that was found. The sheriff's department had the grenade safed and stored in their total containment vessel on site at their shop, and told us that we could respond the following day.

0900 20 OCT 06

Team loads up equipment and departs shop for St. Lucie Sheriffs Department.

1100 20 OCT 06

Team arrives on site and takes custody of the grenade from the St. Lucie Bomb Squad. Team identifies grenade as US Mk 2 HE hand grenade. The spoon had already been secured with a zip tie by the St. Lucie Bomb Squad. Team loads grenade in a sand filled closed metal container tied down in the back of the response truck and heads up to the EOD range at Cape Canaveral.

1430 20 OCT 06

Team arrives at range and sets up disposal shot. Team uses 1.25 lb. block of C4 with one M7 non electric cap and shock tube. Team sets off shot and checks shot hole. Shot was good. Team leaves range and heads back to shop.


1500 20 OCT 06

Team arrives back at shop, reconstitutes equipment, mission complete.


Patrick AFB M127A1, SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION,


1 16 Nov 06

All times are EST.

EOD Team is MSgt George Price Jr., and SrA William H. Crisp.

1140: Call recieved from Command Post: The Indian River Fire Department (IRFD) has custody of a small parachute flare, about 10 inches long and cylindrical. It had been turned into them by a civilian.

1220: EOD team departs Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB).

1300: EOD team arrives at the IRFD. The item was identified as an M127A1 White Star parachute flare (TO ref: 60K2259). Item was secured in an enclosed container with wet sand and taken for transport to EOD's Safe Holding Area (SHA).

1310: EOD team departs the IRFD for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS).

1410: EOD team arrives at CCAFS and flare is placed under custody in SHA for later disposal. Team departs CCAFS for PAFB.

1440: Team arrives at PAFB.


Mission Complete

Patrick AFB M30, HAND, PRACTICE

1 6 Dec 06 1630: EOD team is contacted by the Orange County Sheriff's Office through the 45 Space Wing Command Post. The Sheriff's Office was called when a civilian located a grenade while walking behind a Winn Dixie shopping center. The grenade was wedged between a large air conditioning unit and several liquid propane tanks. The person picked it up, placed it on the grass about 50 feet from the store and called the Sheriff's Office.

1645: EOD team is cleared to respond through the 45 SW Command Post.

1700: EOD team departed Patrick AFB (PAFB).


1830: EOD team arrived on scene and met with Det. McClure. The person that found the item was gone. We inspected the grenade which was in the safe condition and securely pinned. Upon close inspection the items appeared to have been recently spray painted olive drab. The bottom was covered with masking tape that had been painted over. We removed the tape and saw that the grenade was empty. The fuze did not have a pin to hold a striker spring and there was no tension on the spoon handle. We removed the spoon handle and revealed there was no striker and the fuze was completely inert.

1930: EOD team departed scene.

2100: EOD team arrived at PAFB.

Patrick AFB MK 25 1 16 Dec 06

1242 SSgt Mitchell received call from command post and notified team to meet at EOD shop

1430 Arrived on scene item was on the beach and marked off with police tape. Team secured the flare in a ammo can of wet sand.

1518 Team returned to base

18 Dec 06

0900 Team disposes of flare by detontation on EOD range


Peterson AFB Unknown 1 1100 Call received from Civil Engineering. Contractor who picks up Peterson AFB trash (US Waste) has a suspect rocket in their dump. Item is described as follows:

3 sections

nose section is brass, ~200lbs

looks gutted

1135 Team dispatched

1150 Team arrives at US Waste Landfill @ Fountain, CO. Item is immediately identified as a United States Re entry Vehicle, exact type unknown. RV is indeed in 3 sections and mostly empty. Radar package is still in the tip section, "rate transducer" box is still in the center section. Various cables and connectors still installed. No physics package or associated firing components installed. No permanent markings found. After brief cellphone discussion with flight, item is loaded into back of truck and brought back to EOD shop. ADM300 readings taken. No radiological hazard or explosive hazards exist.

1210 Upon return to shop item downloaded into equipment bay. Unit commander, OSI, and base munition safety personnel called. Continuing search for identifying markings reveals that every internal component has it's own serial number.

1220 Mr. Quinn, Munitions Safety arrives. Situation explained. Leaves stumped.

1230 OSI arrives. Situation explained to OSI agent. She takes names and contact info, calls her supervisor. OSI supervisor arrives. Situation explained. They leave to plan further investigation.


1240 Unit Commander arrives. Situation explained to CC.

Monday 31 Oct 2005 OSI arrives with "Munition experts" from HQ AFSPC. They determine no hazards exist and say they are closing this case as they can not determine who disposed of an RV in the trash.

Essentially we now have an RV for a training aid.

Peterson AFB M29, 3.5INCH, PRACTICE

6 10 April 06: Received call from James Wright with the 460th Safety office (Buckley AFB). Mr. Wright requested we respond to 6 UXO's on Buckley AFB. He said contractors, with the Military Munitions Response Plan (phase 1), had found 4 ea 3.5" rockets, 1 ea 60mm mortar, and 1 ea crushed AT landmine. Mr. Wright said he would make all proper notifications and have the Buckley command post notify the Peterson command post once all EPA, JAG, and Wing coordination had been completed.

11 and 12 April 06: Buckley remained in talks with Colorado EPA for permits to dispose of items.

13 April 06:

1145 Team notified by Peterson command post to respond to Buckley AFB.

1200 Team departs for Buckley

1400 Team arrives Buckley and meets with Wing Safety, Environmental, Fire Department, and Buckley ANG


EOD

1430 Team goes downrange, recons items, consolidates all items in safe blow area, and disposes of items.

1648 Clean up shot complete and final briefings of on scene personnel conducted

1930 Return to shop and mission complete.

Information on items found:

M4 Landmine listed in ordnance section was just top metal plate of mine, no explosives

No munitions residue found, all propellent expended

Peterson AFB 5.56 Blank 1 Team was requested to the Colorado Springs Airport to pick up items that an Air Force member had in his luggage. Team met with the city pd/EOD gathered the items and are holding them awaiting disposal.

Pope AFB M6 Electric caps 2 10 Nov: Team tasked to Pick up Military caps found on the side of the road in Laurinburg, NC

0830: Received call from Laurinburg Sheriff's Department and EOD Team Chief spoke with Major Campbell. He informed EOD that civilians had found blasting caps on the side of the road and turned them into the Police. He said there were to Electric Blasting caps and four Non Electric blasting caps.

0930: EOD team received permission from Group Commander, Col Wilbur, to go on the offbase call. Also informed was Acting Commander of CE Squadron, Maj Lagerquist and Deputy BCE, Mr. Jury Brown. Team departed shop to meet with Sheriff and pickup the caps.

1030: EOD arrived at Court house and met with Sheriff Joseph Blalock. He showed us where the caps were.


The caps were in a zip lock bag. There were 2ea Military M6 Blasting caps in the box they are issued in and 20ea M7 Non Electric Blasting caps in a 50 count military issued cardboard container. Also in the zip lock was a roll of hobby fuse. Items were positively identified by SSgt Smith and identity confirmed by A1C Johnston. EOD team took pictures of each item and placed the electric caps in a 663 and the non electric caps in a CMC for transportation. Team then transported the items back to Pope Munitions Inspections. The inspection team accepted custody of the items.

1230: EOD team arrived back at the shop, stored equipment and debriefed flight chief. Mission complete without incident.

Portland IAP M43 60mm HE 2 SA Ed Marshman was notified by Vancouver Police Department that a private citizen discovered 2 each M43A2 60mm HE mortars in an abandoned storage locker. SA Marshman brought the mortars to this installation for disposition. EOD stored the munitions in the munitions storage area until the next scheduled trip to Yakima Training Center. After researching the hazard class and storage compatibility of the mortars, it was determined that the were haz/class 1.2.2E which the storage area is not sited to store. The decision was made to grant a 30 variance through wing explosive safety and to transport the item to Yakima for disposal during a scheduled range survey of the north impact area. The items were destroyed on 16 Feb 05 without further incident.

Portland IAP 20mm TP 1 2 Mar 05, 1300: Mr. Koehler, retired Navy, called to inform us of a 20mm TP round he had found. We arranged a time/day to pick up the item. Mr. Koehler told us he would meet us the afternoon of March 4th.

4 Mar 05, 1400: Mr Koehler called to inform us of his arrival. SMSgt Savy and SSgt Sadler met him at the gate and recovered the 20mm round. The round was fairly old and rusted, but the primer was still intact and the cartridge still had its powder. The item was taken to the MSA and will be destroyed during the upcoming Yakima Range clearance, 23 May 3 Jun 05.


Portland IAP BLU63 (D1)/B, Bomb, Dummy

2 LTC Woodward called and stated that a civilian with prior military experience purchased a footlocker at a yard sale and discovered 2 bomblets amongst the box's contents. The unknown individual took the items to the Albany, Oregon National Guard Armory seeking assistance in their disposition. EOD support was requested in the identification and proper disposal of the items. Upon arrival at the armory, it was determined that the items were 2 each inert BLU63 submunitions. Item were secured and transported back to the EOD shop and are currently the latest addition to our training aid inventory. Incident terminated. 140 GOV miles.

Portland IAP M106 1 EOD assistance was requested by Oregon State Police Bomb Disposal Unit at 710 Kelowna St Woodburn, OR 97071 for an unfused artillery shell being stored by the property owner. EOD members arrived on scene, determined the round posed no immediate threats, and transported to Munitions Storage Area at Portland ANG for storage until disposal.

Robins AFB M344, PROJECTILE, 106MM, HEAT

2 12 Jan 05

1430 Hours: Recieved call from Robins Command post requesting EOD response to found ordnance in Byron, GA. Request reported to Command Post by Peach County Sherrif Department. Ordnance was located at 355 Giles Road, the residence of a widow. Her late husband was a former employee of a munitions manufacturing plant ins San Diego, CA. When it shut down he was allowed to take rounds. He stored them in his barn and did not pass on to any of his family the condition of the ordnance. The family discovered them after his death and reported them to the sherrif.

1515 Hours: Arrived at Byron PD to meet Peach County Sherrif Deputy. Awaited arrival of medical and fire teams.

1540 Hours: Departed Byron PD for location of ordnance.

1544 Hours: Arrived on scene. Neighbors evacuated from nearby house. Cordon of 500 feet established.

1558 Hours: MSgt Bell and SSgt Fletcher proceeded down range in flak vest and helmet.


1607 Hours: Team returns uprange with positve nomenclature. There was no painting on the ordnance but the nomenclature was stamped just above the rotating band.

1645 Hours: Team returns down range with Xray equipment.

1655 Hours: First xray shows hollow fuze, no components or explosives.

1656 Hours: One man back down range to reposition xray.

1657Hours: Xray shows no explosives present in warhead.

1700 Hours: Second munition item is xrayed. It is free of components and explosives as well.

1700 Hours: Response terminated. Items retreived.

1730 Hours: Team arrives back at shop. Mission Complete.


Robins AFB ANM8 HC Smoke Grendae

1 17 Jan 2005 1500 received call from Robins AFB Command Post stating that Bibb County sheriffs Office is requesting EOD Assistance with an ANM8 HC Smoke Grenade, Lot Number PB81J014008. Made contact with Investigator Edwards at (478) 8080301 and told him that we would be back at Robins AFB at 0700 on 18 Jan 2005 and to secure the item until then. Item was found in the security shed for Boeing Corporation located on Industrial Drive, Macon Georgia.

18 Jan 2005 0730 Recieved permission for squadron commander to respond. Notified munitions control of possible turn in later in the morning. Team assembled equipment and prepared proper transportation papers.

18 Jan 2005 0800 Departed Robins AFB enroute to Bibb County Sherriff's Office.

18 Jan 2005 0830 Arrvied at Bibb County Sherriff's Office and made contact with Investigator Edwards. Evaluated ANM8 HC Smoke Grenade and found to be in Safe condition. Took control of smoke grenade.

18 Jan 2005 0855 Departed Bibb County Sherriff's Office enroute to Robins AFB.

18 Jan 2005 0920 Arrived at Robins AFB. Proceeded directly to Munitions Control.

18 Jan 2005 0927 Arrived at Munitions Control and filled out paper work for turn in.

18 Jan 2005 1000 Return to EOD Shop. Mission Complete.


Robins AFB M6, 2.36INCH, HEAT 1 28 Aug 05

2122 Hours: Received call from Robins Command Post relaying request for EOD assistance to UXO found in a residential area in Macon, GA. Area used to be old military housing and in the past similar items have been found. Location of residence was 1306 Jeffersonville Road. Requestor was Officer Billy Skinner (Macon Police Department, Bomb Squad, 4788083590).

2245 Hours: Arrived on scene. POC was Wilton Collins, Macon Police Department, Bomb Squad.

2300 Hours: Team goes downrange for recon. Measurements taken. Item is Identified as an M6 Rocket Round. It is unfired and in good shape. There are no paintings or visible markings. The safety pin was still in place and an exposed contact wire was visible at the ventury.

2345 Hours: Exposed wire near ventury is wrapped with electrical tape and safety pin is secured as well.

0000 Hours: Suitable container and packing material obtained for transport. Item and package are secured. Command Post contacted. Request for standby munitions personnel to meet EOD on base for storage.

0045 Hours: Team departs scene after briefings and discussions with local civil authorities. Police escort is arranged for transport back to Robins AFB.

0128 Hours: Munition in custody of 78th Munitions personnel for storage.


0128 Hours: Mission Complete.

0128 Hours: EOD team returns to previous mission still in progress (Civil Authority Request for EOD Support, Warner Robins PD)

1 Sep 05

1300 Hours: Xrayed UXO per request of the 78th Munitions. Rocket is determined to be a training type with the counter balance in place of the shape charge. Rocket motor determined to contain propellant. Awaiting further disposition.

Robins AFB PGU27/B CARTRIDGE, 20MM,

TP

1 10 Nov 05

1230 Hours: Received call from Georgia bureau of Investigations.. GBI requesting EOD support at 1444 Walker Road in Byron Georgia for 20mm casing found with live primer. Bill Bodrey is GBI POC. Tim Floyd was reporter of 20mm.

1310 Hours: EOD Team departs Robins AFB.

1343 Hours: EOD Team arrives onscene.

1400 Hours: Gained entry into house where 20mm round was located.


1410 Hours: Item in custody of EOD team.

1430 Hours: Item turned over to MSA.

1448 Hours: EOD Team enroute to EOD shop.


Robins AFB M433, 40 MM, HEDP 2 11APR06

1140 Hours: Received call from Robins Command Post relaying EOD request from local ATF and Macon Bomb Squad in evaluation and disposition of two M433 HEDP 40mm grenades.(Lot # MA90A168001).

The story we got was a civilian (Mr. Emery Eisenhouer) purchased an "ammo can" from a local military surplus store several months ago. He placed the can in his vehicle and departed for home. On the way home he heard something rolling around inside the ammo can. Upon opening the can (apparently for the first time) he discovered the two 40mm grenades. He later placed them in a desk drawer in his office. His concern was that some kids might otherwise find them and injure themselves. After several months he reports the 40mm grenades to the Macon PD and ATF. Macon PD requests EOD assistance at this time as well.

1208 Hours: EOD Team departs Robins AFB.


1300 Hours: EOD Team arrives on site at the police training range in Macon. The 40mm are considered unsafe to ship. They will be disposed of using Macon explosives.

1410 Hours: Fire in the Hole x3. Disposal successful.

1435 Hours: EOD Team departs for home.

1535 Hours: EOD Team arrives at Robins AFB.


Salt Lake City AGM83/A Bulldog Warhead Inert

1 1430 Received a call for assistance from Detective Layton, who is also on the city's civilian bomb squad, to help them resolve suspected military ordnance at a residential location. The item was described to us as a blue banded with the word inert stamped into it 500lb bomb. The on scene police officers had cordoned off the block surrounding the residence and evacuated the other homes on the block as a precaution. The address was 867 W. Emerald Dr.

1432 Call was made to the 151 MSG Commander, Col. Scott Harrison, for permission to assist the local civilian authorities with found military ordnance. Permission was granted to proceed to the scene and await the Colonel's arrival.

1440 Team left the base with all required equipment and proceeded to the established ECP setup by SLC PD.


1450 The team arrived on scene and gathered names and information of the responding law enforcement personnel. A picture of the item was available, taken by department of homeland security personnel also on scene. From the picture it was indeed determined to be an inert training round, but not a 500lb bomb.

1535 The Colonel arrived and approved us to proceed downrange and begin procedures on the item.

1540 Team completed recon of the item and decided to remotely jar the item due to the fact that the individual in possession of it was mentally unstable.

1545 Team remotely jarred the item, did another recon of the area and determined the item ready for transport back to the training classroom at the shop.

1550 The area was announced clear, law enforcement and DHS personnel arrested the suspect who was in possession of the training munition and the team loaded the training warhead for transport back to the UTANG base. The item positively ID'd the item as an inert training warhead from an AGM83/A Bulldog missile.


Scott AFB M49A2 1 1530 received notification from Command Post of a request for assistance from Belleville PD. After contact with Sgt Sprintz of Belleville PD, he described what sounded like a mortar at a residence downtown.

1600 Team departed for the location.

1630 Team met with a Belleville PD officer at 200 State St, Belleville, IL. The resident and reporting party had packaged the item himself and took pictures while he was doing it. It had apparently been a WWII souvenir from his father. Team chief had the resident cut loose the packaging and open it to expose the item. After close inspection it was determined that the item was safe to ship. The item was positively identified by SSgt Swieszcz and reconfirmed by SrA Downs as an M49A2 mortar with an M52 fuze.

1700 Departed location enroute to home station.

1730 Arrived home station. Mission complete.

Scott AFB M117A3 750lb GP Bombs

4 10:30 Received notification from Scott AFB Command Post of a call from St Louis Terminal Railroad Police regarding possible military munitions found on the Terminal Yard.

