Comments on: EOD US Army Disposal Specialist http://www.usmilitary.com/7975/eod-us-army-disposal-specialist/ The US Army is the one of the premier military forces of the world offering top quality facilities, opportunities, housing and health care, educational programs and a myriad of other benefits. The Army offers an attractive pay scale, with various allowances, discounts and bonuses available to its personnel. With bases in some of the most exotic and interesting locales in the world, the Army way of life is legendary. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larry Shelton http://www.usmilitary.com/7975/eod-us-army-disposal-specialist/comment-page-1/#comment-40885 Larry Shelton Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:05:23 +0000 http://www.usmilitary.com/?p=7975#comment-40885 I am writing to see if a suggestion can be implemented to maybe make the job of IED removal a little easier and safer. Has anyone tried to take a high pressure water hose (like fire hose) and shoot a stream of high pressure water into and across an area where the suspected IEDs are or down a road or anywhere you want to go. The water has the pressure to set off most pressure devices. It can also short out any wires that are attached to an electrically activated device so that they may fail to ignite. The water, pressure hoses and pumps are one hell of a lot less expensive than the rockets and explosive devices that are used to detonate IEDs. Also the force of the spray can expose wires or other devices that are beneath the surface. And as a comical side note, you can be irrigating some of those god awfully dry dust bowls you walk around in. I can't believe that you couldn't come in with a fire fighting helo that has the water bucket for dropping water on fires and make a lot of drops for a lot less money and a lot less time than sending some poor guy out there to feel around for something. You might try to see that if the water shorts out the wires that are used to detonate (positive to negative, works for every other circuit I've ever been involved with). I'd like to see if those suggestions work. Seems like something really simple that works, might stop those idiots from making them. Let me know, please... Thanks Larry I am writing to see if a suggestion can be implemented to maybe make the job of IED removal a little easier and safer. Has anyone tried to take a high pressure water hose (like fire hose) and shoot a stream of high pressure water into and across an area where the suspected IEDs are or down a road or anywhere you want to go. The water has the pressure to set off most pressure devices. It can also short out any wires that are attached to an electrically activated device so that they may fail to ignite. The water, pressure hoses and pumps are one hell of a lot less expensive than the rockets and explosive devices that are used to detonate IEDs. Also the force of the spray can expose wires or other devices that are beneath the surface. And as a comical side note, you can be irrigating some of those god awfully dry dust bowls you walk around in.

I can’t believe that you couldn’t come in with a fire fighting helo that has the water bucket for dropping water on fires and make a lot of drops for a lot less money and a lot less time than sending some poor guy out there to feel around for something.

You might try to see that if the water shorts out the wires that are used to detonate (positive to negative, works for every other circuit I’ve ever been involved with).

I’d like to see if those suggestions work. Seems like something really simple that works, might stop those idiots from making them.

Let me know, please…

Thanks

Larry

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