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EOD UNITS THROUGHOUT THE NAVY HAVE ONE VERY IMPORTANT MISSION, TO COMBAT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE
DEVICES.
ROTA'S EOD TEAM TRAVELED TO THE COUNTER IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES DEVICES CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
TO TAKE PART IN A UNIQUE, MULTI-NATIONAL COURSE.
"MY TEAM IS A MIX OF EXPERIENCE AT THIS POINT, SOME OF US HAVE DONE POST BLAST, SOME OF US
HAVEN'T, SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE IT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVEN'T
DONE ONE YET AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH THE YOUNGER
ONES."
THE COURSE ALSO PROVIDED EOD MOBILE UNIT 8 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SERVICE MEMBERS
FROM TEN EUROPEAN COUTNRIES TO COMBINE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
"OH YEAH, IT'S FANTASTIC AND SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE IS JUST IMMENSELY VALUABLE, YOU KNOW.
EVERY NATION HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS, AND A LOT OF NATIONS ARE VERY TRAINED TO SIMILAR
LEVELS, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM EVERY NATION."
LANCE CORPORAL TONY NARDIELLO, MADRID, SPAIN.