10:35 MSgt Rogers spoke to Officer Nathan Brandling of the St Louis Terminal Railroad Police. Brandling said that four green bullets with yellow bands, about two feet long had been discovered by another railroad employee during a routine check of the yard.

11:15 Col Ryder granted approval for off base response via Scott AFB Command Post

11:35 A malfunction in the TO Safe locking mechanism prevented the team from accessing a TO laptop for the response. Team then drove to the EOD proficiency range to retrieve another laptop from the team running a training exercise.

11:50 MSgt Campbell and MSgt Rogers departed Scott AFB enroute to Venice, Illinois.


12:25 Team arrived on scene and made contact with Officer Brandling at the intersection of Market and State Street (MGRS: 15S YC 47055 85542) Brandling directed the team to a location behind a business called St Louis Reload, located at #99 Fox Brothers Industrial Park Madison, Illinois 62060 (MGRS: 15S YC 47084 85863) After checking the area, the team discovered four(4) M117A3 750lb GP bomb casings REF: B2237.

Positive ID was made through nomenclature stenciled on the outside of each casing, and verified through AEODPS. Campbell and Rogers inspected all casings and determined them to be empty. All nose and tail plugs were removed to visually inspect the interior of each bomb casing. The entire interior of all bomb casings were clearly visible and free from explosive material.

Afterwards the casings were removed from the scene by Terminal Railroad employees for pickup by the receiver.

The shipment was bound for: Allied Metal Company 2059 South Canal Streel Chicago, Illinois 60616 (312)225 2800 POC: Barry Schaffer.

The shipment originated from: McAlester US Army Ammunition Depot SJMMCMO 1 C Tree Road McAlester, OK 74501 (918) 4206452 POC: Paul McDaniel

13:30 Team departed scene enroute to Scott AFB.

14:00 Arrived at EOD shop. Secured equipment and made all required notifications.

Scott AFB 3" Parrot Round 2 0400 We were notified that SIU Bomb Tech Cpl. Bennie Vick had recovered two 3" projectiles and a role of detonation cord from a deceased residences' home in Carbondale, IL. Cpl. Vick explained the two rounds with fuzes removed had exudation of what appeared to be the filler coming from the nose of both projectiles. All applicable information was forwarded to the 375th Command Post and an incident log was started. The incident was determined to be a level 1 Emergency Response and permission was granted to respond offbase from the 375 MSG/CC.

0430 Team retrieve explosives from MSA.

0500 Team departed base.

0700 Team arrived at SIU Police Department and met with Sgt Vick.

0730 Team proceeded to SIU MSA


0800 Team arrived at MSA and inspected rounds and Det cord.

0900 The two rounds were identified as 3? Parrott Case Shot Rounds and the exudation appeared to be corrosion surrounding the fuze well. The Det cord was about 1200' in length and severely damaged from deterioration. Because of the condition and the age of the rounds the team elected to move all items to the Marion Federal penitentiary (Rt. 5 PO Box 2000, Marion, IL 62959) explosive and firing range for disposition.

1000 Team arrived at Penitentiary

1100 Per direction of the Penitentiary Warden the team was required to wait until 1200 before detonation could occur.

1200 Both rounds and the Detonation Cord was disposed of at range

1230 Site was cleared of debris and holes were filled in.

1300 Operation concluded

1500 Team arrived back to Scott and reconstituted equipment

1600 Team made all applicable calls and coordination with base and state EPA through base environmental office.


The items were positively identified by TSgt Jones and reconfirmed by SSgt Gunyon as 3" Parrot Case Shot.


Scott AFB M 557 1 1445 Detective HIRLING from Belleville PD contacted Scott AFB Command Post for assistance with an unknown ordnance item that had been turned in to the Police Department earlier in the morning.

1448 ROGERS was contacted by SrA MURANSKI at Scott AFB Command Post and briefed on the incident.

1449 ROGERS contacts Detective HIRLING at Belleville PD. HIRLING told Rogers that a citizen had discovered what he believed to be a piece of ordnance in the basement of his deceased mother's house. He brought the ordnance to the Police Department and spoke to HIRILING. Detective HIRLING described the item as approx 18? long and six inches around, resembling a bullet.

1456 Col ROTTMAN 375 AW/CC was notified of the incident and gave his approval to respond to the Belleville Police Department.

1510 Wing PA was notified by Scott AFB Command Post.

1511 ROGERS, GUNYON and DOWNS departed Scott AFB enroute to Belleville PD

1512 JAG Office was notified by Scott AFB Command Post.

1515 Col RYDER 375 MSG/CC was notified of the situation by ROGERS

1535 Team arrived at the Belleville Police Department MGRS 16S BH 39715 66916

1545 RECON conducted by GUNYON with DOWNS as safety back up.

1559 Team identified item as a Canadian MK33 HE projectile (D552) with M557 Fuze (D238). Item was unfired. Identification was made through measurements and photo comparison with TO. Item is in generally poor condition and no nomenclature was available on the round or the fuze. The item in question was positively identified by GUNYON and confirmed by ROGERS as the item listed in the ordnance section of this report. Due to the generally poor condition of the round ROGERS determined that the item would be disposed of by detonation.

1610 ROGERS requested disposal site from Belleville PD and is offered the departments firing range.

1629 ROGERS went to BPD firing range and determined that the area could not safely contain the detonation of the object. Belleville PD continued to search for a disposal site.

1640 CAMPBELL contacted Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and briefed them on the situation.


1649 Roger LAUDER, Manager of the Springfield Office of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (217 5245027office / 217 3235555 Home) contacted ROGERS and was briefed on the situation and plan of operation. LAUDER told ROGERS that an EPA permit was not required and asked that a copy of the report be sent to IEPA after the operation was completed.

1705 John CRAMER of Casper/Stolley Quarry 2901 Stolley Road, Dupo, Illinois, contacted Belleville Police Department and agrees to allow the item to be detonated on the quarry premises.

1730 Item is packaged for transport and loaded onto EOD vehicle.

1745 Team departed Belleville PD enroute to Casper/Stolley Quarry with a Belleville Police Escort. ROGERS contacted CAMPBELL and requested explosives be transported to the disposal site.

1810 Team arrived at Casper/Stolley Quarry and met with CRAMER.

1815 Team offloaded round at disposal site: 15S YC 46197 68852

1820 CAMPBELL and PINKHAM departed Scott AFB enroute to Casper/Stolley Quarry.

1850 CAMPBELL and PINKHAM arrived at Casper / Stolley Quarry.

1859 PINKHAM and GUNYON began Demo setup.

1917 Demolition set up is completed and all personnel withdraw to the safe area.

1926 GUNYON confirmed that all air traffic was outside the effected area through Diane at PARKS / DOWNTOWN AIRPORT.

1934 Item detonated using MX22 firing device.

1935 Air traffic was released back into the effected area.

1941 GUNYON and DOWNS inspected detonation site. No residual material was located in the area. All equipment was retrieved.

2000 Team departed Casper/Stolley Quarry enroute to Scott AFB. ROGERS notified SSgt BURNS at Scott AFB Command Post.


2035 Team arrived back at the EOD shop and reconstituted gear.

2055 ROGERS notified Sgt HUNTER of the 79th Ordnance Division about the incident.


The item in question was positively identified by SSgt Gunyon and confirmed by MSgt Rogers as the item listed in the ordnance section of this report.

Scott AFB M1907 1 1930 SSgt Guynon received a call from Sgt Sprinz of the Belleville, IL Police dept, that was patched through by the 375th Command Post. The call was a suspected piece of military ordnance approximately 11" long by 3" in diameter with a copper nose and dials on it. All applicable information was forwarded to the 375th Command post and an incident log was started. The incident was determined to be a level 1 emergency response and permission was granted to respond offbase by the 375th MSG/CC.

2000 SSgt Pinkham and Gunyon left Scott AFB in route to the resident's home located at 409N. 39th St.

2030 Team arrived on scene, gathered information from the local police and home owner. The Belleville PD blocked of access to the road in which the residence lived. The owner explained what the item was. It was the same description received from local authorities. He explained that the item was on the garage floor in a cooler on top of rags and other padding material.

2045 SSgt Gunyon entered the garage to recon the ordnance and quickly determined that it was the item listed in the ordnance section of this report. He also recognized that the projectile's condition was fired.


2115 SSgt Pinkham entered the residence to verify SSgt Gunyons findings. SSgt Pinkham and SSgt Gunyon agreed and verified that it was indeed the ordnances listed. Due to the age and "fired" condition of the round it was determined that the item would disposed of by detonation.

2120 The item was prepared for transportation to base. Weather conditions prevented the disposal of the item that evening. Due to lighting within 5 nautical miles it was determined unsafe to proceed with operation that night. Scott AFB weather informed the team that the storm would pass by morning

2130 The team left the incident site in route to Scott AFB. Command post was notified and tasked to contact Munitions Standby to have them meet the team on base for storage

2200 The Team arrived at the proficiency range on Scott AFB. The teamed remained at pro range until munitions reported to base.

2330 Munitions arrived and the item was stored for the night awaiting disposal the following day.

0800 MSgt Rogers reported to the EOD shop and began making the necessary calls to complete disposal of the item.

0845 MSgt Rogers contacted Gary Notter from the Columbia quarry and secured the use of the quarry for disposal of the item.

0900 SSgt Pinkham and SSgt Gunyon responded the EOD shop. Munitions was contacted so the item and explosives could be retrieved.


1000 Munitions Standby arrived; explosives and the munition was loaded out for transportation to the quarry.

1030 Team departed Scott AFB and proceeded to the Columbia quarry.

1100 Team arrived at Columbia quarry and setup for disposal operation began.

1200 Item was detonated.

1215 Detonation site was secured and the disposal deemed a success. Clean up and loadout was accomplished for return to base.

1230 Team departed Columbia quarry.

1300 Team arrived on Scott AFB and reconstituted equipment. Mission Complete.

The item in question was positively identified by SSgt Gunyon and confirmed by SSgt Pinkham as the item listed in the ordnance section of this report.


Scott AFB 30mm MK 270 Practice Round

1 1000 Team received notification from SAFB Command Post that Sgt Cole of Alton Police Department was requesting assistance with a complete 30mm round. The incident was considered a Level 1 Emergency response and permission was granted to respond off base by the 375th MSG/CC.

1015 Team departed Scott AFB

1130 Team arrived Alton Police Department and met Sgt Cole

1135 Sgt Cole handed a complete 30mm Target Practice MK 270 Mod 0 round to the team.

1145 Team placed 30mm in a padded sealed container and returned to Scott AFB

1245 Team turned complete round into the Munitions Storage Area

1300 Team returned to EOD shop Mission Complete

The round was determined to be a MK 270 Mod 0 Target Practice Round by TSgt Jones and verified by SSgt Pinkham.


Scott AFB BDU 33B 1 0855received call from Scott AFB Command Post informing this unit that Alorton police department requested assistance for a military type ordnance. The item was located in a housing development and about 160 people had been evacuated from the area.

0910Approval granted to respond off base. Team chief requested Public Affairs and JAG accompany team to this location.

0930Team responded with Alert truck/trailer and JAG drove their POV to incident site. Team was escorted approximately 3 miles from incident location.

1000Team arrived at scene. Alorton police department and firefighters had set up a very well planned cordon that was correct and effective.

1010Team Chief received onsite briefing about the ordnance item. Long range recon determined item to possibly be a Bomb Dummy Unit 33. MSgt Rogers dawned IPE and required equipment to head down to the item with SrA Downs as safety backup.

1020MSgt Rogers performed recon, gathered all pertinent info about the BDU 33B and returned to safe area. SrA Downs found item on the AEODOPS program.

1030MSgt Rogers went back down to perform procedures to determine condition of the ordnance item

1045Item was determined to be safe with no explosive hazards present. Incident terminated


1100Team packed up all equipment and prepared to depart area.


Scott AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1830MSgt Campbell received notification from Scott Command Post of a response request to East Alton IL. There was a pineapple grenade in a resident's home. All pertinent information was gathered like location, etc....

1840MSgt Campbell contacted MSG CC directly, explained situation and recommendation for a response. Approval granted. Recalled EOD secondary standby (SrA Downs).

1900MSgt Campbell arrived at EOD shop. Gathered equipment. SSgt Gunyon was still at work, assisted in gathering equipment and made arrangements to pull explosives.

1910SrA Downs arrived at EOD shop.

1920MSgt Campbell and SSgt Gunyon went to the Munitions area to pull explosives. Met MSgt Wise who gave us access to explosives.

1940Explosives drawn and team contacted Fire Department, Security Forces, and Scott Command Post prior to departure. SSgt Gunyon manned EOD operations and SrA Downs went on the response.

1950Team departed base. Team called 79th Ord Batt to inform them of the incident.

2035Team arrived at East Alton resident and met Deputy Davis. Grenade was located on a shelf where it had been for 44 years. It was put there by her deceased husband upon his return from the military many years ago.


2045Team advised to evacuate residence and prepared for initial recon.

2050MSgt Campbell made initial recon. Took pictures and closely examined grenade. Fuze was loose and cocked striker had no spring or tension. Striker had not or could not hit home. Also there was nothing to strike.

2100MSgt Campbell shared information with SrA Downs who researched item. Grenade was confirmed as a US MK 2 fragmentation grenade with a fuze by SrA Downs and confirmed by MSgt Campbell.

2110MSgt Campbell went back inside removed loose fuze. Grenade was empty. Incident terminated.

2120Team packed up equipment and departed area. Informed command post of termination. Called Security Forces and Fire Department to inform them of explosives transportation back to the base.

2200Team arrived to the base and munitions area.

2210Returned explosives to munitions

2215Arrived at EOD shop, returned equipment to ready status

2230Mission complete.


Scott AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 7 Jul 05

1445Recieved notification of a offbase munitions response from Scott AFB Command Post. The call came from the 79th Ordnance Battallion based out of Ft Sam Houston, Texas. They in turn was called by Ft Leonardwood EOD who had only 2 EOD technicians assigned so response was limited to base for them. They were called by the Illinois National Guard who had been contacted by the Burlington Sheriffs Department.

1455Personally briefed MSG, CES CC about the response since we were all gathered for the CES CC change of command ceremony. Permission was granted and relayed to the Scott Command Post for response approval.

1500SSgt Gunyon was selected as team member and we headed to EOD shop to load out for response. Calls were made to appropiate agencies.

1510Team arrived at EOD shop and loaded stepvan for 4.5 hr response drive to Burlington Iowa

1530Load out complete. Team departed EOD shop for Munitions Storage Area

1540Team met MSgt Wise to pull explosives. Prepacked cans made pulling explosives easy and quick.

1550Team departed Munitions Storage area after SFS, Fire Department and Command Post were notified of departure with classified, explosives and weapons.


1600Team departed base via Cardinal Creek gate enroute to Iowa.

2030Team arrived at the Burlington Sheriffs Office. Met with Sgt Walker who led team to the house where the grenade was.

2040Team met with owner of the house and gathered details. Owner came across grenade while cleaning out the house in preparation of an auction schedule for 8 Jul 05. Owner relocated grenade to an abandom van parked out back.

2050MSgt Campbell briefed Sheriffs of possible hazards and plans if item was an actual live grenade.

2100MSgt Campbell took appropiate gear in for recon after cordon was set. After close inspection of the grenade it was determined that the fuze had no components and there fore could not function. Also the the fuze was loose. MSgt Campbell removed fuze and discovered grenade to be solid inside.

2115SSgt Gunyon setup an RTR Xray. Item was xrayed and determined to be a chunk of metal. No explosives present. Incident terminated.

2130SSgt Gunyon verified that the item was a MK2 grenade and was verified by MSgt Campbell.

2145Team packed up gear and departed Burlington enroute back to Scott AFB IL


8 Jul 05

0200Team arrived at Scott AFB. Team stored explosives in Munitions Storage Areas

0215Team arrived at EOD shop, reconstituted equipment. Gernade has become a unit training item

0300Mission complete


Scott AFB M7A1 1 6 May 2005

1035 hrsTeam was notified that there was another munitions response request in Caseyville, IL. Team packed up equipment.

1100Team departed Alorton enroute to meet Caseyville Police Officer at McDonalds near interstate 64 at the Caseyville exit. A police escort was used to expedite response from Alorton to Caseyville

1120Met Caseyville Police Officer who then lead us to a Caseyville residence home.

1140Arrived directed evacuation of the house and cordon established. Information was gathered and and item description acquired.

1150SrA Downs went down for a recon with appropiate equipment.

1210SrA Downs returned to safe area with pertinent information and started research of munition.

1225Item was identified as M7A1 practice rocket and verified by MSgt Campbell & MSgt Rogers

1245Based on the nature of the response to which it was located. It was decided to Xray munition.

1300SrA Downs went down range to Xray munition.


1330Xrays were successful which determined item to be fully inert. Again xrays along with munition were verified to be a M7A1 practice rocket with no explosive hazards by MSgt Campbell

1345Team packed up equipment and finalized information with local authoraties, residents and our PA/JAG personnel.

1400Team departed area enroute back to Scott AFB IL

1420Team arrived back to shop returned equipment to ready status

1430Mission complete.


Scott AFB Type 97 1 19 July 2005, 1400 Team received notification from SAFB Command Post that Chief James Hague of the Milledgeville Police Department was requesting assistance with a possible WWII Japanese Hand Grenade. The incident was considered a Level 1 Emergency response and permission was granted to respond off base by the 375th MSG/CC.

1430Team proceeded to Munitions to retrieve response explosives.

1500Team departed base to Milledgeville IL

2230Team arrived Milledgeville IL and met with Chief Hague. Team went inside the PD station to the evidence locker. The item was identified as a Type 97 Japanese hand grenade. The top was canted to see the absence of filler in the body. The hand grenade was retrieved and team proceeded to Rock Falls for billeting for the evening.

