Hello, I have a UXO project coming up that I need to staff in Okinawa, Japan. Multiple positions are available including UXO Safety Officer (UXOSO), UXO Quality Control Specialist (UXOQCS) and UXO Technicians IIs/IIIs. Experience (military or civilian) performing UXO work in Okinawa considered a plus.

Before I can fill the positions, I need to find a UXO technician who speaks Japanese. If you speak Japanese and have an interest in the project, please reach out.

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North Yorkshire, England Adam Makewell and his 14-year-old son Cameron have made some interesting finds in the past with their underwater ROV, from cell phones to Roman tiles. However, nothing was quite exciting as their recent find of a live 1,100-lb WWII bomb.

The pair had taken the drone to the river Ure to test new lights on the ROV when they spotted what looked like a propane tank. "We just popped out for an hour to try out some new lights on the remotely operated underwater vehicle that I use," Adam explained.

"Cameron got some footage for me so I could look at what the light spread was like. When he'd finished, I told him to go off and find something interesting. Next thing I knew, Cameron said he'd found something."

"As soon as I saw the shape of it, especially the front, I knew he'd found a bomb. A rather big bomb at that," he said.

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Putley, England West Mercia Police and EOD responded to a home after the homeowner discovered a WWII bombshell while mowing his lawn. Ross Miller's garden was cordoned off and his street shut down while awaiting a response from the bomb disposal team.

The suspicious item was determined to be a 25-lb bomb casing from the 1940s. EOD confirmed there were no explosives in the shell before they let Miller keep it as a souvenir.

The Miller family moved into the 1950s property last August, knowing the previous owners mentioned something metallic at the bottom of the garden. They thought it was a pump or part of the water supply.

But Miller said, "I had a quick look at it, brushed it and thought, this doesn't look like a pump. There's a percussion cap in the middle, what looks like would be on the end of a bullet, and it said 1940 at the bottom."

His nine-year-old daughter was standing beside him at the time, and he thought "the last thing we want is for anything to explode."

He dialed 999, and West Mercia Police told him to send pictures and stay away from the munition. "After about two hours waiting around, EOD turned up and said, 'yep it's a 25-pounder'," he said.

Miller said he planned to put ice in the casing and use it to hold beer at the barbecue he was forced to reschedule from the day of the discovery.

Pickens County, GA. A device resembling a cannonball was discovered near Swan Bridge Road, prompting a swift response from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Bomb Disposal Unit. Their mission was to safely dispose of the ordnance.

The area's history is deeply rooted in the legacy of the Civil War. Although General Sherman's Army did not directly traverse this region during his 1864 campaign, local Confederate Home Guard units were overtaken by the Union's Third Kentucky Cavalry near Talking Rock, only a few miles from where the cannonball was discovered.

While the excitement of uncovering a historical relic is palpable, the cannonball's exact origin remains unknown.

Northfield, England Homes were evacuated and roads cordoned off after suspected military ordnance was found in a residential garden. A spokesperson from West Midlands Police explained in a statement, "The Army's EOD unit attended and made the device safe in a nearby field. People living nearby were given safety advice and the road temporarily closed to allow easy access for emergency services."

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Slupsk, Poland Wild boars dug up 21 WWII mortar shells in a Polish forest. Forest Rangers reported the suspected UXO cache to police after discovering it in the village of Biecino.

Police responded to the area where they determined the munitions had been unearthed by wild boars. Pyrotechnicians confirmed that the ordnance dated back to WWII.

Military sappers were called in to safely secure the shells. No further information has been released by authorities regarding the type or origin of the ordnance.