Besmaya Training Center, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2009: Mundir Mohammed, a bomb disposal specialist from the 11th Iraqi Army Division, smiles from within an armored suit during training at the Besmaya bomb ...
Brian Castner is a former explosive ordnance disposal officer, or EOD officer, who served in the Air Force during the Iraq War. Castner deployed twice, in 2004 and 2006, as a commander of an EOD unit ...
BESMAYA TRAINING CENTER, Iraq — In many ways, this collection of dusty ranges and well-tended barracks south of Baghdad represents the culmination of the U.S. military’s years-long effort to train the ...
The new location for the Harpur Hill Roll of Honour for World War II soldiers was unveiled on Remembrance Sunday.