2330Team arrived Rock Falls PD and stored response explosives in the evidence locker (24hour surveillance/alarmed facility)

2400Team checked into billeting

20 July 2005, 0800Team proceeded to Rock Falls PD to retrieve response explosives. Team had to wait until the Detective arrived to remove items from the evidence locker. He was the only one who could remove items from the locker.

1000Team departed Rock Falls and proceeded to Scott AFB


1530Team arrived Scott AFB and returned response explosives to Munitions storage area.

1600Team reconstituted gear. Mission Complete.

The item was identified as a Type 97 Japanese Hand Grenade by SSgt Pinkham and independently identified by TSgt Jones. Grenade retaine by 375 CES/CED as a training aid.

Logistical Problems Incurred The extended distance of the calls required the team to store explosives, classified, and weapons with the local P.D. This is not the ideal situation, but it was the only viable option the team had.

Remedy 375 CES/CED will request a telephone listing of all Guard/Reserve/Active bases from the 79th Ordnance division to utilize DOD storage facilities in the future if possible.

Scott AFB F1 1 0800 375th Command Post notified SSgt Gunyon that assistance was requested by the Belleville Police Dept. SSgt Gunyon was placed in contact with Deputy Janney. Dep. Janney explained to SSgt Gunyon that a pineapple type grenade was found in the basement of a house. It had fallen off a 6' shelf when the new owner was cleaning out the prior occupant's stuff. The incident was located at 101 Eldred Rd, Belleville, IL 62223.

0815 SSgt Pinkham and SrA Downs left the shop to pull explosives.

0830 The Team left base in route to the incident site.

0900 The Team arrived at the site and met Dep. Janney. SSgt Pinkham was instructed that the grenade was in


the basement closet on the righthand side on the ground.

0910 SSgt Pinkham donned flack vest, helmet and proceeded to the basement to view the item. The item in question was as Dep. Janney described it. Upon inspection the fuze was determined to be inert, the fuze was also very loose in the grenade body. The fuze was then removed and the grenade was found to be empty.

0915 Item was brought back to trailer to verify type and confirm with team member. Grenade was found to be a Soviet F1 fragmentation grenade by SrA Downs and confirmed by SSgt Pinkham.

0920 Team left incident site in route to Scott Air Force Base.

0945 Explosives were placed back in the MSA

1000 Team return to shop. Mission Compete.

Again, the item found was identified as a Soviet F1 grenade and confirmed by both members of the team, SSgt Pinkham and SrA Downs.


Scott AFB MK 2, GRENADE 1 1500 RCVD notification from Scott Command Post that Sgt Tom Ashley was requesting assistance with a possible WWII style hand grenade found in a recently deceased residence. Team elected to take a 375th Wing Public Affairs representative in the event the need arose. The incident was considered a Level 1 Emergency Response and permission was granted to respond off base by the 375th MSG/CC.

1515 Team departed enroute to Sparta IL

1615 Team arrived Sparta IL at residence and met with family members of the deceased man. Lynda Cox and her Husband were the people who found the grenade. Her husband explained he opened a box and found it in the bottom. He searched the rest of the boxes to see if there were anymore. After he found none, he transported the grenade to the barn approximately 200ft from the home. He took the team to where he placed the grenade. The grenade was a MK 2 grenade with the pin in and the clip bent up to see the striker. Team elected to remove the fuze and found the grenade body to be empty. Item return to base and retained as a training device.

1630 Team departed Sparta IL enroute back to base.

1730 Team arrived base Mission Complete

The grenade was identified by TSgt Neil C. Jones and independently verified by SrA Eli A. Downs to be a MK 2.


Scott AFB M7A1 1 1830 received call from command post regarding a possible ordnance find in Belleville, IL.

1850 Team Member arrived at Shop. Contacted command post. Command post put member in contact with Sgt Nedimaker of the Belleville Police Dept. The Officer explained that the item looked like a black rocket. Mr Dave Hubble found the item while renovating an old home. The owner moved it from a closet to the hallway then called the local PD.

1900 Team Leader arrived at Shop

1915 Team departed to incident. Address was 205 Southgate Dr, Belleville IL, 62223.

2000 Team arrived on scene. Team Leader went to recon item. Recognized the item as an M7A1 practice rocket.

2010 Team Member went down to verify the finding with the proper publication.

.

Item was identified as an M7A1 Practice Rocket, publication 60A21114, and was verified by SSgt Pinkham and SrA Gerig.

2015 Departed Incident Scene.

2030 Arrive on base. Item was added to the 375 CES/CED training aid stock. Mission complete.


Scott AFB Canadian Bristol Aerojet

2 11 Jan 1600 TSgt Jones received notification by Terry Miner about JATO Bottles located at St. Louis Downtown Airport. The items were left there after a flight from Fairchild came in years prior. He stated the items were located in a locked storage facility at the Airport and he would meet us there on 12 Jan at 0900.

12 Jan 0800Team requested permission to respond off base and permission was granted by the 375th MSG/VC Team departed Scott AFB.

0845 Team Arrived at Downtown St. Louis Airport and met with Mr. Miner and he took us to the storage facility where the items were housed.

0900 The items were two each 45lb Aero Jet Canadian Bristol Ltd. Aircraft Rocket Engine Model # 12NS 350CBA. The items were similar to the Mark 34 Mod 0, Motor, JATO Publication F2245. Team applied shielding to JATO Bottles as a precaution per T.O..

0920Team Departed Site

1000Team arrives back on Scott AFB and proceeded to Munitions Storage Area.

1015Team turns in JATO Bottles to MUNS Area and proceeds back the shop.

1030Team reconstitutes vehicle, mission complete


See attached email traffic below for disposition instructions. Additional report will be filed when disposal is completed.

MSgt Reeves,

Here is the direction from Hq AMC to us. Please keep TSgt Jones and TSgt Swieszcz in the loop for coordination on these JATO bottles.

MSgt Campbell

From: Cortez Martin MSgt AMC/A7XD

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:24 PM

To: Campbell Willie III MSgt 375 CES/CED

Cc: Trigg Joseph D CMSgt AMC/A7XD; Fridley John C GS12 AMC/A7XD; Ehmke Russell J Sr CMSgt AMC/A7XD

Subject: RE: JATO turnins

MSgt Campbell,

Spoke with AFCESA and discussed with Chief Trigg. All agree that due to lack of data/info on the items the DDA


can declare them unsafe to ship. Your munitions flight needs to coordinate with the environmental office for a permit under level 2. You may need to stay involved to the point that you ensure all agencies are notified as required and a safe location is identified.

Thanks,

MSgt Cortez

MARTIN CORTEZ, MSgt, USAF

Command EOD Superintendent

507 Symington Drive

Scott AFB, IL 622255022

DSN: 7790710, Comm: (618) 2290710

THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION WHICH MUST BE PROTECTED

IAW AFI 33332 AND DOD REGULATION 5400.11.

PRIVACY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED, APPLIES

From: Campbell Willie III MSgt 375 CES/CED



To: Cortez Martin MSgt AMC/A7XD

Subject: FW: JATO turnins

From: Reeves Thomas D MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM


To: Campbell Willie III MSgt 375 CES/CED; Jones Neil C TSgt 375 CES/CED

Cc: Wise Daniel B MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM; Teague David W TSgt 375 LRS/LGR; Mcnulty Rodney E MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM; BroughtonGoodwin Regeania D SMSgt 375 LRS/LGR


MSgt Campbell,

Please read the below email from our DDA Mr. James Bracey. We need to get a game plan on how you want to dispose the two JATO?s. AFI 21201 gives the procedures for level 2 disposal. Please let us know how we can help speed up this process to dispose these assets.

Thanks Tom


THOMAS D. REEVES, MSgt, USAF

Munitions Flight Chief

Comm: (618) 2566548/8443

DSN: 5768443

From: Bracey James E Civ 84 MUSG/GBAAI [mailto:[email protected]]


To: Reeves Thomas D MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM

Cc: Capati Glenn R Contr 84 MUSG/GBAAI; Trina Nicholas F Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA; Stumph Steve L Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA

Subject: RE: JATO turnins

To All,

We have reviewed the photographs of the JATOs and provide the following guidance/instructions:

Condition of materials unknown!

Assets not under US military Control!


Unknown inspection history!

No technical or packaging data available!

No hazardous classification data!

Items considered NOT SAFE TO SHIP!

Recommend you contact your Environmental Office, EOD Personnel and arrange local disposition of this material as a level 2 Response. If you require further assistance, please let me know.

James E. Bracey

Demil Program Manager

Designated Disposition Authority (DDA)

DSN 7753065

From: Capati Glenn R Contr 84 MUSG/GBAAI

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:38 AM

To: Bracey James E Civ 84 MUSG/GBAAI



From: Trina Nicholas F Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:36 AM

To: Capati Glenn R Contr 84 MUSG/GBAAI; Stumph Steve L Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA

Cc: Reeves Thomas D MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM


Glenn,

How should these guys handle these. DO you want them to submit a nonCAS ADR and try to figure out what these are??

Steve,

Do these look like anything you've encountered B4??

//SIGNED//

Nick Trina, Equipment Specialist

84 MUSG/WMBA

DSN 7777389, COMM (801) 7777389

FAX DSN 7776692, FAX COMM (801) 7776692


Email: [email protected]

From: Reeves Thomas D MSgt 375 LRS/LGRM [mailto:THOMAS.REEVES[email protected]]

Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:14 AM

To: Trina Nicholas F Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA; Young Barbara L Civ 84 MUSG/GBABA

Subject: JATO turnins

Nick, Barbara,

I need some help. EOD picked up some old JATO bottles from St. Louis Mo. Airport. They believed asset might be MK 34 Mod O, but we?re unable to find any techdata on these bottles. I looked in T.O. 11A11237 that discuss other JATO bottles and couldn?t find anything even similar to what we have. I am attaching some pictures that might be able to help you identify what these are. Our game plan is to find out what they are, ADR them and ship them out.

Here is some info from the label.

AerojetGeneral Corp

Aircraft Rocket Engine

Model# 12NS350CBA

Batch 402321


Assy# 601730001

DOM 1965 and 1966

All your help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Tom

THOMAS D. REEVES, MSgt, USAF

Munitions Flight Chief

Comm: (618) 2566548/8443

DSN: 5768443

Scott AFB MARK II, HAND, FRAG

1 1645 TSgt Jones received notification from the Scott Command Post for a request for assistance by Fairmont City PD. They stated they had a grenade with the markings " MK II" on it. TSgt Jones notified SrA Downs. Sgt Jones then contacted the MSG Commander for approval to respond. Permission was granted.

1710 TSgt Jones and SrA Downs met at the shop and loaded out the response vehicle. Notification was made to the Command Post advising them we were on our way off base.

1745 Team arrived on scene. The grenade was located in a dumping ground. The police officer had put a kevlar vest around it until we arrived. Team dressed out in Level IV body armour and Kevlar Helmets. Upon further inspection it was determined that the grenade was inert no explosives found. Incident terminated.


1845 Team arrived back on base, reconstituted equipment.

Item was identified by SrA Downs as a MK II Grenade and verified by TSgt Jones.

Scott AFB MARK II, HAND, FRAG

1 1345 Command Post received notification of request for assistance from Madison County Sheriff's Office reference a grenade in a private residence. Team chief contacted agency to obtain information on the incident. Obtained MSG/CC approval for offbase response.

1400 TSgt Jones and SrA Downs departed base.

1430 Team arrived on scene. SrA Downs dressed out in Level IV body armor with Kevlar helmet, with TSgt Jones acting as safety backup, also dressed out in Level IV with Kevlar helmet.

1445 After examination, it was determined the grenade was inert no explosives present.

1545 Team arrived back on base, reconstituted equipment. Incident terminated.


The item was identified by SrA Downs as a MK II hand grenade and verified by TSgt Jones.

Scott AFB 5.56MM 173 0256 SrA Gerig receives call from command post. Command post patches through to Agent Heizer. Heizer requests assistance at a local residence to check out an ammo can that may contain possible military munitions and explosives.

0310 SSgt Gunyon and SrA Gerig meet up at BLDG 504 and prepare equipment for call.

0330 Team receives permission to respond off base and departs Scott.

0350 Team arrives at local residence

0400 Team receives brief from AFT agent

0405 SrA Gerig enters residence house with suspect and ATF agent to check out the ammo can. Once opened, the ammo can revealed one 1.25 block of C4, one hundred seventythree 5.56MM rounds, two 40MM unfired, three 81MM propellant charges, two hundred feet of time fuse, one M18 Smoke grenade, and five M60 igniters.

0450 Team loads munitions onto vehicle and departs scene.

0520 Team arrives at scott and requests for munitions personnel to meet them at the MSA

0530 Team enters MSA unloads munitions and departs


0550 Team arrives at Shop Mission compete

Scott AFB M1907M 1 1610 SSgt Gunyon is notified of a UXO at a residences house. ATF agent asks for assistance

1615 SSgt Gunyon calls SrA Gerig and notifies him to meet him at the shop

1630 SSgt Gunyon and SrA Gerig arrive at shop

1640 Team Departs base with trailer.

1700 Team Arrives at residents house

1705 SSgt Gunyon is briefed by ATF agent.

1710 SrA Gerig recons UXO wearing flak and helmet and then sets up an XRAY.

1725 Team identifies UXO in AEDOPS

1730 SSgt Gunyon xrays UXO several times and team determines that there is no bottom half of the fuze and there is no explosive filler in the UXO.

1740 Team picks up UXO and stores it in the trailer.

1745 Team departs residents house and heads back to base


1805 Team arrives on base

1830 Team Unloads trailer and reconstitutes gear Mission Complete.

Scott AFB XM576E1, CARTRIDGE, 40 MM,

MULTIPLE PROJECTILE (MP)

1 1030 SSgt Pinkham received a call from FBI agent Scott Taylor asking for assistance with military 40MM.

1035 SSgt Pinkham and SrA Gerig assemble equipment needed and leave shop. Team exits base and heads toward incident site

1055 Team arrives at site and meets with Agent Taylor. Taylor shows the items to the team. There are a total of 7 items, 6 illumination and one mulitple projectile. Team determines that the items are not fired. Agent Taylor did not have the background on the procurement of the rounds.

1100 Team secures 40MM and departs incident site.

1120 Team arrives on base.

1125 Team turns in items to Munitions Storage Area.

1130 Team arrives at shop, Mission Complete.

Ordnance items in question were positivly identified by SrA Gerig and verified by SSgt David Pinkham as items named in report.


Seymour Johnson AFB

M127A1, SIGNAL, ILLUMINATION,


1 1645: Team received request from SSgt Stuart Stevens at the 430 EOD C0. for a pickup of a flare that had been dropped off at his location. The police department of Greenville, NC, had acquired the item somehow and had called SSgt Stevens to ask what they should do with it. SSgt Stevens told them to drop it off at his location.

1713: Command Post was notified and subsequently Commander approval was received to respond. Team arrived at the location and picked up the item and placed it in a CMC and transported it back to the MSA on base.

A1C Breive identified the item and SSgt Dula verified.

2030: Team returned to shop and reconstituted the response vehicle.

Seymour Johnson AFB

Atlas Giant Gelatin 40% Dynamite

10 Received a request for assistance from Cherry Point EOD to respond to some commercial dynamite found in a barn in Plymouth, NC. Contact was made with Detective James Ross from the Washington County Sheriff's Office to get details. Detective Ross was directed to contact the SJAFB Command Post to request our assistance. Once granted permission to respond the team departed the shop. Once on scene, team chief ensured fire and medical were present, the area was evacuated of all personnel and briefings were received from Detective Ross and the fire chief on scene. The homeowner had been cleaning out an old barn when the dynamite was found. He then reported it to the sheriff's department. Once he was advised that we were going to respond, he moved the dynamite from it's original location to another old barn that he wanted "torn down". Apparently he wanted us to dispose of the dynamite in the barn saving him the trouble of tearing it down. As it turned out, the barn he moved it to was within 10 feet from his garage and within 50 feet of his house. Team inspected the dynamite and determined it was safe to move. It was placed in a field and detonated.

This response was treated as a level II response. Team chief advised the on scene fire chief of his responsibility to obtain the appropriate EPA permits. Our legal representative aided us in getting signatures on the official request for support and the DD Form 1926. Copies of these will be filed with our report.


Seymour Johnson AFB

Mk6 Mod 1 JATO Bottle


20060302 1630

Recieved notification of a JATO Bottle at a business downtown

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Team leaves shop to go to the scene. MSgt Price and TSgt Moats meeting team there.

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Team arrived on scene

20060302 1730

Team loaded item on truck and transported it back to base. The item was determined to be expended.

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Response complete. Team returned to shop.



Seymour Johnson AFB

M583A1, 40MM, CARTRIDGE,

PARACHUTE STAR, WHITE

1 1145 hrs SSgt Stevens, US ANG EOD in Greenville called requesting our support.

A female from the local community found a 40mm parachute flare in her yard. She called

Greenville, NC PD to handle the item she was then directed by the PD to bring the item to

the National Guard Armory. The Guard EOD unit has no way to store, ship, or dispose of

this item.

1230 hrs Seymour Johnson EOD received permission to proceed from Lt Col Reese, 4 MSG/DC

1400 hrs SJ EOD arrives at 430th EOD unit examines cartridge. 40 mm White Star Parachute Flare

was unfired and appears to be in serviceable condition besides being dirty.

1630 hrs SJ EOD arrive back on station turns the 40 mm flare over to munitions inspections.

Mission Complete

Seymour Johnson AFB

US NAVY 5" DRILL 1 Team was contacted by 4th FW Command post to respond downtown with approval granted by Wing CC. Team contacted Local Goldsboro PD personnel and responded to safe area.

On scene Police had discovered what they believed to be a rocket warhead. Upon recon, item was determined visually via nomenclature and ordnance ID to be a solid brass, 5" US Navy Drill projectile. Item had been thrown into the bushes by unknown personnel near a civilian home in a residential area.


