Debris fly higher than the tops of trees during an
Debris fly higher than the tops of trees during an explosives demonstration on the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interoperability exercise with multiple state and federal agencies host... More
Sgt. William Jacobs (left) of the 202nd Explosive Ordinance
Sgt. William Jacobs (left) of the 202nd Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, helps a member of the Alabama State Police’s bomb squad put on his gear during the first day of Ravens... More
A backpack is destroyed using charges to render the
A backpack is destroyed using charges to render the suspected explosive device safe for Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams to collect and inspect, during the first day of Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level ... More
A robot operated by the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal
A robot operated by the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, moves into position during a residential-search scenario during the fifth day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a nat... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, is helped with putting on his bomb suit during the second day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interoperabi... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, watches after setting off a charge during an explosive demonstration during the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a ... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, walk out to a site where they will set a charge during the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interop... More
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, look on as team members look at a post-blast scene during a residential-search scenario during the fifth day of the Ra... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, pose for a photo with members of their team after their blast created a 4-foot deep crater during the last day of the Rave... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, pours decontamination fluid on a device suspected to be leaking a chemical agent during the third day of the Ravens Chall... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, walks towards a piece of debris for evidence collection during a post-blast scenario during the fourth day of the Ravens ... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, works with active-duty Soldiers in looking at video from a robot's camera during a residential-search scenario during the... More
A member of the Alabama State Police bomb squad pulls
A member of the Alabama State Police bomb squad pulls a rope attached to a bag that X-ray imaging has determined to have a suspected explosive device inside, during the first day of Ravens Challenge VIII, a nat... More
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, along with a member of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms talk about the placement of a remote-controlled rob... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, do an after-action review after setting off charges during the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level int... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, look on as a robot searches a car during a post-blast scenario during the fourth day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a natio... More
A robot heads towards a car during a post-blast scenario
A robot heads towards a car during a post-blast scenario during the fourth day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interoperability exercise with multiple state and federal agencies hosted by the Bur... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, receive a briefing along with other state and national law enforcement personnel prior to preparing to set charges on the ... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, watches after setting off a charge during an explosive demonstration during the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a ... More
First Lt. Andrew Winget (left), Sgt. William Jacobs
First Lt. Andrew Winget (left), Sgt. William Jacobs and Staff Sgt. Austin Lopeman of the 202nd Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, discuss their plan of action with other team me... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, puts pieces together of a bomb suit during the second day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interoperability... More
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Two members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, use their chemical detection kit during a scenario on the second day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level in... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, prepares to move a device suspected of leaking a chemical agent after covering possible leak areas during the third day o... More
Five members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Five members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, discuss a plan of action during a residential-search scenario during the fifth day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a na... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, runs detonation cord from the trunk of a vehicle with a suspected IED during a scenario on the second day of the Ravens C... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, runs a rope from the trunk of a vehicle with a suspected IED during a scenario on the second day of the Ravens Challenge ... More
Ravens Challenge VIII ends with a bang as Soldiers
Ravens Challenge VIII ends with a bang as Soldiers with the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, participated in an explosives demonstration during the final day of the exerc... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, finish wrapping a device suspected of leaking a chemical agent as part of evidence collection during the third day of the ... More
Two robots, including one used by members of the 202nd
Two robots, including one used by members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, take different viewpoints to look at a car during a post-blast scenario during the fourt... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, ties rope around a heavy object for leverage as teammates look on via the robot camera during a scenario on the second da... More
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company
Members of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company begin wrapping a device suspected of leaking a chemical agent as part of evidence collection during the third day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a nationa... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, prepares to put a properly secured device suspected of leaking a chemical agent into a storage container as part of evide... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, looks inside a residential trailer while a local law enforcement officer provides backup during a residential-search scen... More
Army personnel, including those from the 202nd Explosive
Army personnel, including those from the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, help a teammate finish putting on a bomb suit during a residential-search scenario during the fi... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, walks towards a vehicle with a suspected IED during a scenario on the second day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national... More
Debris fly higher than the tops of trees during an
Debris fly higher than the tops of trees during an explosives demonstration on the last day of the Ravens Challenge VIII, a national-level interoperability exercise with multiple state and federal agencies host... More
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company,
A member of the 202nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 201st Regional Support Group, maneuvers a robot into place using a computer operating system for his team’s scenario during the fourth day of the Raven... More
Staff Sgt. Austin Lopeman checks a vehicle for secondary
Staff Sgt. Austin Lopeman checks a vehicle for secondary wires after a scenario was presented in which a car was backed up to an airport fence with rockets coming out of the trunk during the first day of Ravens... More
Staff Sgt. Austin Lopeman runs a rope from the trunk
Staff Sgt. Austin Lopeman runs a rope from the trunk of the car with rockets pointing out of the trunk while teammates watch via a camera mounted on a robot during the first day of Ravens Challenge VIII, a nati... More