New EOD in Iraq movie. Came out in Italy. Loks good. Question for you EOD guys that were in country. Did you wear those big bomb suits, when approaching IED's? All the times, you guys came out, when I was sitting on one, I don't remember seeing any.
That movie is getting all kinds of great reviews. I don't think a modern warfare movie has been this well received since Blackhawk Down. I'm looking foward to seeing it.
The release date was June 26th in NY and LA, which means it's usually a couple of weeks later for other cities. It depends on how much backing the movie has.
EOD personnel earn all the accolades they receive and more. It is an occupation that can terminate suddenly.
There was a man and wife Army EOD in the Sandbox. As the wife approached the primary load a satellite plant went off when the EOD wife tripped it. The hubby saw his wife go up in flames.
Petty Officer Second Class (EOD) Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Okla. died July 6 in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan. Randolph was assigned as an individual augmentee to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan.
The news release was not correct. Here's the corrected release.
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Okla. died July 6 in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan. Randolph was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight, Sigonella, Italy, and was deployed with his platoon to Joint Task Force South conducting counter-improvised explosive device operations in support of Task Force Zabul in Afghanistan.
HONORING THE FALLEN - A U.S. Navy team transfers the remains of Petty Officer 2nd Class Tony M. Randolph at Dover Air Force Base, Del., July 8, 2009, as Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Rear Adm. James J. Shannon, commander of the Naval Warfare Center, Army Brig. Gen. Michael T. Harrison Sr., director of Joint and Futures, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Department of the Army, and Air Force Col. Manson O. Morris, commander, 436th Airlift Wing, render a final salute. U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik
Originally posted by eodjw: The news release was not correct. Here's the corrected release.
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Okla. died July 6 in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan. Randolph was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight, Sigonella, Italy, and was deployed with his platoon to Joint Task Force South conducting counter-improvised explosive device operations in support of Task Force Zabul in Afghanistan.
SB5, thank you for the praise.
EODJW
Correct me anytime. I took my news post off an abbreviated news release. KIA's should get full honors and correct news releases so as to ease the severe grief of the NOK.
I was not EOD, but worked with many. What I did was rigged the damned stuff. One time a Frog rigged a satchel and forgot to flag the covered cap. I stepped on the prima cord cap, but fortunately, as you can guess, I am still here. It can happen in less than a second.
Approach, survey, step lightly, survey, step lightly, then swallow your tounge outguessing the bad guy's jury rig wriing and if he is sitting 200 yards away with a cell phone trigger.
OK, I saw the movie yesterday. It is showing in my town, in one theater, for a limited time. It is a good movie, if..... you know nothing about comabt OPs you know nothing about EOD you know nothing about the military.
It was hard watching some things, as they were so inaccurate, but it is a movie. Maybe EOD drives around Iraq 3 people to a HUMVEE wherever they want, by themselves, but that was never the case, with the EOD guys I worked with. The good thing is, the movie is 0% political, which was very refreshing. The action was good, and you did get a good feel, of what Iraq is like. They nailed, the feel, of the villages, and back alleys. A couple of times, it felt like I was back. All in all a decent movie to see, on the big screen.