Item was Xrayed for validation of recon and found to be completely solid. Since item possessed no hazard, item was taken to E.O.D. shop for disposition and incident was terminated.

Shaw AFB MK 23 MOD 0, MOTOR, JATO

1 1445 Received call from SLED

1505 Contacted CP and SQ CC (Rep Mr. Aamold), received permission to respond

1535 Team departed shop


1825 Team determined that item presented no danger, and placed in truck

1838 Team departed location heading back toward shop

2100 Arrived back at shop, notified CC and CP of our return.

Team arrived on scene and met Special Agent Kevin Jordan of SLED. He escorted us to the item's location. Item had been dug up by a bulldozer and was partially exposed. The item was split open, and the entire inside was filled with mud. The mud was dug out, confirming nothing inside of the container. The item was an old JATO bottle, features are consistent of the MK 23 series. Item was picked up, secured in the truck bed, and returned to Shaw AFB. Mission Complete.

Total miles 223.6 Fuel Used 12.1 gallons diesel


*Note Pictures of item on scene could not be retrieved from the camera used. Pictures were taken of item cleaned at the shop.

Travis AFB M49A3 60mm Mortar 1 1125 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command that the Sacramento Police Department were requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found by a transient person near a Mass Transit Rail. The item was identified as a 60mm mortar which was wrapped in a towel and dropped by the transient person. Due to the travel time to Sacramento the Bomb Technicians decided to move the item away from the Mass Transit Rail to resume operations. The location of where the item was being moved to was given to the Travis EOD Team.

1150 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response.

1215 Contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 1 vehicle.

1255 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Officer Rick Osborne. The item had been placed in the trunk of a patrol car wrapped in a bomb blanket. The item was removed from the patrol car and placed away from


personnel and vehicles. SSgt Hoffert performed a reconnaissance of the item and positively identified the item as an M49A3 60mm mortar (stamped nomenclature) with an M935 fuze installed with a safety pin inserted. The item also had an ink stamp on the mortar body "60mm Inert Mortar for Western Demil Test". Digital photographs and xrays were taken in attempts to verify the presence of an energetic filler. Results were inconclusive so the item was treated as a live munition.

1335 Team secured the item for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions stand by person (Amn Spillers) were contacted. Amn Spillers was contacting the MXG/CC for permission to place the item in the Munitions Suspect Bay.

1350 Amn Spillers called with permission for the item to be placed in the Munitions Suspect Bay and arranged to meet the team upon their arrival.

1435 Team arrives on base, the item was placed in the Munitions Suspect Bay and the Munitions personnel assumed custody of the item.

1520 Team returns to EOD shop, fueled vehicle and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB BLU36(T1)/B 1 4 Jan 05

1500 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post from Chris Perry, Napa Bomb Technician, requesting EOD assistance for a military munition recovered from a civilian. The item was taken to the Calistoga Police Department by the civilian and given to the officer working the reception window. The individual had the item in his possession for ten years and wanted to turn it in. He shook it and told the officer that it had something rattling inside it. The Calistoga Police Department contacted the Napa Bomb Technician who responded, took custody of the item and requested Travis EOD assistance. The item was moved to a field in Napa were the Travis EOD Team responded to.


1530 Team departed the base and contacted the Command Post with number of personnel and vehicles supporting the response.

1600 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Chris Perry. The item had been placed in an ammunition can with sand. The item was removed from the can, photographed and xrayed. The item was positively identified by MSgt Dunn and SSgt Hoffert as a BLU36(T1)/B or a BLU26(T1)/B scatterable bomblet. The item was treated as a BLU36(T1)/B since it is the most hazardous of the two.

1650 Team secured the item for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel (Amn Spillers) were contacted. Amn Spillers had already requested permission to place the item in the Munitions Suspect bay, just waiting for a response.

1700 Amn Spillers received permission for the item to be placed in the Munitions Suspect Bay and arranged to meet the team upon their arrival.


1730 Team arrives on base, the item was placed in the Munitions Suspect Bay. The Command Post and Munitions personnel were informed that the item would be moved to the EOD Proficiency Range for a continuation of the Level 1 response the following morning therefore the item was not to be moved for inspection purposes.

5 Jan 05

0930 Team prepared for Level 1 continuation, contacted Munition Storage Area of approximate arrival time to draw explosive and the suspect item from the Munitions Suspect Bay. Prepared necessary range equipment and made the Proficiency Range notifications.

Personnel for range operation: MSgt Dunn, SSgt Hoffert, SSgt Brickey, TSgt Wilson, SSgt Glance and SSgt Wyant.

1000 Departed EOD shop for Munitions Storage Area.

1110 Moved munition item from the Munitions Suspect Bay to the EOD Proficiency Range. Conducted a range safety briefing and assigned task to all personnel.

1140 Item was rendered safe.

1200 Team returns to EOD shop and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB Mk 11 Mod 1 2 1520 Received a call From Sgt Paul Wrapp of the Mill Valley Police Department. Sgt Wrapp was given two 20mm projectiles from a residence and requested assistance. Sgt Wrapp informed us he was in the local area and wanted to drop them off. We made arrangement to meet him off base. 60th command post was notified.


1600 Team was assembled, briefed and preceded to the meet with Sgt Wrapp. Two 20 MM Projectiles were recovered and were positively identified as live Mk 11 Mod 0 by SrA Justin Harris and SSgt Jeffrey Wasik. Items were placed in a CMC and team returned to base.

1630 All items were turned over to SSgt Barbour with 60th Munitions Flight. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB M106, 8INCH, HE 4 1430 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Stockton Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found in a railcar at the Stockton Union Pacific Railhead. Reconnaissance had been performed by the Stockton PD bomb technicians and tentatively identified four each 8 inch projectiles (2 were obviously empty, but 2 had closure caps in the fuze wells)

Stockton PD offered to Xray the projectiles for us during our one hour travel time, and setup their RTR4 with XR200 source, but chose not to xray them prior to our arrival.


1500 Contacted the Command Post of base departure with four personnel and two vehicles.


1600 Team arrived on scene and was briefed by Officer Ron Maxwell. The projectiles had been under a large amount of metal rebar and other material in the railcar. After the material was offloaded and the projectiles were discovered Union Pacific workers halted operations and contacted the police. SSgt Hoffert performed a reconnaissance of the items and positively identified the projectiles as M106 8 inch HE projectiles (stenciled nomenclature). The decision was made to remove the projectiles from the railcar before night time. Stockton PD obtained use of a Union Pacific forklift to extract the projectiles from the railcar. Stockton PD RTR4 was utilized with our XRS3 Source and Xrays were taken in attempts to verify the presence of an energetic filler. Results on the two projectiles with closure caps were inconclusive so they were treated as a live.

1800 Team secured the item for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions stand by person were contacted.

1900 Team arrived on base and proceeded to the munitions storage area. It is then discovered that during transportation the closure plugs had become dislodged and visual inspection of the projectiles confirmed all four of the projectiles were empty. The items were placed in the Munitions Suspect Bay and the Munitions personnel assumed custody of the items.

1930 Team returned to EOD shop, fueled vehicle and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated

Travis AFB M51B1, CARTRIDGE, 37MM, APCT

1 1400 Received a call from the Command Post requesting EOD assistance for a military munition reported at a gated community in Walnut Creek, CA. The resident had contacted law enforcement that she had a munition item that had been discovered after a family member passed away.

1410 Notifications to the CES/CD and MSG/CD were completed and the team departed base to incident. Response was considered Level 1.

1515 Arrived on scene and identified the item as a M51B1 37mm projectile. SSgt Brickey took pictures and packaged the projectile for transportation.

1650 Arrive on base and turned in the item to munitions standby (SSgt Barbour). Munitions was informed of the potential for tracer residue and a live casing primer.


1730 Arrived at shop, reconstituted alert vehicle and notified Command Post. Incident Terminated

Travis AFB None 1 1300 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Calaveras County Sheriff's Department were requesting EOD assistance for a military munition. The item was identified as a German Smoke Grenade. The German writing translated to "Fog Throw Body Black" with functioning instructions and delay times.


1325 Contacted the Command Post of base departure with 4 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1545 Arrived at the Calaveras County Sheriff Department and contacted Deputy Ross. The item was removed from their response vehicle for photographs and xrays.


1820 Team arrived on base, the item was placed in the suspect bay of building 982.


1900 Team returns to EOD shop, fueled vehicles and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.

Pictures of the item were emailed to the EOD TSC, AMC HQ and the EOD Flight Chiefs in Germany for assistance in positively identifying the item and its filler composition.

3 Mar 05 Mr. Jeff Hartman from the EOD Technical Division has positively identified this item as an East German (military unique) smoke grenade. As the Team Chief I concur with Jeff Hartman on the identification of the item. The EOD Technical Division has the same item with white smoke. Currently no publication covers this item, a Level 2 Technical Data Publication will be created.

Travis AFB ABCM25A2 37 1445 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento were requesting EOD assistance for military munitions they received from the Academy Weapons Training Unit, Los Angeles, CA.


1515 Contacted the Command Post of base departure with 4 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1605 Arrived at the Sacramento CHP Academy, met with Officer Bob Koob who escorted us to the range where the items were located.


1610 Items found were HC Smoke Grenades, ABCM25A2 CS Grenades and M110 Gunflash Simulators. TwentyOne of the CS grenades had been removed from their shipping containers and loosely stored in cans. All loose and opened items were inspected and safety pins secured in place. The items were in support of the 1984 Olympics for law enforcement in the Los Angeles area. All items were positively identified by MSgt Dunn and SSgt Newman.

1700 Team secured the items for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and Munitions standby person were contacted.

1800 Team arrives on base, the items were placed in the Munition Inspection bay.


Travis AFB M344 1 0900 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Lafayette Police Department were requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found near the Burton Valley Elementary School. The item was described as an M344 106mm projectile, green in color located in a baseball field maintenance shed.


0915 The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1015 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Officer Grevious on the location of the item. Officer Grevious


informed us that the officers previously on scene had disassembled the item and put it back together.

1025 Sgt Newman performed a reconnaissance of the item and positively identified the item as an M344 106mm HEAT projectile without the cartridge and no evidence of it ever being fired. MSgt Dunn verified and agreed with SSgt Newman on the positive identification of the item. The item weighed approximately 5 lbs which is 12 to 13 pounds lighter than a full up round without the cartridge.

1045 Team secured the item for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified that a single item was being moved to Travis AFB.

1235 Team arrives on base, the item was turned over to the Munitions personnel in the Munition Inspection Bay.

1300 Team returns to EOD shop, cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB M3, Cartridge, Rifle Grenade, cal. .30

10 At 2000 Travis Command Post notified EOD Team Chief of an offbase request for EOD assistance to military ordnance found in Contra Costa County. Team Chief recalled EOD standby personnel and made the appropriate notifications to respond.

2115 Team arrived on scene and met with Deputy Laurie Bailey of the Contra Costa County Police Department. Team received briefing and team member entered the garage of the local residence to conduct a recon.

The item was positively identified as a M9 A.T. Rifle Grenade by MSgt Cross and SSgt Hoffert. Also identified in the residence was 10 ea. M3 .30 cal blank cartridges used with the M9 Grenade and one MK II 20 mm blank round.

Due to the lack of procedures and information in the technical data the decision was made to blow the item in an open field across town. Captain Rick Stratton of the Contra Costa County Fire Department provided an open field for the detonation of the item. At this time additional assets were required from Travis AFB so two additional members were called to bring the Total Containment Vessel to transport the grenade and explosives.

At 0001 the grenade was placed into the Total Containment Vessel and transported to an open field. (37.58.40.6N 122.21.138W) A hole was dug and the M9 grenade and the all blank rounds were placed into the hole. A M112 charge was dual primed for detonation.

At 0130 the shot was detonated with the MX22. The shot was cleared and the team departed.

The team returned to base and reconstituted the response gear. The incident was terminated at 0300.


Travis AFB M10A2, GRENADE, STRIKER RELEASE

1 1120 Received a call from the 60th Command Post that the Walnut Creek Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found in a residence during a search of the home by police officers. The items were described as two mortar rounds and one hand grenade.

1140 Team Chief made the proper notifications and the team departed base.

1215 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Officer Lee Harrington of the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad. The munitions items were located in a paper bag that was removed from a weapon safe during the search and placed on the floor. Officer Harrington also informed the team that they found two plastic mortar tubes and one cardboard tube with military stenciling on it in the garage. There was also a military ammo crate on top of the safe that the munitions were taken from and three ammo cans in the same room.

1230 SrA Daley, wearing Level 4 Body Armor and Kevlar Helmet, began an initial reconnaissance of the munition items. All three items were found to have safety pins in place. Based on this and the fact that the items had been moved prior to our arrival, he removed each of them individually from the paper bag and hand carried them one at a time to the back yard. The items were positively identified by SSgt Hoffert and MSgt Cross as one M49A2 mortar with an M52 PD fuze, one Type 89 Japanese mortar with a Type 88 fuze, and one Mk 2 hand grenade with an M10A2 fuze.

1300 SrA Daley moved to the garage to perform a reconnaissance of the mortar tubes. The two plastic tubes had no markings and seemed empty. The cardboard tube was identified by the stenciling as a container for an M368 106mm Inert Drill round. All three items were moved to the back yard to confirm the contents with xray prior to opening.

1325 Team and Walnut Creek Bomb Squad each set up RTR4 units in the back yard and both were utilized to Xray all of the items. Travis EOD Xrayed the three ordnance items while Walnut Creek Xrayed the three tubes. The two mortar tubes were confirmed to be empty and the cardboard tube was confirmed to contain a 106mm Inert Drill Round.


1335 The Xrays of the two mortars were inconclusive as to the presence of filler. The safety pins were taped in place by SrA Daley to prevent them from being removed during transportation. While taping the M52 fuze in the M49A2 mortar, SrA Daley noticed it was extremely loose and became partially unscrewed when the tape was applied. To prevent possible mishap by the fuze inadvertently falling out, he carefully removed the fuze from the projectile. Upon removal of the fuze, the M49A2 was found to be empty.

1350 The Mk 2 hand grenade had a screwedin base plug and explosive powder was found in the residence, so it was determined that it could have been tampered with. The xray did not confirm presence of filler, but did show that the fuze was possibly spent. Being a potentially improvised military munition, the grenade operation was turned over to ATF Agents on scene and they performed a remote removal of the fuze. The grenade was found to be empty and the fuze had functioned.

1430 SrA Daley, wearing EOD8 Bomb Suit, with a member of the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad in one of their SRS5 Search suits, returned to the room the munitions were discovered in and moved the ammo crate and ammo cans to the back yard. Xrays of the ammo cans showed that two contained small arms ammunition and the third was empty. The Xrays of the ammo crate were inconclusive as to it's contents.

1500 The ammo crate was remotely opened using Hook and Line kit. Contents were revealed to be miscellaneous ammo reloading materials and gun cleaning supplies.

1525 Walnut Creek Bomb Squad collected the munitions items for use as evidence.

1615 After packing up equipment used and the 106mm Inert Drill round, Team departed Walnut Creek.


1715 Team returned to EOD shop, reconstituted equipment used. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB M17A1, SIGNAL, RIFLE,

ILLUMINATING, WHITE PARACHUTE

1 1415 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Walnut Creek Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition item found at a local residence in Concord, CA. The item was described as an M17A1 parachute flare.

1445 Team made all proper notifications and departed.

1540 The team arrived on scene and was briefed by Officer duLong of the Concord Police Department. SSgt Hoffert performed a reconnaissance and took photos and xrays of the item. SSgt Hoffert and MSgt Cross positively identified the item as an M17A1 parachute flare that was still in its original condition.

1610 The item was placed in a CMC and transported back to Travis AFB where it was turned over to munitions personnel.

1700 Team returned to EOD shop and reconstituted the equipment. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB MK 1 MOD 5, PROJECTILE, 40 MM,

AA

1 1911 Received call from the 60 AMW Command Post that Pleasant Hill Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a residence. Team Chief made all appropriate notifications and team departed base at 2020.

2105 Team arrived on scene and received briefing from Officer Wildes of the Pleasant Hill PD on the location of the item. Item was located on the floor of a storage shed behind the residence.

2115 During the reconnaissance SSgt Hoffert handled the item, and noticed the cartridge and projectile were extremely loose. SSgt Hoffert lightly pulled on the projectile and it was easily removed from the cartridge. Both the cartridge and projectile contained no explosive filler except for a possible live primer on the cartridge. The item was positively identified by SSgt Hoffert and MSgt Cross as a MK 1 Mod 5 40mm Antiaircraft Projectile; however, the team was unable to determine if the type was an HETSD, HEP, or HESD. Positive identification can only be made by stenciled markings, and the rusty deteriorated condition of the round made identification impossible.

2150 Team secured item for movement back to Travis AFB. The Munitions personnel were notified that a single item was being moved to Travis AFB.

2220 Team arrived on base and turned item over to Munitions personnel for disposition.

2300 Team returned to EOD shop and reconstituted equipment. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB MK 58 MOD 1, MARINE MARKER

1 1150 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Marin Fire Department was requesting EOD assistance for a marine marker recovered by the Army Corp of Engineers in Sausalito CA. 60 MSG/CC and CES/CC were notified and team departed shop.

1315 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Fire Chief Jim Erving. A1C Walden and SSgt Brickey positively identified the item as a Mk 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. Item was packaged and brought back to Travis AFB for continuation of RSP.

1425 Team arrived at EOD proficiency range. Team was met at range by SSgt Newman, Ropel, Buchanan and SrA Daley with explosives to complete the continuation of RSP. One fire department vehicle was onscene to assist with any fires.

1530 RSP complete. Fire department was released and incident was terminated.

Travis AFB Unknown 1 1100 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) EOD representative (Greg Smith) was requesting Travis EOD assistance for a military projectile found near the Yountville Veterans Home. The item was described as a 3.5" x 11" projectile located in the wooded hills near the Veterans Home.

