Japanese Grenade Removed from Guam Construction Site

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Members of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD team rendered safe and removed a WWII-era Japanese grenade from a construction site at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The Type 97, standard-issue Japanese hand grenade was discovered in Munition Storage Area 1 last month.

A spokesperson from the 36th Wing said in an email, "[The] general public was not in danger ... due to the quick actions of the Andersen EOD team." The unexploded grenade was found by "the Materials [Munitions and] of Explosive Concern clearance contractor on a construction site."

The Type 97 a common type of fragmentation hand grenade used by Japanese forces during WWII.

EOD Respond After Resident Calls 911 for Live Mortar

Ellensburg, Washington A resident called 911 after uncovering a live mortar round while digging in their backyard. Local officers immediately responded to the scene, and the Yakima Training Center's EOD team was called in to successfully disable and remove the UXO.

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Online Ordnance Purchase Goes "Up in Smoke"

Llansantffraid, Powys, England A collector who bought a WWII-era Hungarian stick grenade online for 51 pounds (approximately 66 US dollars) was forced to turn the UXO over to EOD for a controlled detonation.

Kallum Williams said the item was advertised as decommissioned, but when it arrived it appeared still have explosive powder inside. He called the police after realizing it should have had holes in it where the powder had been removed. "It felt like a saltshaker," Williams said.

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UXO Divers and Support Personnel Positions

Ordnance Holdings, Inc. (OHI) is actively seeking UXO Divers (levels II, III, and UXO Safety Officer qualified) for underwater UXO construction support projects on the west and east coasts as well as Hawaii. The west coast project entails UXO Divers utilizing surface supplied air (SSA) at depths less than 40 feet with a start date of late September 2024 (in the water within a month) with an approximate 8-week duration. The other projects are a few months out.

Paid travel, benefits-in-kind, flat rate per diem, very generous dive pay premium, and paid overtime.

Also looking for experienced and well qualified Dive Tenders.

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That's No Bottle of Pop

Worcester, England A landscaper who thought he had found an old Coke bottle quickly discovered it was a bit more dangerous than that. Paul Probert was using a mechanical digger on a residential property when he uncovered a WWII UXO.

Probert said, "I put it to one side, rolled it out, and that's when I suddenly realized 'this is a bit more than a Coke bottle'."

West Mercia Police responded within 10 minutes to cordon off the area and evacuate the street. EOD was called in to carry out a controlled detonation.

Probert added that the ordnance was "slightly rusted with a bit of a scrape mark on the top where I'd hit it with the digger, my lucky day I think."


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