Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort News

Explosive ordnance disposal Marines conduct inerting training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 25. The technicians conduct training to develop their skills and keep them proficient. The Marines are with Marine Wing Support Detachment-31 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron EOD. - Explosive ordnance disposal Marines conduct inerting training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 25. The technicians conduct training to develop their skills and keep them proficient. The Marines are with Marine Wing Support Detachment-31 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron EOD.

Marines and a fuels technician fill four-gallon bags with fuel to conduct a demolition exercise at the Explosive Ordnance Range aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, June 1. The MCAS Beaufort EOD Marines conducted the demolition exercise to detonate unused explosives from the 2017 MCAS Beaufort Air Show using the opportunity to practice for future air shows. The fuel bags were ignited to create the ‘wall of fire’, a pyrotechnic display used during air shows. The Marines are EOD technicians with EOD, MCAS Beaufort and the fuels technician is with Marine Wing Support Detachment 31, Marine Aircraft Group 31. - Marines and a fuels technician fill four-gallon bags with fuel to conduct a demolition exercise at the Explosive Ordnance Range aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, June 1. The MCAS Beaufort EOD Marines conducted the demolition exercise to detonate unused explosives from the 2017 MCAS Beaufort Air Show using the opportunity to practice for future air shows. The fuel bags were ignited to create the ‘wall of fire’, a pyrotechnic display used during air shows. The Marines are EOD technicians with EOD, MCAS Beaufort and the fuels technician is with Marine Wing Support Detachment 31, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, are finding safer techniques to train and disarm explosives. Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians aboard the Air Station participated in their first field exercise of the new year, Jan. 9. - Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, are finding safer techniques to train and disarm explosives. Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians aboard the Air Station participated in their first field exercise of the new year, Jan. 9.

An ammonium nitrate bomb detonates during explosive ordnance disposal sustainment training at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort demolition range, Nov. 14. The training is part of the Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay or demolition duty, and was created to compensate for the more than normally dangerous character of such duties and encourages members to continue to volunteer to perform these duties. Staff Sgt. Matthew Anderson an EOD Tech from Franklin Tenn., said he doesn’t do it for the money but to save lives when it matters most. - An ammonium nitrate bomb detonates during explosive ordnance disposal sustainment training at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort demolition range, Nov. 14. The training is part of the Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay or demolition duty, and was created to compensate for the more than normally dangerous character of such duties and encourages members to continue to volunteer to perform these duties. Staff Sgt. Matthew Anderson an EOD Tech from Franklin Tenn., said he doesn’t do it for the money but to save lives when it matters most.