1115 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1200 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Mr. Andrew Elicock (Chief of Plant Operations) from the Veterans Home. The item had been found by a prison detail crew during an under brush clearance operation. The item had been handled by the prisoner and placed where we found it.


1215 SSgt Hoffert performed a reconnaissance of the item, no nomenclature (stamped or stenciled) were visible. The projectile has a closure or shipping plug in the nose which is recessed with spanner holes for removal. The projectile is approximately 90mm x 280mm (3.5" x 11"). Xray attempts were not successful in determining the presence of an energetic filler.

1300 The team secured the projectile for movement back to Travis AFB and to be placed in the Munitions Storage Area for further research. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified that a single item was being moved back to Travis AFB.

1310 The team departed the Yountville Veterans Home.

1350 Team arrives on base, the item was turned over to the Munitions personnel.

1400 Team returns to EOD shop, cleaned equipment used and sent photographs to the EOD Technical Support Center for assistance in identifying the projectile. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB M69 60mm Mortar 1 1350 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Walnut Creek Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military projectile found at a residence. The item was identified as a mortar by local law enforcement, approximately 8" long, 3" in diameter with 8 fins and a rounded nose.

1430 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 4 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1535 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Officer Balmy on the location of the item. The item had been found during the destruction of a private retaining wall, the mortar was located inside a concrete cinder block. An individual at the residence used a hammer to knock the debris from the mortar body. The mortar was placed on a rabbit cage in the back yard of the residence.

1545 TSgt Baker and SrA Zaldarriaga performed a reconnaissance of the item, no nomenclature (stamped or stenciled) were visible. TSgt Baker positively identified the mortar as an M69 60mm mortar and MSgt Dunn verified that identification.

1615 The team secured the item for movement to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified that a single item was being moved to Travis AFB.

1710 Team arrived back on base, the item was turned over to the Munitions personnel.

1800 Team returned to EOD shop, cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.


Travis AFB M2 Fuse Lighter 1 1000 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Calaveras County Sheriff Bomb Technician, Phil Ross, was requesting EOD assistance for a military related item recovered from a local resident.


1025 The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with three personnel and 1 vehicle.

1200 Team arrived on scene, positive identification as an M2 Fuse Lighter was conducted by MSgt Jerry Dunn and SrA Ramon Zaldarriaga.

1225 The team secured the item for movement to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.

1450 Team arrived back on base and turned the item over to the Munitions personnel.



Travis AFB M49A2 60mm Mortar 1 1 Jun 05

1640 Received a call from the 60AMW Command Post that the Calaveras County Sheriff Bomb Technician was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition recovered from a local residence.



1910 Team arrived on scene, positive identification of the item as an M49A2 60mm mortar was performed by MSgt Dunn and SrA Cadiz. The item was in it's original shipping canister. The primer was protected and the mortar was placed back into its container and then an ammo can to be moved back to Travis AFB.

1940 The team secured the item for movement to Travis AFB. The Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

2135 Team arrived on base and placed the item along with Munitions personnel in a Suspect Bay. The Munitions personnel were briefed that the item would be moved to the EOD Proficiency Range at daylight hours to continue the Level 1 response.

2 Jun 05

1400 The team conducted a munitions pull and moved the item to the EOD Proficiency Range to continue the Level 1 emergency response in daylight hours.


1435 A hole was prepared to place the item in and covered with three filled sandbags allowing access to prime the charge.

1500 The item was rendered safe.



1 1415 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the UC Berkeley Bomb Squad was requesting EOD assistance for a MK 58 MOD 1 Marine Marker in Sausalito CA. 60 MSG/CC and CES/CC were notified.

1440 Team departed.

1615 Team arrived on scene and was briefed by Officer Lee Harris from the UC Berkeley Bomb Squad. According to Officer Harris, the item was dropped from the Golden Gate Bridge while personnel (unknown what agency the personnel were from) were attempting to function it. The item had floated around the bay inlet for 3 days and had finally washed ashore and was found. SSgt Ropel and A1C Walden positively identified the item as a MK 58 MOD 1 Marine Marker. The foil strip and discs were intact as the item was dropped before normal arming actions were accomplished, however, the tape that connects the pullring to the foil strip had been mildly damaged. Item was secured and moved to Travis AFB.


1630 Team departed scene.

1830 Item was turned over to Munitions Personnel and placed in suspect bay.

1844 Team returned to shop and reconstituted equipment. Mission complete. The MK 58 MOD 1 is being held in the MSA pending disposition instruction from AF Item Manager.

Travis AFB MKII Grenade 1 1135 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Oakley Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located a local residence.


1220 The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 4 personnel and 1 vehicle.

1320 Team arrived on scene, the Officer on scene said the item was brought back from Korea in 1945 and the individual always told his kids and grandchildren to stay away from it. The individual passed away six years ago. Positive identification of the item as a MKII grenade attached to an M1 Rifle Adapter was verified by SrA Zaldarriaga and MSgt Dunn. The safety pin was taped in place and the spoon was taped to the grenade body and the rifle adapter. The grenade was placed in a 20mm ammunition can with two sandbags, secured in the vehicle and moved back to Travis AFB.


1345 The Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1440 Team arrived on base and placed the item along with Munitions personnel in a Suspect Bay. The Munitions personnel were briefed that the item was live.


Travis AFB M55 series 1 1200 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Lafayette Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located at a local residence.

1210 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a 105mm M84B1 from the markings on the body.


1315 Team arrived on scene, the item had been in the family for years and believed to have come from St. Louis to California after the death of a family member. Positive identification of the item as a M84B1 105mm Leaflet projectile was verified by SrA Cadiz and MSgt Dunn. The item had been fired and fitted with an M55 series 105mm HE fuze. The projectile was placed in an action packer with sandbags, secured in the vehicle and moved back to Travis AFB.


1345 The Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1430 Team arrived on base and proceeded to the EOD Proficiency range to continue the RSP of the item. Two personnel departed for the MSA for the emergency explosive kit and returned to the Proficiency Range while range notifications were completed.

1525 The munition was rendered safe, the case did not have any leaflets installed. The munitions residue was collected and turned into the Munitions Storage Area.


Travis AFB Mk 13 Mod 0, Marine Signal

1 0930 Received a call from 60 AMW Command Post that Mr. Jerry Clark of the Vacaville Fire Department was requesting EOD assistance to pickup a Mk13 Mod 0 Signal Flare.

0940 Briefed 60 MSG/CC and 60 CES/CC on situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response.

1000 Notified 60 AMW Command Post team was departing with 4 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1015 Arrived on scene. Team was informed the flare was turned in while confiscating illegal fireworks over July 4 weekend. Item was positively identified as a Mk 13 Mod 0, Marine Signal, Smoke and Illumination (A2111 Part 3, Ch. 10 Sec. 1) by SrA Eddingfield and Capt Phillips. Both pull tabs were intact and secured with tape. Item was placed in an ammunition can and secured in vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1035 Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1055 Team returned to base and turned item over to munitions personnel.

1115 Incident terminated. Team returned to EOD shop and reconstituted vehicles and equipment.

Travis AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 0800 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that Sgt Martin Hutchings of the Sacramento Sheriff's Department was requesting EOD assistance to pick up a hand grenade. Item was being held in their response vehicle and being attended by Sgt Connie Merkins.



0910 Team arrived on scene, Sgt Merkins said the item was found lying next to a fire hydrant by somebody walking down the street. The Sacramento squad had responded and had already taped the safety pin and the spoon in place. The item turned out to be a Mk 2 hand grenade. The item was positively identified by Capt


Phillips and SrA Cadiz.

0930 The grenade was placed in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1025 Team arrived on base and placed the item along with Munitions personnel in a Suspect Bay awaiting disposition.



Travis AFB MK2 Hand Grenade 1 0930 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that Sgt Martin Hutchings of the Sacramento Sheriff's Department was requesting EOD assistance to pick up a hand grenade. Item was being held in their response vehicle at the Elk Grove Sheriff's Department.



1140 Team arrived on scene. The police officers had already taped the safety pin and the spoon in place. The item turned out to be a Mk 2 hand grenade. The item was positively identified by MSgt Dunn and A1C Walden.

1155 The grenade was placed in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1305 Team arrived on base and placed the item along with Munitions personnel in a Suspect Bay awaiting disposition.



Travis AFB 40mm Projectile 1 8 Sep 05

1500 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that Anthony AhMu from the Hunters Point Ship Yard was requesting EOD assistance to pick up a 40mm Antiaircraft projectile. The item was found after coastal dredging operations at Hunters Point Ship Yard for BRAC.

1520 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. This AOR is normally the responsibility of the U.S. Army EOD team out of Moffet Field, however; they were not available due to an IED response to Monterey, CA.


1700 Team arrived on scene. Mr. AhMu took the team to the location of the projectile in the soil drying area after dredging. The item had been in the water for several years, badly corroded and the projectile body itself was broken exposing the filler. The item was positively identified as a 40mm projectile by MSgt Dunn and SrA Daley. No possible markings could be located on the item.

1730 The projectile was placed in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1940 Team arrived on base and placed the item along with Munitions personnel in a Suspect Bay to continue the operation the following morning for day light hours.

9 Sep 05


0930 The team arrived at the Munitions Storage Area to pull explosives and the 40mm projectile to continue the Level 1 response.

1000 Team arrived on the EOD Proficiency Range, conducted a safety briefing and rendered the projectile safe.

1100 Team returned to the EOD shop, cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB M49 Flare 8 1100 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that Sgt Johnson of the Richmond Police Department was requesting EOD assistance to pick up some military munitions. The items were located in a private residence in Richmond, CA.



1205 Team arrived on scene. The police officers informed us that the items were M49 Trip Flares located in the garage behind the residence. The items were positively identified by MSgt Dunn and SrA Daley.

1230 All eight flares had the safety pin installed. The pin and spoon were secured on all items. The items were


placed in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB. The Command Post and the Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved back to base.

1320 Team arrived on base and turned the items over to the Munitions personnel in the Inspection Bay.



1 1940 Team received call from 60 AMW Command Post that San Joaquin County Sheriff Department was requesting EOD assistance for a Mk 58 Marine Marker found floating in the bay. Incident was determined to be a Level 1 emergency response. 60 MSG/CC and 60 CES/CC were notified and team departed shop.

2140 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Deputy Sheriff (EOD Tech) Wayne Orvick. SSgt Ropel and SrA Chavez positively identified item as a Mk 58 Mod 1 Marine Marker. It was determined that the item had not been functioned as the pull tab and foil seals were intact. Item was secured and moved to Travis AFB.

2300 Team arrived back at Travis AFB. Team turned the item in to munitions personnel for further disposition. Incident terminated.

Note: According to Deputy Orvick, the Mk 58 was initially reported to the US Coast Guard at 1443 that afternoon.


The Coast Guard dispatched a boat to the scene. Once on scene, the Coast Guard crew "guarded" the item for 3+ hours and contacted various civilian law enforcement agencies and a HAZMAT team. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department received the request for EOD assistance at 1743. Deputy Orvick responded and Coast Guard crew watched him retrieve the item, then departed scene. Travis EOD will contact local Coast Guard station to advise them that military munitions are to be reported to military EOD units first, and should not be handled by civilian authorities unless no other option exists. Deputy Orvick was unfamiliar with the ordnance encountered and thought that the Mk 58's casing was its shipping container. Travis EOD team briefed Deputy Orvick on the functioning of, and the hazards associated with, marine markers.

Travis AFB MK25 Marine Marker 1 1100 Team received call from 60 AMW Command Post that the Bodega Bay Park Rangers were requesting EOD assistance for a Mk 25 Marine Marker found on the beach. Incident was determined to be a Level 1 emergency response. 60 MSG/CC and 60 CES/CC were notified and team departed shop.

1330 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Ranger Probst. MSgt Dunn and SrA Daley positively identified item as a Mk 25 Marine Marker. It was determined that the item had been functioned and the majority of the mixture had been consumed. Item was secured in a 20mm can filled with water and moved to Travis AFB.

1530 Team arrived back at Travis AFB. Team moved the item to the EOD Proficiency Range for continuation of the RSP utilizing 1 M112 block to consume all explosive components.

1550 Additional personnel arrived with explosives to continue the RSP.


1615 Item was detonated. Incident terminated.

1630 Team returned to EOD shop, cleaned equipment used.

Travis AFB M549 155 mm HERA 1 1720 Team received call from 60 AMW Command Post that Marin County Sheriff's Department was requesting EOD assistance for an M549, 155mm projectile that was turned over to them by a civilian. Incident was determined to be a Level 1 emergency response. 60 MSG/CC and 60 CES/CC were notified and team departed shop.

1900 Team arrived on scene and were briefed by Deputy Sheriff Mike Brovelli. TSgt Baker and SrA Cadiz positively identified item as an M549,155mm projectile. It was determined that the item had not been fired as the rotating bands were unscored and a fuze was not present. Item was secured and moved to Travis AFB.

2030 Team arrived back at Travis AFB. Team turned the item in to munitions personnel for further disposition. Incident terminated.


Note: Although the item was positively identified due to stamped nomenclature on the rotating bands, paint and markings inconsistent with the TO warrant further investigation. Item was determined to be empty through Xrays before being turned over to munitions personnel.

Travis AFB M7A1 1 1145 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Richmond Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located at a local residence.

1200 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a Rocket Propelled Grenade approximately 18" long.


1255 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Jones on the location of the item. The item was located in the garages of a recently deceased elderly gentleman. Positive identification of the item as a M7A1 Practice rocket was verified by SrA Chavez and MSgt Dunn. The nose cone/warhead section was broken open for visual inspection. The practice rocket was secured in the vehicle and moved back to Travis AFB. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.


1435 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the item over to the Munitions personnel.

1500 Team arrives EOD shop, cleaned equipment used and fueled trucks. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB 519 CS Riot Control 2 1540 Received a call from the Travis AFB Law Enforcement Desk that the California Highway Patrol was in route with some hand grenades with holes in them to Travis AFB. The grenades were found at Skaggs Island and placed into a zip lock bag. I directed the LE Desk to have the officer arrive at the South gate, used for deliveries only, to avoid the general population at the other gates. I asked if the Command Post had been notified and I was told yes.

1550 I called the Command Post to ensure the MSG/CC had been notified, the Command Post knew nothing about the situation. The LE Desk had called the Command Post for our standbyby number and when asked if this was an emergency or anything they needed to know the LE Desk said no. I briefed the Command Post and requested that the MSG/CC be notified and that we were responding to the South Gate to wait the arrival of the CHP and Security Forces personnel. I contacted the Munitions standby person and briefed him.



1615 The CHP and Security Forces arrived, the grenades were handed through the fence in a zip lock bag. I briefed the CHP officer that we prefer to respond to the location were the items are found for examination. The grenades were xrayed and examined for nomenclature. The items were CS Riot Control grenades. Positive identification of the items were verified by SrA Cadiz and MSgt Dunn. The items were secured in the vehicle and moved to the Munitions Storage Area.

1700 Team proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the items over to the Munitions personnel.


Travis AFB M7A3 1 1515 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Contra Costa County Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a local residence.

1530 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a M7A3 CS Riot Hand Grenade in the original container.


1620 Team arrived on scene, contacted Sergeant Brown in the Police Department. The item was found in the attic of a local residence and turned into the Police Department. The owner of the home has lived in the residence for 13 years and had never been in the attic. Positive identification of the item as a M7A3 CS Grenade was verified by SrA Chavez and MSgt Dunn. The greande was secured in the vehicle and moved back to Travis AFB. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.




Travis AFB M793 4 28 Jan 06

1015 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Rio Vista Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found along the banks of the Sacramento River.

1030 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item were described as 25mm projectiles.


1130 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer McDowell who had the items in the trunk of his vehicle. Positive identification of the items as 2 ea, 25mm M793 Target Practice Tracer projectiles was verified by SrA Daley and MSgt Dunn. The projectiles were secured in our vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB. The individuals that found the projectiles were there and indicated that there where two more rounds in the water. The


Sacramento County Sheriff's arrived to follow the fisherman to the location were the remaining two rounds were reported to be.

1150 Arrived at the fishing location. The fisherman had arrived at the river around 0700, found the rounds and continued to fish for the day prior to turning them into the Rio Vista Police Department. By the time we arrived at the location it was under approximately five feet of water. With information from the Sheriff's tide guide we planned on returning the following morning to locate the remaining two rounds.

1200 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the items being moved to Travis AFB. The Command Post was notified of the plan to return to the site in the morning and why.

1230 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the items over to the Munitions personnel.

1245 Team arrives EOD shop, prepares equipment for departure to site at 0600 on 29 Jan 06.

29 Jan 06

0600 MSgt Dunn and SrA Daley depart EOD shop, contact the Command Post of team departure.

0630 Arrive at the fishing site, surveyed the area and approximately thirty feet in both direction from where the items were said to be. We utilized a spot light to help and then used a remote gripper to gentle sift through the river silt. No additional projectiles were found.


0710 Departed the fishing site, contacted the Command Post of our departure and the negative find.


Travis AFB M43A1, 81 MM, HE, MORTAR

1 1245 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Solano County Sheriff's Office was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a local residence.

1305 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a mortar round with an M53 fuze. The team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 4 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1330 Team arrived on scene, met with Deputy Sheriff Hans Munck and homeowner Michael Sicilia. The item was found by Mr. Sicilia while cleaning out his wife's grandfathers home. The grandfather was reportedly an engineer in an Army ammunition factory many years back. He locked the doors and told the man who tends to the property not to go in. He apparently didn't listen and proceeded to separate the mortar, fuze and booster over the weekend. Positive identification of the item as a M43A1 81mm mortar with a M53 PD Fuze was verified by SrA Daley and Capt Phillips. The mortar and fuze were secured in the vehicle and moved back to Travis AFB. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.




