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UPDATE: Guam bomb defusal successful

By Kevin Lilley on December 5, 2013 EOD, Historical, Navy

Sailors assigned to the Marianas detachment of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 kept Guam safe from a blast from the past. On Thursday, after an evacuation, their “render safe” procedure on a 500-pound, World War II-era bomb found near the entrance to the naval magazine proved successful. The team disarmed the bomb’s tail and nose fuzes before it was removed from the area for disposal, according to a post on Naval Base Guam’s official Facebook page. The bomb was found on a construction site. Lt. Dhruy Parashar, the unit’s officer in charge, had some words of advice for others…

Dangerous history: Navy plans to defuse World War II-era bomb found on Guam

By Kevin Lilley on December 4, 2013 EOD, Historical, Navy

Sailors assigned to Navy Explosive Disposal Mobile Unit 5, Detachment Marianas, are about to get a history lesson. Everybody else is about to get out of the way. Beginning at 3 p.m. local time Thursday, the area surrounding Naval Base Guam Ordnance Annex will be evacuated to allow for a “render safe” procedure on a 500-pound, World War II-era bomb found earlier this week, according to this Naval Base Guam Facebook post. The bomb was discovered at a construction site near the entrance to the annex, formerly known as Naval Magazine Guam. Anyone within 2,150 feet of the construction site…

Three days, two ceremonies, five Bronze Star Medals

By Kevin Lilley on July 10, 2013 Diving, EOD, Navy

In two ceremonies over a three-day span at the end of last month, four enlisted sailors and one officer received Bronze Star Medals. Navy Diver 1st Class (DSW/SW) John Hanson and ND2 (DSW/SW) Robert Klingaman received their honors June 25 at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center in Jacksonville, Fla., according to a Navy release. Both earned the awards while attached to Naval Special Warfare Group 3, for what the release called “a highly sensitive special operation critical to the national defense of the United States.” A spokesperson with SRMC could provide no further details; both men served with the Little Creek,…

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