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Training Exercise Road RAPTER

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Robert Cheng, 56th Operations Medical Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineer, speaks to members of the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team during training exercise Road RAPTER or Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response Sept. 7, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. During a real-world threat, the 56th OMRS would monitor the level of radiological exposure that Luke EOD technicians would experience. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elias Carrero)

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Training Exercise Road RAPTER

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Huff, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, remotely operates a robot during training exercise Road RAPTER or Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response Sept. 7, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The Luke AFB EOD team partnered with the Phoenix Regional Render Safe Team and the Department of Energy’s Radiological Assistance Program for a three day training. Over the course of the training, bomb technicians from the DOD, first responders, and law enforcement agencies learned the processes for rendering safe a weapon of mass destruction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elias Carrero)

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Training Exercise Road RAPTER

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Vossah (left) and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul (right), 56th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians, prepare simulated explosives during training exercise Road RAPTER or Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response Sept. 6, 2023, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Road RAPTER isa training exercise where members of the Luke AFB EOD team and bomb technicians from multiple first responder and law enforcement agencies learned how to render safe weapons of mass destruction. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elias Carrero)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jacob Schoonmaker (left), 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, sweeps for unexploded ordnance around a storage unit during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. EOD members use a variety of tools to detect and mitigate unexploded ordnances including compact metal detectors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, discuss plans to investigate a storage unit containing suspicious materials during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The third day included a five-mile ruck into a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessey Mclain, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, stands watch outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat The third day included a five-mile ruck into a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, practice a rapid explosive hazard mitigation during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The third day included a five-mile ruck into a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Nikolas Kenna (center left), 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, leads a group of Airmen assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The third day included a five-mile ruck into a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brianna Mclain, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, cuts cable for a C4 charge at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. Members of the EOD flight used the C4 to simulate clearing unexploded ordnances outside a mock village using a technique called rapid explosive hazard mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antonio Ramirez, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, digs through soil with a non-conductive probe at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The non-conductive probe allows EOD members to dig through soil that may contain improvised explosive devices without the risk of tripping circuits that could denotate them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, digs through soil with a non-conductive probe at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The non-conductive probe allows EOD members to dig through soil that may contain improvised explosive devices without the risk of connecting a circuit which could detonate them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, ties a cord around a PK machine gun that was left behind outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. EOD members employ techniques like “pulling” to mitigate traps that have been baited with improvised explosive devices. Pulling entails a cord carefully tied around a part of the trap that is reeled in from a distance in order to set off the device while avoiding injury. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, investigates weapons that have been left behind outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The 56th CES EOD members trained on several scenarios including scouting areas that were baited with mock explosives after being abandoned by enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, investigates a mortar outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The 56th CES EOD members trained on several scenarios including scouting areas that were baited with mock explosives after being abandoned by enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul (left), Senior Airman Seth Elroy (center), and Senior Airman Jacob Schoonmaker (right), 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technicians, investigate an area outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The 56th CES EOD members trained on several scenarios including scouting areas that were baited with mock explosives after being abandoned by enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technician, investigates an area outside a mock village during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The 56th CES EOD members trained on several scenarios including scouting areas that were baited with mock explosives after being abandoned by enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, prepare to leave a mock village to investigate the surrounding area during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The third day entailed a training scenario in which the 56th CES EOD members had to secure a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessey Mclain (left), speaks with Senior Airman Gunnar Tokar (right), both 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technicians, inside a storage unit at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. The third day entailed a training scenario in which the 56th CES EOD members had to secure a mock village that was previously under attack and was littered with unexploded ordnances that required mitigation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

Tactical gear belonging to members assigned to the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight sits inside a storage unit at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Luke EOD trains at Camp Navajo: Furious Alpaca

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Paul (right) shares coordinates with Staff Sgt. Dustin Drury (left), both 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight technicians, during a training scenario at Camp Navajo, Arizona, April 12, 2023. Members assigned to the 56th CES EOD flight participated in exercise Furious Alpaca; a three-day exercise with the strategic objective of conducting operations in degraded environments alongside foreign forces against a near peer threat. EOD members use a system called Android Tactical Awareness Kit that uses Global Positioning Systems to plot coordinates, navigate, and track each other’s locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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