Travis AFB None 1 1050 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Richmond Police Department were requesting EOD assistance for a military munition. Detective Parker emailed us photographs of the item and the item was identified as a German Smoke Grenade. The same type item was recovered from Calaveras County last year. The German writing translated to "Fog Throw Body White" with functioning instructions and delay times.


1110 Contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 1 vehicle.

1145 Arrived at the Richmond Police Department and contacted Detective Parker. Detective Parker had the smoke grenade outside the building waiting for us. The item was positively identified by MSgt Dunn and A1C Walden as the same type of German smoke grenade that has been recovered in the past near Travis AFB.



1230 Team arrived on base, the item was turned over to the Munitions personnel in the Inspection Bay.


NOTE from previous report on this like item:

3 Mar 05 Mr. Jeff Hartman from the EOD Technical Division has positively identified this item as an East German (military unique) smoke grenade. As the Team Chief I concur with Jeff Hartman on the identification of the item. The EOD Technical Division has the same item with white smoke. Currently no publication covers this item, a Level 2 Technical Data Publication will be created.

Travis AFB M1 1 1515 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Sacramento Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found along the banks of the Sacramento River.

1525 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item were described as a 105mm projectiles.


1620 Team arrived on scene, contacted Sergeant Holiday who showed us the location of the munition along the river bank.. Positive identification of the item as an M1, 105mm projectile was verified by SrA Daley and MSgt Dunn. The item was stamped "REJECT" on the body, possibly from the factory and had a fuze shape in the nose with no markings. The projectile was secured in our vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1645 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.

1720 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the item over to the Munitions personnel. The item was weighed in the inspection bay and was within 2 lbs of a full up round, therefore the Munitions personnel were instructed to treat it as a live munition when requesting disposition from Item manager.

1745 Team arrives EOD shop and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB M74 37mm 8 1330 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Napa Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found at a private residence.

1345 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The items were described as a 20 and 40mm projectiles.


1445 Team arrived on scene, contacted Chris Roberts (Napa Bomb Squad) who showed us the location of the projectiles. Positive identification of the items as M74 (37mm) and M75 (20mm) projectiles was verified by SrA Cadiz and MSgt Dunn.The projectiles were secured in our vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.

1505 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being


moved to Travis AFB.

1540 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the items over to the Munitions personnel. An exact count could not be confirmed since several of the projectiles are encased in concrete.


Travis AFB M1907M, PROJECTILE, PTT

1 1805 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Sacramento Sherrifs Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence.

1820 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a 3in projectile.


1930 Team arrived on scene, contacted Mark Kennison (Sacramento Bomb Squad) who showed us the location of the projectile. Positive identification of the item as a 3in Mk 1 Shrapnel projectile with a 1907M PTTF Fuze was verified by SSgt Harris and SSgt Brickey. The projectile was secured in our vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


2000 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions Flight were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.



Travis AFB M21 1 0130 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Vacaville Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence.

0150 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a pineapple grenade.


0230 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Todd Dye who briefed is on the situation and the location of the grenade. The grenade had been moved a couple of times by the officers on scene. The item was xrayed and the igniter was visible. Positive identification of the item as an M21 practice grenade was verified by SrA Cadiz and MSgt Dunn. The safety pin and spoon were secured and the grenade was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


0310 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB. The Munitions personnel could not be reached by EOD , the Command Post was able to contact the stand by person approximately 45 minutes later. The Munitions Standby person had lost the pager on the way home that night and did not report it to the Command Post.



Travis AFB M735 APFSDST 1 0700 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the California Department of Forestry was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found in Willits, CA. on Highway 101.

0715 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a possible SABOT round.


1015 Team arrived on scene, contacted Larry Grafft who briefed us on the situation and the location of the item. The item was originally located on Highway 101 and had been run over by a couple civilian vehicles causing tire damage. The item had been moved from the location found on the highway to the CDF Station. Positive identification of the item as an M735 105mm APFSDST round was verified by SrA Walden and MSgt Dunn. The tracer element had been expended. The item was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1040 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.



Travis AFB M21, HAND, PRACTICE

1 0950 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Vacaville Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence.



1051 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer JR Johnson who briefed us on the situation and the location of the grenade. The grenade had been moved a couple of times by the officers on scene. The safety pin and spoon were secured with monotape then the item was xrayed with inconclusive results. Positive identification of the item as an M21 practice grenade was verified by SrA Walden and SSgt Brickey. and the grenade was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1113 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB. Munitions where also notified and asked to meet us at the MSA for turnover of the item.

1132 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the Munitions Storage Area and turned the item over to Munitions personnel.


Travis AFB MK 25, MARINE MARKER

1 0915 Team received call from 60 AMW Command Post that the Bodega Bay Coast Guard Station was requesting EOD assistance for a Mk 25 Marine Marker found on the beach. Incident was determined to be a Level 1 emergency response. 60 MSG/CC and 60 CES/CC were notified of the situation.


1120 Team arrived on scene and was briefed by Petty Officer Burns. SSgt Brickey and A1C Messick positively identified item as a Mk 25 Marine Marker. It was determined that the item had been functioned and the majority of the mixture had been consumed. Item was secured in a plastic container filled with water and moved to Travis AFB.

1317 Team arrived back at Travis AFB. Team moved the item to the EOD Proficiency Range for continuation of the RSP utilizing 2 M112 blocks to consume all explosive components.


1345 Additional personnel arrived with explosives to continue the RSP.

1400 Continuation of RSP complete.

1415 Team returned to EOD shop, cleaned equipment used, incident terminated.

Travis AFB Mk 80 Mod 0 6 1130 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Vacaville Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions delivered to their office.

1130 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The items where described as US Navy signal flares.


1200 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Shawn Windham who briefed us on the situation and turned the flares over to our possession. Positive identification of the items as Mk 80 Mod 0 Signal, Hand Held was verified by SrA Walden and SSgt Brickey. The items where secured in the response vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1215 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the items being moved to Travis AFB. Munitions where also notified and asked to meet us at the MSA for turnover of the item.



Note: After speaking with NAVEODTECHDIV, Mk 80 Mod 0's are not listed in 60series publications. The only publication is NAVAIR 11157, Volume 1 dated 1 July 1994, Pyrotechnic, Screening, Marking and Countermeasure Device Description, Operation and Maintenance, Chapter 43, para 43.1 (for MK 31 projector) and Chapter 5, para 55.4 (for the MK 79 kit).

Travis AFB MK 76 MOD 5, 25 LB, PRACTICE

2 1115 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Walnut Creek Police Dept was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found in Walnut Creek, CA.

1125 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as two possible mortars.


1240 Team arrived on scene, contacted Deputy Jay Hill who briefed us on the situation and the location of the item. The item was located buried in the back yard of the residence in a area the owner intended on using as a garden. Positive identification of the items as Mk 76 Mod 5, 25 lb practice bombs were verified by SrA Chavez


and MSgt Cross. The cartridges in both bombs were probed and determined to be expended. The item was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.

1300 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post and Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.



Travis AFB M89, MINE TRAINING CANISTER, FOR M139 MULTIPLE

DELIVERY SYSTEM, (VOLCANO)

5 2030/28 May Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Calaveras County Bomb Squad was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found in San Andreas CA. Positive ID was made by Deputy Phil Ross for the five each M89 Training Mine Canisters and it was determined through Army TM 9134520312 that they contained no explosive hazards (Electrical Test Sets only) and our team would respond during normal duty hours on Tuesday to recover the items. Travis Command Post was notified of the delay in departure.

0915/30 May The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation and the team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 2 personnel /1 vehicle.

1150 Team arrived on scene, contacted Deputy Phil Ross who briefed us on the situation and the location of the items. The items were initially located alongside a business in the town of San Andreas, CA and had been there about a month before he was contacted. He recovered the items to his office at the San Andreas County Airport. Positive identification of the items as M89 Mine Training Canisters was verified by SrA Zaldarriaga and MSgt Cross. Deputy Ross was also in possession of 21 empty M69 Practice Hand Grenades which were also recovered. The items were secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1215 Team departed the scene. Travis Munitions personnel were notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.


1515 Team arrives at EOD shop and cleaned equipment used. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB M29A2, 3.5INCH PRACTICE

1 13 June 06

SSgt Brickey, SSgt Lambert, SSgt Harris, SrA Chavez

2320 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Sacramento Sheriff's Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found in a local residence.

2330 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The items where described as a M72A2 LAW rocket and a RPG.

14 June 06


0120 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Judd Holiday who briefed us on the situation,


Team was briefed that the items were found while serving a search warrant, also found were approx 30 pistols, and automatic rifles. The two rockets were moved by the police when found, the LAW rocket was said to be in the launcher.

Two team members where sent into the residence to xray the two items.

Xray on scene indicated that there was a rocket in the M72A2 launcher. The presence of the fuze, or an explosive filler in the warhead or rocket motor could not be determined. The LAW rocket was treated as if it were real until further interrogation could prove otherwise.

The XRay of the M29A2 practice rocket showed that there was a M404A2 fuze installed, this was also stamped on the fuze. The presence of the fuze booster or explosive filler in the rocket motor could not be ruled out. The M29A2 practice rocket was treated if it had a fullup fuze and rocket motor.

Positive Identification of the items as a M72A2 LAW Rocket and M29A2 Rocket was verified by SSgt Lambert and SSgt Brickey. The items where verified to be in an unarmed condition and RSP for the unarmed condition was completed IAW with 60 series publications.

0220 Items secured in EOD truck and moved back to Travis AFB.

0325 Team arrived on base and items where turned over to munitions personnel for overnight holding.


0400 Team arrives at shop.

16 June 06

MSgt Cross, SSgt Lambert, SrA Chavez, and Mike Morgan (ATF) moved the LAW rocket and M29A2 to the EOD range and more XRays were taken of the items. The LAW was found to not have a fuze installed and no energetic material was present. After removing the rocket from launcher it was determined to be a display model. Item was deemed safe of explosives and turned over to munitions.

The presence of energetic material in the M29A2 rocket fuze (M404A2) could not be ruled out so it will be treated as live and kept at munitions until further notice.

11 August 06

After talking with NAVEODTECHDIV we decided to complete the Armed RSP on the M29A2 to determne the presence of energetic material.

SSgt Brickey, SSgt Harris, A1C Messick, A1C Corbo moved the item from the MSA to the EOD Proficiancy Range and performed the Armed RSP. The procedure was succesfull. The M29A2 did not contain energetic material.

The M29A2 was turned back into muntions for safe storage.


Final dispostion of the items will be determined after court proceedings with the suspect are complete.

Travis AFB M21 1 1830 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Marin County Sheriff's, Deputy Swift, was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence.

1850 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as an M21 Artillery Flash Simulator.


1955 Team arrived on scene, contacted Deputy Swift who briefed us on the situation and the location of the simulator. The simulator was supposedly thrown from the street onto the property a couple days prior to us being


called. Positive identification of the item as an M21 Artillery Flash Simulator was verified by SrA Chavez and MSgt Dunn. This item was originated from the United States, however; when researched in AEODPS the photo takes you to a German publication. The simulator was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.

2010 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB. Munitions personnel where also notified and asked to meet us at the MSA.



Travis AFB M31 Rifle Grenade, Practice

1 1640 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Sacramento County Sheriff's, Detective Morgan, was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence and delivered to the sheriff's office.

1655 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as an M31 Rifle Grenade.


1815 Team arrived on scene, contacted Detective Morgan who briefed us on the situation and the location of the rifle grenade. The item had been placed into the trunk of a patrol car. The item was removed and placed near a vacant building for xrays. The xrays verified that the item contained no explosive hazards. Positive identification of the item as an M31 Practice Rifle Grenade was verified by SSgt Harris and MSgt Dunn. The rifle grenade was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.


1840 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB and informed that the item would be retained by the EOD flight for training of items found in the local area.

1935 Team arrived on base.


Travis AFB M118, SIMULATOR, EXPLOSIVE

BOOBYTRAP, ILLUM OR T81,

SIMULATOR, BOOBYTRAP, ILLUM

1 1205 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Brentwood Sheriff's, Lt. King, was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a private residence.



1345 Team arrived on scene, contacted Lt. King who briefed us on the situation and the location of the grenade. The items was supposedly left at the residence by a family members friend a couple days prior to us being called. The items had been placed in an ammunition can and placed in a cabinet inside the garage. SSgt Zaldarriaga entered the garage for a recon and identified the items as an M7A3 CS grenade and an M118 Boobytrap Simulator. SSgt Zaldarriaga reentered the garage and secured the safety pin and spoon on the CS grenade and the pull string on the M118. Positive identification of the items were verified by SSgt Zaldarriaga and MSgt Dunn. The ammunition can also contained a 2lb can of black powder and some hobby fuse which was turned over to the officer on scene. The items were secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.





Travis AFB M49A1 1 1000 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Rio Vista Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located in their evidence holding area.

1010 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a grenade because of the pin on top.


1100 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Hutchins who briefed us on the situation and the location of the possible grenade. A couple officers had been assigned to go through the evidence holding room and clean it up when they came across the suspected grenade. No one knew how long the item had been in the evidence room. Positive identification of the item was verified by A1C Kimberling and MSgt Dunn. The M49A1 Flare had a large paper clip as the safety pin and the spoon had already been taped to the body. The spoon was retaped with monofilament tape. The item was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.





Travis AFB M49A1, SURFACE TRIP FLARE

1 1905: Team receives call from Sacramento sheriffs department saying that an item believed to be a grenade was discovered while cleaning an house of a recently deceased elderly person. The item is described as cylindrical, O.D. green, with a spoon attached to it with tape.

2105: The team arrives on scene and receives a briefing from Detective Bicks on the item. The team is lead to the item and finds that the safety clip is missing on the item but the spoon has been taped down to keep it from moving. The team put safety wire through the holes were the safety clip goes to keep the spoon in place. After the first item is secured the police officers on scene tell the team that they have 4 projectiles in their truck that they would like us to take as well. The team examined the items and found the nomenclature M51A1B1 Dummy stamped in the side of the projectile. The team was unable to locate anything matching this nomenclature while searching for it in AEODPS. The team secured the items and transported them back to base where they were turned into munitions.

1030: The team returns to the shop and reconstitutes the standby vehicle.


Travis AFB M60, 20 MM, API 2 0820 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the San Anselmo PD was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions found at a local residence.

0828 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The items where described as 2ea .50Cal projectiles oozing a suspicious liquid.


0950 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer James Providenza who briefed us on the situation and showed us the location of the items. Positive identification of the items could not be verified. The items appeared to be 20mm SAPHEI with the tracer removed. The space where the tracer should have been contained remnants of a phosphorus that reignited due to handling. The items where secured in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB.

1050 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the items being moved to Travis AFB.

1150 Team arrived on base, proceeded to the EOD Range and explosively destroyed the items. The items where unsafe for storage due to the phosphorus being unstable.


The items are believed to be Yugoslavian M60 series API 20mm projectiles out of D3758. The measurements and physical shape match the M60 series but the colors do not match.


Travis AFB M52A1, SIGNAL, RIFLE,

ILLUMINATING, RED, 5 STAR

1 24 Jul 06

1215 Team notified by Travis AFB Command Post that Sgt Holiday with the Sacramento County Bomb Squad was requesting EOD assistance. He stated that he had 1 ea mortar, and 1 ea smoke grenade. The items were found the night before by a police unit and given to the Sac Co sheriff's dept.

1225 Team departed to scene


1315 Team was given two rifle grenades, M51A1 Red Star and T12 Yellow Streamer, in the original shipping containers. Both items were verified as unarmed and safe to transport back to base.

1400 Prior to departure team was given an inert Type 89 HE Mortar. Item was located on the book case in the Sac PD office for a couple of years. The item was verified as inert.

1415 Team departed back to base.

1500 Team arrived on base and turned items into munitions.

1545 Team arrived at shop, incident terminated.


Travis AFB 75mm Souvenir projectile

1 1230 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Richmond Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located in a house that was being cleaned out for new occupants.

1300 The CES/CC was contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The team then contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1341 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Lt Richard, Richmond PD. We proceeded to do a recon on the item. The item was an inert 75mm projectile with a data plate indicating that it had been given as a gift by a company. Instead of a fuze the projectile and cartridge case were held together by a nut and threaded rod through the center of the entire assembly. Item was Xrayed and disassembled to verify no hazardous components were present. The round was returned to a family member, who was briefed on the lack of hazards, but the need to inform other family members of the information, so no further response would be required in the future by EOD/BD units. No further EOD action required.


Travis AFB M51B1, CARTRIDGE, 37MM, APCT

1 0930 Received a call from the Command Post requesting EOD assistance for military small arms ammunition being held at the Calaveras County Sheriffs Department. The items had been recovered by the Jackson, CA police Dept. on a routine traffic stop.

0940 Notifications to the CES/CD and MSG/CD were completed and the team departed base to incident. Response was considered Level 1.

1220 Arrived on scene and identified the item as a case of M59 7.62mm Ball small arms ammunition. SrA. Loveless took pictures and packaged the ammunition for transportation.

1400 Received a call from the Command Post requesting EOD assistance for military ordnance found at residence in Lodi, CA grid coordinate 10S FH 49174 21366. The resident had contacted law enforcement that she had a munition item that had been discovered after a family member passed away.

1415 Arrived on scene and Identified the item as a 37mm projectile and cartridge. Later research was


conducted that Identified the item as a M51. SrA Loveless took pictures and packaged the projectile for transportation.

1650 Arrive on base and turned in the item to munitions standby (SSgt Barbour). Munitions was informed of the potential for tracer residue.

1730 Arrived at shop, reconstituted alert vehicle and notified Command Post. Incident Terminated

Travis AFB 25mm Hotchkiss, HE 1 1110 Received a call from the Command Post requesting EOD assistance for a military munition that was discovered by a road crew working on a road widening project on Wilson Ave, Vallejo, CA. Sergeant Rogers was our Vallejo Police Department point of contact.

