Left Hand Canyon, Colorado Police were called to the house of a 96-year old woman that recently passed away after an old wooden dynamite box was found by a neighbor. The box was labeled "DuPont Explosives, High Explosives" and had a date stamp of Oct. 9, 1950 on it.

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Waupun, Milwaukee The Milwaukee Bomb Squad received a call from the Waupun Heritage Museum after a visitor questioned the safety of military memorabilia in a display case. The memorabilia included two Civil War cannon balls, two mortars, a large projectile and an explosive bullet manufactured in the early 1890s.

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Vieques, Puerto Rico Chelsea Clinton has been very busy actively campaigning for her mother's presidential race. With the Puerto Rico primary scheduled for June 1, Chelsea has been very busy planning campaign stops throughout area. In her planning, Chelsea made a request to the Navy to access Vieques. Her purpose for accessing the former range area was not reported. The Navy denied Chelsea access to the range due to safety concerns associated with UXO and because U.S. law forbids campaigning on federal property.

Honolulu, Hawaii The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to grant a hazardous waste permit to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Department of Public Safety for storing and treating UXO.

CNMI began the process for a Remedial Action Plan, a unique kind of RCRA permit, in 2006, to address the hazards created by the millions of pounds of munitions and explosives abandoned in Saipan following World War II. The EPA issued a draft Remedial Action Plan in December 2007, followed by a public comment period that closed in January.

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Anchorage, Alaska A joint U.S. and Japanese search team has traveled to Attu Island in Alaska to search for remains of troops killed in action during WWII. It is estimated that 540 America and 2,300 Japanese soldiers were killed when the U.S. recaptured the island in 1943. The team is reportedly taking safety precautions due to concerns over the potential for encountering UXO. The team will use GPR survey equipment to help locate buried remains as well as to avoid potential UXO.

The Defence Construction Canada (DCC), Esquimalt, British Columbia office is currently looking to fill the permanent position of Environmental Program Manager, Underwater UXO. The person selected for the position will be responsible to provide project management support and project delivery on Underwater UXO projects of medium to difficult level complexity, with primary focus in Canada's West Coast Area. The Underwater UXO projects are of a varying nature and many of the projects have not been done before within DCC or DND. Further objectives include the provision of management support services on technical tasks related to Underwater UXO and UXO project documents, more complex tasks include supporting DCC's commitment to the DND UXO and Legacy Sites Program through the Environmental Services division.

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Eglin Air Force Base, Florida The names of 17 EOD Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen were added to the EOD memorial during the 39th annual EOD Memorial Ceremony held on 3 May 2008. The fallen honored in the ceremony ranged in age from 23 to 42. Two of the names added were those of Army EOD technicians that died in 1943 and 1944. The others were those of EOD technicians that lost their lives in 2007.

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EOD Technology, Inc. (EODT), an employee-owned company, has provided munitions response, security services, and critical mission support worldwide in austere and hostile environments since 1987.

EODT delivers superior services to all branches of the military, foreign and domestic governments, and commercial clients. Specifically, EODT has been under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1997, and has provided support to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. EODT has also provided security and IT support to the Multi-national Security Transition Command in Iraq, and Guard Services to a foreign embassy. EODT also provides Mine Action and Munitions Response services to a number of commercial clients.

Trenton, Ontario Trenton's Transport and Rescue Squadron fired a series of illumination flares in support of the search for a missing 2-year-old toddler who wondered off the family farm. Unfortunately, one of the flares failed to function after being deployed from the aircraft. As a result, Canadian Military officials from Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton issued a series of public warnings to residents of Wollaston Township over the potential for an unexploded flare. Residents were warned to stay clear of any unknown metallic objects found and were told to report any finds to the local authorities.

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Petersburg, Virginia The National Park Service has adopted a new policy regarding Civil War ordnance. The new policy states that the bomb squad will be notified when Civil War ordnance items are found on historic properties. Prior to the policy, ordnance found sometimes made its way into the hands of museums or collectors.

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