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Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight shares career field with students

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  • By Airman 1st Class Sean Campbell
  • 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --  In conjunction with Air Force recruiters, Airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight went to North Idaho College to share what EOD does for the Air Force April 12, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

EOD exhibited a pair of robots as well as other equipment used during deployments during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Expo.

"The purpose was to come out here and provide an example to high school students and college students of what it is that EOD does for the Air Force," said Staff Sgt. Christopher Jones, 92nd Civil Engineering Squadron EOD journeyman. "It also helps to build relations with the community here."

Attendees of the expo were allowed to operate and interact with the robots. Along with the robots, EOD brought a bomb suit that gives students the perspective of how heavy it is for EOD Airmen to wear on a daily basis and how it protects them, Jones said.

"It's a critically manned career field and they are the kind of people we need," said Tech Sgt. John Foxx, 368th Air Force Recruiting Squadron enlisted accessions recruiter. "It's all about marketing and planting the seed in future Airmen."

Fairchild EOD has made similar presentations at recruiter stations, ROTC detachments and high schools.

"I would like to thank the recruiters for giving us the opportunity to come out," Jones said. "The students were engaged in what we had to provide for them and it couldn't have gone any better."