1210 Notifications to the CES/CC was completed and the team departed base to incident. Response was considered Level 1.

1243 Arrived on scene and discovered a 3 inch projectile on a raised manhole cover. SSgt Harris and SrA Loveless took pictures/measurements. Item had been struck by a frontend loader and had a visible scar along the item body. Item was xrayed to determine fuzing. Fuzing was determined to be a point detonatingtype fuze, but positive ID could not be obtained. The projectile xray appeared to indicate the projectile was solid, but because positive ID could not be obtained it was assumed to be the most hazardous, which was high explosive. Item was deemed safe to move by MSgt Cross and SSgt Harris. Projectile was secured and braced in the truck for return to Travis AFB.

1452 While enroute to Travis received a call from the Command Post requesting EOD assistance for military ordnance in the possession of Yolo County Bomb Squad. The resident had contacted law enforcement that she had a munition item.

1458 Arrived at Travis AFB South Gate and met up with Yolo County Bomb Squad, and identified the item as a 25mm Hotchkiss projectile and cartridge. The projectile was secured in the truck.

1515 Arrived at munitions storage area and secured all items. Informed munitions that we would continue the operation at 0900 the next day, due to impending darkness, returned to shop, reconstituted alert vehicle and notified Command Post.


10 Oct 06

0900 Met with Munitions personnel retrieved the projectiles and moved them to the range. All munitions were detonated on the EOD range.

1100 Team returned to shop, reconstituted alert vehicles and notified command post of termination.

Travis AFB Mk61 Mod 0 1 1715 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Sacramento Sheriff's Bomb Squad, Officer Kennison, was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition turned in by a local resident.

1730 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as a 2.75" Rocket.


1915 Team arrived on scene. While enroute the Sacramento Bomb Squad had xrayed the rocket motor section and informed us that the warhead was separated from the rocket motor and painted blue. The item was purchased at a garage sale by an elderly gentleman who no longer wanted it. Positive identification of the item was verified by SSgt Brickey and MSgt Dunn. The item was identified as a Mk61 Mod 0 2.75" rocket. The item was secured in the vehicle for movement back to Travis AFB.

1935 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB. The Command Post was informed that the item would be maintained by the EOD Flight for familiarization training of items found in the local area.


2030 Team arrived on base.

2045 Team arrives EOD shop and cleaned equipment used and fueled vehicles. Incident terminated.

Travis AFB Lake ErieTruFlite Barricade Projectile

1 07 Dec 06

1420 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Contra Costa Sheriffs Department was requesting EOD assistance for a suspected military munition found at their firearms training facility.

1430 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as 1ea 2in projectile with a label reading ¿DANGER EXPLOSIVES ¿ Do not touch¿.

1445 Team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1600 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Daniel Nugent who briefed us on the situation and showed us the location of the item. Positive identification of the item could not be verified. The item appeared to be 37mm training/practice projectile ¿ removed from its cartridge. Recon and Xrays determined the item safe for movement. The item was then secured in a CMC for movement back to Travis AFB.


1700 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.

1855 Team arrived on base and proceeded to the MSA where the item is currently being held, awaiting final disposition.

1915 Team arrives EOD shop and cleaned equipment used. A report was sent to EODTECHDIV for identification of the item. Incident terminated.

19 Dec 06

EODTECHDIV identified the projectile as a Lake ErieTruFlite Barricade Projectile which is filled with approximately 3.3 oz of FM smoke. Fuzing is impactinertia. The item is not listed in 60series publications. Information on this round can be found in a civilian book titled "Tear Gas Munitions Book". The item will remain in the 60th EMS MSA until final disposition can be determined.

Travis AFB .50 cal Tracer Rounds 7 13 Oct 06

1800 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Richmond Police Department was requesting EOD assistance for military munitions located in the garage of an elderly man's house.


1847 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Quinn, Fairfield PD. We proceeded to do a recon on the items.


Four mortars, a MK 2 Grenade, and assorted small arms rounds were found in an ammo can in the garage. Three of the mortars were ID'd as French 47mm Breda mortars. The fourth mortar was an unkown 55mm German mortar. 216 7.62mm tracer rounds along with 7 .50 cal rounds were also found. Items were Xrayed and one breda mortar along with the unkown german mortar were found to be empty. The MK 2 Grenade and two breda mortars condition could not be determined so they were assumed to be live. Items were deemed safe to move by MSgt Cross and SSgt Harris. Muntions were secured and braced in the truck for return to Travis AFB.

2100 Arrived at munitions storage area and turned over all small arms ammuntion. The empty unkown german mortar along with the french breda mortar were deemed safe by MSgt Cross and kept as training aides of munitions found in the local area. Informed munitions that due to the hazardous state of the MK 2 grenade and two breda mortars that we would destroy them at the range the next day at 0900 due to impending darkness, returned to shop, reconstituted alert vehicle and notified Command Post.

14 Oct 06

0900 Met with Munitions personnel retrieved the MK 2 Grenade and two breda mortars and moved them to the range. Munitions were detonated on the EOD range.

1100 Team returned to shop, reconstituted alert vehicles and notified command post of termination.


Travis AFB M865 Shipping Container Only

1 18 Dec 06

1410 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Pleasant Hill PD was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition found at a local residence.

1420 The CES/CC and MSG/CC were contacted and briefed on the situation. The incident was considered a Level 1 emergency response. The item was described as an empty 120mm cartridge casing.

1435 Team contacted the Command Post of base departure with 3 personnel and 2 vehicles.

1530 Team arrived on scene, contacted Officer Downs who briefed us on the situation and showed us the location of the item. Positive identification of the item as an empty M865 shipping container was verified by SSgt Brickey and A1C Kelsay . The item was then secured for movement back to Travis AFB.

1551 Team departed the scene. The Travis Command Post was notified of the item being moved to Travis AFB.


19 Dec 06

Item was turned over to the 60th EMS/AMMO flight for final disposition.


Travis AFB MK 1, GRENADE, ILLUMINATING

1 1535 Received a call from the 60 AMW Command Post that the Calaveras County Bomb Squad (Deputy Phil Ross) was requesting EOD assistance for a military munition located at the Amador County Hospice. The grenade had been dropped off, along with other military items, by a military veteran.


1806 Team arrived on scene and contacted Deputy Ross. We proceeded to do a recon on the item. Deputy Ross and his team had already Xrayed the grenade and allowed us to view (and download) the Xray on their FoXray system. The xray corresponded with the AEODPS cutaway indicating a live grenade. Item was secured for movement to Travis AFB.

2030 Team arrived at Travis and proceeded to Munitions inspection area. Turned over the grenade for inspection.


Tyndall AFB MARK II, HAND, FRAG

1 1100 Received notification from Command Post that the Franklin County Sheriff had possession of an old military hand grenade and they requested EOD to verify it was safe.

1125 Team received permission from 325th MSG/CC to respond to the incident.

1135 Team departed Tyndall AFB on response.


0115 Team arrived at Franklin County Sheriff office, inspected the grenade and determined it contained no explosives.

0250 Team arrived back at shop. Mission complete.

Tyndall AFB 3" MK 1 1 1525 Tallahassee bomb squad called EOD flight to request assistance with a munition item located at a land fill in Tallahassee. SSgt Morrison took caller/incident details and called TSgt Pearce.

1530 TSgt Pearce called the Tallahassee bombs squad for more details then called the command post for an off base response notification. The local bomb squad was prepared to do the disposal after the round was identified and deemed safe to move

1540 TSgt Pearce and A1C Thomashunis drove to the shop. All notifications were made through the command post and the flight chief was notified by TSgt Pearce

1625 Departed Tyndall for Tallahassee

1845 Arrived Tallahassee, reconed, identified and verified round and fuze

1920 Moved round to bomb containment vessel for transport to local range


1940 Local bomb squad disposed of round with their explosives

2000 Departed for Tyndall AFB

2330 Arrived Tyndall AFB

Mission complete

Tyndall AFB Model 1907 M 1

Tyndall AFB m6 10 1100 received call of munitions found in a bucket in Carabell, FL

1130 after proper approval team responded to site

1320 arrived on site and met up with Sgt Wood (fish and wildlife)

1325 identified rounds as practice rounds with no explosive hazards

1340 departed for EOD range with practice rounds

1500 dropped off rounds at Tyndall EOD range


1515 arrived at shop

incident terminated

Tyndall AFB MK 2, GRENADE, PRACTICE

1 1320: Received a call from Sgt Corley stating he had a grenade that a gentleman had just purchased. Information was taken from Sgt Corley and he was informed he would need to contact the 325 FW Command Post and request EOD assistance before we could respond to the incident.

1322: Called the 325 FW Command Post and told them Sgt Corley would be requesting the EOD flight's assistance with a grenade at the sheriff' office.

1326: Command Post called saying they had run their checklist and we could respond to the incident.

1335: Team departed the base.

1405: Team arrived on scene. The grenade was in a POV located in a large vacant lot behind the sheriff's office. SSgt Fleming performed the initial recon of the grenade. The pin was secured in place and the grenade was placed in a padded container for transport back to the EOD range at Tyndall for disposal.

1415: SSgt Petrie and A1C Thomashunis departed the shop to draw explosive to dispose of the grenade.


1425: Team departed for the EOD range

1500: Team arrived at the range and awaited the explosive team's arrival

1520: Explosive team arrived and the shot was setup and grenade was disposed of

1545: Range operations complete

1610: Team returned to the shop and resumed standby.

Tyndall AFB M6A1 1 Practice Bazooka round @ Franklin County Sheriff's Office

1335 Team notified by Sheriff's Office of a ordinance located at there office.

1345 Team completed appropriate notifications and departed shop.


1510 Team conducted a reconnaissance, photographed and XRayed the item.

1530 Team determined the item to be an expended M6A1 Practice Round.

1600 Incident terminated

1630 Team departed sheriff's station


1730 Team arrived back at EOD Shop and reconstituted equipment/supplies


Tyndall AFB MK 2, HAND, FRAG OR PINEAPPLE, HAND, FRAG

1 1015: Received a call from the Panama City Police Department requesting EOD assistance for a MK 2 grenade found in an apartment. The resident was a war veteran that had deceased and the grenade was found by the family cleaning the apartment out. Team made all appropriate notifications and loaded out equipment.

1030: Team departed the base.

1045: Team arrived on scene, made contact with Corp. Keeton and got all pertinent information.

1050: Team member along with safety backup went into the apartment with proper ppe and conducted recon/rsp. The pin was secured in place and the grenade was placed in a padded container for transport back to the EOD range.

1115: Team conducted several Xrays that were inconclusive due to density of grenade. Grenade was then disposed of in accordance with 60series. Navy EOD was already utilizing the EOD Range so the grenade was disposed of with their explosives.


1200: Team arrived back at shop and reconstituted supplies/equipment.

1230: Mission Complete

Tyndall AFB M6 1 2145L EOD team chief notified by Tyndall Command Post of UXO located in Franklin county.

2200L EOD team chief briefed by Cpl Sapp of Franklin County Sheriff's Department. Item was reported as an RPG found by property owner during yard work earlier in day. Item was moved by property owner and propped up against fence in owners yard. EOD team chief also briefed of exact address of item.

2205L EOD team chief requested Command Post personnel notify Support Group Commander that team would respond immediately to an incident involving U.S. military ordnance.

2250L Team departed EOD shop. Team traveled to 110 Carolina Ave. Lanark Village FL.

0100L 12 Jun Team arrived on scene and met with Cpl Sapp of Franklin County Sherriffs Department. Cpl Sapp directed EOD team to location of item. EOD personnel positively identified UXO item. Item determined to have no explosive hazard. Team secured item for transport.

0115L Team departed incident site, returned to base.


0300L Team arrived on Tyndall disposal range stored item for future disposition.

0330L Team arrived back at EOD shop. Reconstituted equipment. Mission complete.

Tyndall AFB MK 25 MOD 3, MARINE MARKER

1 Team received a call from the Leon County Sheriff's department requesting EOD assistance for a MK 25 Mod 3 Marine Marker. Team arrived on scene and met with local authorities. EOD team then picked up the marine marker, placed it in wet sand, and transported it to the Big Bend Bomb Squad's disposal range. The team advised local authorities using their explosives during the disposal of the marine marker. Team departed the range and returned to the shop.

Tyndall AFB MK 4Z 2 8Sep

1600L EOD control received request for EOD assistance from Sgt Folsom of the Leon County Sherriff's Office. Requested support in recovery of 2ea 30mm projectiles.

1700L Team received permission from Squadron Commander via Tyndall Command Post to respond and recover ordnance items on 9 Sep 05

9 Sep

0230L Team departed EOD control. Traveled to Leon County Sherriff's Office to meet with civillian law enforcement agent in charge of response.

0700L Team arrived at sherriff's dept. received operations briefing.

0800L Team departed sherriff's dept. Traveled to location of ordnance items.

0900L Team arrived on scene. EOD personnel positively identified ordnance items. EOD personel recovered items and secured them for transport. Items involved positively identified as training 30mm projectiles with no


explosive hazard.

1000L Team departed scene traveled back to EOD control.

1330L Team arrived at EOD control. Reconstituted equipment and updated Command Post of teams return and ordnance information. Mission Complete.

Tyndall AFB ANM37A1, SIGNAL, AIRCRAFT, DOUBLE

1 1152: Standby received a call VIA 325th Command Post from Lt Coburn of the Calhoun County sheriff's Department. He reported he had an armed 40mm grenade dropped off at his office with Lot number AF21 October 1943.

1218 Team departed for Blountstown, Florida.

1323: Team arrived on scene and met with Lt Coburn who pointed out where the grenade had been secured. SSgt Chauncey reconned the item to see if he could get a positive ID. Recon revealed that the item was a M37 red star signal cartridge and was placed in a CMC for transport back to Tyndall AFB.

1436: Arrived at Munitions Storage Area where item was turnin for ADR.



Tyndall AFB Unknown 1 13 Feb

1515: Team notified a suspect item had been located on the beach. Team prepared gear while waiting permission to depart base.

1530: Team departed base.

1645: Team arrived at location. Panama City Beach police were at the scene with custody of item. The item appeared to be a unfuzed brass hand grenade. Team took measurements (2" diameter 4 1/8" long with 1/2 threaded fuze well), then placed item in cargo compartment of vehicle.

1900: Team departed in route to Tyndall. While in route team used publications to attempt to identify round. Attempt was unsuccessful.

1800: Team arrived at safe holding to store item.

1815: Team arrived at shop. Mission complete

14 Feb

Team xrayed item to determine contents. Xrays did not aid in deciding contents.

Team leader forwarded pictures, measurements, and xrays to Technical Support Center at Indian Head.

As of 3 March 2006 we have received no new information from Indian Head Technical Support Center.



1 16 Mar06

1300 EOD control notified by Tyndall Command Post of 1ea Mk 25 marine marker located at Carabelle, FL recycling center. Notification to Command Post came from Franklin County Sherriff's office.

1315 EOD response team assembled.

1320 EOD team received permission to respond to retrieve MK 25 marine marker.

1325 EOD team departed Tyndall.

1500 EOD team arrived on scene positively identified item. EOD team made munition safe for transport to Tyndall EOD disposal range. Chief Jetton was the Franklin County Sheriff's office representative on site.

1520 EOD departed incident site.

1700 EOD team stored item at Tyndall EOD disposal range to await disposition instructions.

1730 Team arrived back at EOD control. Notified Command post of arrival back at Tyndall. Mission Complete.

Tyndall AFB M127 Parachute Flare 3 M127 White Star PickUp

0900Received call from Sheriff that someone had just turned in three items that appear to be 40mm in diameter and 14 inches long still in the shipping container and appeared to be military

0930All notifications completed, team approved to respond

1000Team arrived at the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) and was handed a plastic bag with the items in it. Items were identified as M127 signals and were in good shape, so team transported items to MSA to turn items in


1040Team arrived at MSA at turned items over to munitions inspections

1105Team returned to shop

Mission complete

Tyndall AFB .30 cal 39 Rifle Grenade and Ammo at Residence

1100Received call from Campbellton Fire Dept of a woman that found a shoebox in her closet with what appeared to be a "small mortar and several rounds of ammunition"

1120Proper notifications completed and team departed

1300Team arrived on scene and examined the item. Item was located in AEODPS and the "small mortar" was determined to be an inert practice rifle grenade (M11A2). Team also recovered 39 ea .30 cal rounds and 1 ea .50 cal round

1330Team departed for base


1515Team returned to base

Mission Complete

Tyndall AFB .50 cal API 1

Tyndall AFB M11A2 Practice 1

Tyndall AFB Unknown 1 0900 Team received notification from command post that the Panama City police department received a call from the Goodwill store manager that a grenade was found in one of the storage bins. A store employee was cleaning out the bin and located a grenade with no spoon or firing pin attached.

0910: Team responded to incident location.

0930 Team arrived on scene and received situation brief from on scene commander (Panama City Fire Chief). Team leader donned flak vest and helmet and proceeded down range to verify condition of grenade. Team leader investigated grenade, it was found that the ordnance was an expended training item. Grenade was secured and team returned to base.


1030 Team arrived back at base. Mission complete.

Tyndall AFB M18, HAND, MIDI, SMOKE, YELLOW

1 UXO pickup/disposal at Tyndall AFB bomb dump

August 1

0900 Team received dud fired UXO call from the bomb dump about a Mk 18 smoke grenade and Mk 13 Mod 0 singal cart.

0910 Team departed shop enroute to bomb dump.

0915 Team arrived at bomb dump.

0920 Team inspected items and found both to be dud fired. Team took possession of items and transported to EOD range for disposal.

0945 Team arrived at range and stored items in range explosive holding area for future disposal operation awaiting Florida EPA approval. Items scheduled for disposal on 3 August.

Tyndall AFB mk 13 mod 0, day/night signal

cartridge

1


Tyndall AFB MK 53 MOD 0, MARINE MARKER,

SUBMARINE, SMOKE/ILLUM,

YELLOW PARACHUTE

1 23 Sep 2006

1225 Team received call from command post of a marine marker at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office (FCSO)

1245 Team receives approval to respond

1302 Team arrived at shop and loaded gear

1330 Team leaves shop in route for FCSO

1456 Team arrives at FCSO and takes possession of the MK 53 MOD 0

1540 Team departs FCSO in route to holding area

1645 Team places MK 53 MOD 0 in holding area and awaits disposal disposition

1702 Team returns to shop and cleans and reconstitutes equipment



1 1700: Team received notification from Command Post.

1720: Team arrived at flight and prepared vehicle. Team received permission to respond.

1730: Team departed flight.

1830: Team arrived at Cape San Blas. Team retrieved ordnance from beach.

1845: Team departed Cape San Blas.

1930: Team arrived at range to store ordnance item.

1945: Team departed range.

2000: Team arrived at flight.

4 Oct

0900: Team retrieved explosives.

1000: Team arrived at disposal range with explosives.

1030: Team disposed of item.

1100: Team departed range.

1130: Team returned to flight.

Tyndall AFB MK 61 MOD 0, WARHEAD, 2.75 INCH, PRACTICE

1 0900 24 Dec Team received notification from the Tyndall command post that a local shrimp boat had snagged a rocket in their net and brought it to the St Andrews Marina. The shrimp boat captain notified local authorizes and cordoned off the area.

0950 24 Dec Team arrived at incident location and identified rocket to be an inert training round. Team transported item to EOD range for safe keeping.


1030 24 Dec Team arrived back at base. Mission complete.

Vandenberg AFB ABCM25A2, HAND, CS1/DM1/ CN1, RIOT

CONTROL

2 Thursday, 14 July 2005, 1600 Vandenberg EOD was requested by San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department through 30 SW Command Post for ordnance evaluation.

1730 Team departed Vandenberg (VAFB) and arrived on scene at 1900 (6600 Alcantara, Atascadero.)

19002000 Ordnance were identified by MSgt Almodovar.

20002330 Items were xrayed. Ordnance determined to be safe for handling were separated and remained in the custody of the San Luis Obispo, CA County Sheriff's Department. Hazardous items were taken by Vandenberg AFB, Explosive Ordnance Disposal to await disposition instructions from said sheriff's department.

Friday, 15 July 2005 0100 Team departed the scene:

0230 Arrived back on station, reconstituted gear, mission complete.

Vandenberg AFB MK 6 MOD 3, LIGHT, FLOAT, AIRCRAFT

4 0907 Call received from California Park Ranger Ronald Kenney about 4 Mk 6 Mod 3 flares on Jalama beach, 1 expended and 3 unexpended.

0908 Call routed to Command Post.

1010 Response approved 30 SW/CC.

1031 EOD team departs shop for Jalama Beach.

1122 EOD team arrives on scene, made contact with Ranger Kenney. Team Chief verified nomenclature and condition of flares.

1147 EOD team departs for MSA. EOD Operations contacted MUNS for storage of flares.


1230 EOD team arrived at MSA and turned over flares for storage. Incident terminated.

Whiteman AFB AT4 CS HP, 84MM, HEAT

3 1835 Received call from OSI Agent Jason Johnson. He requested EOD assistance with items recovered from an offbase location.

Background: Earlier in the day, OSI received an anonymous call regarding a former Marine, residing offbase, who may have been in possession of C4 explosives. EOD was NOT notified and OSI responded to the home (Osceola, MO) and asked if he (former Marine) was in possession of stolen government property. The Marine relinquished control of the items detailed in the ordnance section of this report. Agent Johnson requested EOD support while en route to Whiteman AFB with the ordnance items in the cargo compartment of his SUV. EOD was to meet with OSI at a parking lot on Whiteman AFB to evaluate/identify the ordnance items.

1840EOD team chief notified Whiteman Munitions Control to have standby personnel available to store items and/or be available to pull EOD demolition materials.

1915 EOD standby team arrived at the shop.

1920 EOD team departed shop

1925 EOD team arrived at the prearranged meeting place and spoke with Agent Johnson. Agent Johnson had


placed the small ordnance items in a padded CMC and had three empty AT4 tubes on the floor of the cargo compartment. The EOD team evaluated the items for safety. Tape was placed around the three grenades to prevent inadvertent activation. Electrical tape was placed around the (already shunted) wires of the unknown blast simulators.

1930 EOD team began identification of recovered munitions encountered. The team successfully identified all but three items. The EOD team was unable to positively identify the two unknown blast simulators, about the size of an M80 firecracker, but electrically initiated (supsected commericial manufacturer) and a smoke grenade. The grenade was tentatively identified as a smoke grenade by using key ID features.

2130 After speaking with munitions personnel (who would not store the known foreign/commercial items), it was determined that the known US munitions items would be stored in the Whiteman weapons storage area and the foreign/commercial items would be disposed of by detonation.

2140 Team made range notifications and departed the EOD shop for the WSA.

2240 EOD team arrived at the EOD range with the items slated for disposal and demolition explosives. Team began preparation for disposal operation.

2300 Detonation complete, shot checked, and range cleanup accomplished.

2310 Team returned to EOD shop and reconstituted equipment.

2315 Team returned to normal standby operations.


Additional information:

Blast Simulators These items were approximately 2" long X 0.5" in diameter. The lead wires were approximately 10" long. Markings were labeled on a sticker as follows:

Blast Simulator

8035823

Loaded 5/81

Smoke Grenade The grenade body was approximately 4" long X 1.5" in diameter. The total length (including the fuze) was 4.5". There was a smoke port on the bottom of the grenade. There were no markings on the body or fuze.

Address of former Marine:

101 Goodrich Dr. Apt 13B

Osceola, MO 64776

EOD flight supervision has engaged 509 CES/CC and 509 MSG/CC concerning OSI handling and transporting munitions which haven't been evaluated by EOD personnel for safety, condition, and country/point of origin. Commanders have met with OSI detachment commander to discuss importance of EOD evaluation prior to transporting items back to base.


Whiteman AFB M99, 20 MM, TP 1 1445 We received a call from Whiteman OSI to report that a 20mm round was found in a garage in Sedalia and the police department had possesion of it. We instructed OSI to tell the Police Department to call the Command Post for proper notification.

1530 Received call from MSG Commander to receive the details and give us a brief. The MSG Commander then released us to respond to the incident.

1530 SrA Knight and A1C Pfannenstiel departed for the incident site.

1550 Arrived at incident site and waited for an officer to show up, they had the item stored in a white building.

1615 LT Chapman from the Sedalia PD showed up and released the item over to us. They said Mr. David Schick of 1811 E. 9th St. of Sedalia, MO found it in his garage and turned it over to them. The item was unfired and still live.

1625 We made the item safe for transportation and we left the scene.

1645 Arrived at Whiteman Gate 14 and called for SFS to come and open the gate.

1510 Arrived at WSA to turn the item over to MUNS Storage team

1530 Arrived back at the shop.


Whiteman AFB Civilian Blasting Caps 8 2130 Received notification from 509 BW/CP. The Johnson County Sheriff was requesting assistance for blasting caps that were found at a local residence. The 509 BW/CP was informed that they needed to refer the sheriff to the state fire marshall per a MOU between Whiteman AFB and the state of Missouri. 509 BW/CP was unaware of this requirement and refused to make the call since it wasn't in his checklist. He wanted to contact EOD senior leadership regarding the issue.

2230 After clearing the above noted issue, the state fire marshall was contacted, but was unable to support the incident due to lack of available manning. Per the MOU, the state requested that Whiteman AFB respond in their place. Standby team members were informed of the final decision and departed for Whiteman AFB.

1100 All team members arrived on station, loaded gear, and proceeded to incident location.

1135 Arrived on scene and contacted the sheriff deputy at that location. The team performed a recon and found eight civilian blasting caps in an potentially unsafe condition. The caps were placed in a CMC and the team returned to Whiteman AFB, MO.

0035 (12 Sep) Arrived at Whiteman AFB and proceeded to the EOD range. The caps were held in a storage point (under EOD supervision) on the range until explosives could be drawn in the morning.

1430 The munitions were finally drawn and the caps were disposed of by detonation on the EOD range.


Whiteman AFB BDU33D/B, PRACTICE

1 At 1700 the standby EOD team was notified of a BDU33 that was dropped off base in a farmer's field. The pilot reported seeing the spotting charge and GPS marked the position. See report for the initial coordinates. The standby team (SSgt Tomten, SrA McLaughlin) responded with Capt William Frost (EOD OIC), and Lt Col McCreary. The team met a local sherrif (Cpl Minnler) on the way out to the incident site. The four military members search for 1.5 hours, untill lighting conditions prohibited further investigation. Team returned to shop, reconstituded and resumed to normal standby operations until the following morning. We coordinated with the pilot to search with us for the munition. The following morning at 0830 we received notification that 2 pilots were at the point of impact. Standby team responded with previous personnel plus Lt Col Anderson. Once on site the BDU33 had seemingly impacted and burried itself. After 3 feet of excavation a probe was used to try and find the BDU33 through the entry hole that was rediscovered durring excavation. The 3 foot probe was not able to find the BDU33. At this point Capt Frost determined that the munition was at least 34 feet under earth (based on probing) and was no immediate threat to life and property. The owner of the land was contacted and determined to be on a business trip and will enguage us on the issue when he returns.

Whiteman AFB WDU4A/A, WARHEAD, 2.75 IN,

FLECHETTE

1 1853: Standby team received a call from Detective Ron Finnell (Pettis County Sheriff) via the Security Forces LE desk. He had a flechette rocket warhead (WDU4A/A, 2.75in) in his possession. The Sheriff had picked up the warhead on a call in the local area and was on the road, heading towards Whiteman AFB. He was instructed to stop at the Lemay gate and await the arrival of the EOD team.

1925: Standby team arrived at EOD shop and prepared to respond to the call.

1945: EOD team departed shop for Lemay gate. Since the Sheriff was supposed to be waiting outside the Lemay gate, the team drove out and around the base to meet him.

1955: The team arrived at the outside the Lemay and found that SFS had let them inside of the locked gate. SFS let the EOD team through the locked gate. The EOD team assessed the warhead (AEODPS) and determined that there were no explosive components inside. The fuzing and explosive propellant charge had been removed via a pipe cutting operation that is consistent with training aids in the EOD shop. The expelling plate on the warhead was loose, allowing viewing of the flechette darts. The warhead was placed in a CMC and prepared to transported it to the EOD shop.


2015: Departed the scene for the EOD shop.

2020: Arrived at the EOD shop.

2034: Returned to normal standby duties

Contacted info for Detective Ron Finnell:

6602875552

[email protected]

Contact info for Detective Mark Morgan:

6604736034

6608278626

[email protected]


Whiteman AFB M55 A2 1 1600 We received a call from Whiteman OSI routed through the Command Post reporting 2 ea 20 mm rounds were brought in by a middle aged gentleman who acquired them from an older gentleman's garage.

1630 Contacted Squadron commander who turned us over to OSC Lt. Col. Anderson. We explained the situation and were given the go ahead to respond.

1645 We called Sherrif Wheeler to confirm the information given about the 20mm munitions. They were cordoned off just outside the Sedalia Police Department.

1700 SSgt DuBois and SrA McLaughlin departed for Sedalia Police Department.

1730 Team arrived at Incident site and made contact with Sedalia police. Officer Kottman directed us to the munitions and was POC for the incident. Officer Kottman turned the items over to Whiteman EOD.

1745 EOD team performed recon and render safe procedures.One of the items was live and unfired, the other was a practice round with no primer.

1800 EOD team made items safe for transportation, debriefed local police, and left the scene.

1820 Team arrived back at Whiteman AFB shortly after calling MUNS Storage and briefing them on the situation.


1855 MUNS Storage accepts items for disposition.

1905 Team arrives back at shop

Whiteman AFB M228, GRENADE, STRIKERRELEASE

1 1200 received call from CP that Sedalia PD had a grenade located in a storage locker. The grenade was described as a WWII pineapple grenade. 1215 Team departed base and proceeded to Sedalia PD. Team arrived at PD and was directed to location of storage locker, team proceeded to 216 Metallic Lane in Sedalia. Arrived at located and was briefed by Officer Davis (SPD) that the owner of the storage lockers was cleaning out an individual's unit when they found the grenade. No one moved the grenade and the area was evac then they called the PD. Officer Davis gave EOD T/C a good description of the grenade and the location of it. EOD proceeded down to inspect the grenade and found it to be a empty M2 frag grenade w/M228 fuze. EOD took the grenade and placed in CMC, completed a search of the storage unit to see if there were any other items. EOD T/C briefed Officer Davis that if they should find anything else to do the same thing (don't touch it and call EOD). Team proceeded back to base. 1430 Terminated incident.


Whiteman AFB M115A2, SIMULATOR, PROJECTILE,

GROUND BURST

2 4 April 2006

1724 Received notification from Capt Minnich of dudfired GBSs in the WSA

1739 Westrum arrives at shop from onbase residence and prepares for departure

1802 Team departs shop in shop vehicle

1814 Team arrives on site inside the WSA (No hangups with ECP Controllers this time); MSgt Hanson with BW Weapons Safety on site

1815 Warner collects 1st dudfired GBS; Westrum gets description of locations of other munitions (Safety Rep will accompany team for all dud locations inside the WSA)

1817 Team moves to second location (15S VC 53200 87042); team finds dudfired smoke (violet) which had been run over by a vehicle during the exercise; Munition secured in ammo can

1820 Team moves to next location, report of possible dudfired smoke in the road next to IMF; no location specified, team begins search

1830 Search terminated for suspected dudsmokeunfound

1835 Team departs WSA for final dud location (15S VC 52738 87221)east of flightline entry point

1837 Team meets SFS maintaining cordon at specified sitedudfired GBS and Smoke Grenade (Green) in a patch of burned grass (looks recently extinguished)

1841 Team places dudfired munitions in Emergency Storage Area for later disposal after exercise

1856 Team arrives at shop; mission complete

Disposal of munitions covered in ACES report ACCWHIT0604051336Z


Whiteman AFB M1, 105MM, HE 1 Start Input From Event Log:

20060508 0920

Floyd Becker called for assistance with possible 105mm from Garden City,MO

20060508 0921

SSgt Becker advised Mr Becker (no relation) to contact local authorities.

20060508 0940

Officer Kohen Garden City PD contacted WAFB, EOD

20060508 0941

SSgt Becker advised Officer Kohen to contact Command Post

20060508 0942

SSgt Becker contacted command post to let them know there is a response pending

20060508 0945

Capt Frost contacted MSG CCCol Davis to notify her of pending response

20060508 0951

MSG CC approved pending response

20060508 1032

Notified by Command Post

20060508 1040


Team departing to possible 105mm in Garden City, MO

20060508 1208

Team called back and arrived on scene

20060508 1216

Appears to be 120125mm round has a nose fuse with petroleum around the nose/fuse junction, nothing is leaking as of yet. Team is going back with gloves and taking pictures. Other team member is preparing AEODPS for team chief.

20060508 1225

Actually 105mm HE projectile/mechtime super quick M54 fusealready fired, liquid was water leakage from rain stormCapt Frost is requesting to return to base from the MSG CC with the munition in a nose down attitude and dispose on EOD proficiency range

20060508 1239

TSgt Littrel (Weapon Safety) approved exceeding range limit for disposal

20060508 1308

Notified CES CC of disposal, remainder of shop personnel are preparing a hole and getting the operational kit for disposal

20060508 1345

Team arrived on base and preparation was made for disposal

20060508 1355

Disposal shot and verification of disposalround was determined to be empty

20060508 1415

Clean up shot and verification of procedure


20060508 1425

End of disposal and team returns to WAFB, EOD shop

20060508 1500

References for projectile M1 HE 105mm=60D22153, FuseM54= 60D2325



Whiteman AFB M42, GRENADE, DP 1 Start Input From Event Log:

20060713 1115

Team was notified of M42 grenade by Deputy Ken Raub cell# 6605800467

20060713 1157

Team departed from shop for call

20060713 1200

Team left Lemay Gate

20060713 1211

Arrived on scene 120 SE 411th Rd, Warrensburg, MO Hickory Hills subdivision

20060713 1217

Item is pinned: put into CMC for shipment to base for disposal.

20060713 1223

Team terminated off base response and is returning to base

20060713 1239

Team arrived at gate 14

20060713 1349

Demolition operation complete. Team returning to EOD shop

20060713 1406


Team arrived at shop


Input for MAJCOM

Resident's father worked at munitions factory in Kansas City and brought the M42 grenade home; resident inherited father's effects.

Range is hard wired for electric detonations and is the normal, and most expedient, method of detonations at Whiteman.

Video footage was shot during response call. However, footage was taped over during NSSAV preparations.


Whiteman AFB PGU30/B, 20MM, TPT

1 1500 Received a call from Lee Summit Police department stating that they had a 20mm round in their possession. We advised them to call the command post in order for us to respond.

1520 Received call from command post stating that we had permission to respond to Lee Summit Police department for pick up of a 20mm practice round.

1530 SSgt Dubois and SrA Pfannenstiel departed from shop headed to Lee Summit police department.

1625 Arrived at Lee Summit Police department and received 20mm round from the property officer. The round was pristine condition with a anodized blue tip and a blue projectile body. 20mm round was said to have been found near Lake City Ammunition Plant in independence, MO.

1700 Departed Police Department

1750 Arrived at Munitions inspection bay to turn over 20mm round for storage.

1830 Arrived back at Shop. Mission complete.

Documents

Air Force recovered munitions database - trbas.com · Air Force recovered munitions database Installation Name Type of Munitions Ordnance Quantity Narrative Text Barksdale AFB M115A2,