GAFENWOEHR, GE – Three blocks of C-4 explosives rest upon a 155mm artillery round prior to detonation by the 387th EOD Co. The round, an unexploded ordnance, was found and reported to the 387th.
GAFENWOEHR, GE – Flame and smoke fill the area as a 155mm artillery round is detonated by the 387the EOD team currently assigned to Grafenwoehr. The soldiers used C-4 explosives to dispose of the UXO safely on an engineer range. This mission is part of their real world operations, as part of the Overseas Deployment Training program at the Joint Multinational Training Command, also known as JMTC, at Grafenwoehr, Germany. The JMTC is the U.S. Army’s only overseas training command.
On April 5, 1986 the Berlin discotheque La Belle was bombed in a terrorist attack. This was an entertainment venue that was commonly frequented by United States soldiers attached to EUCOM and its component commands. A bomb placed under a table near the disk jockey's booth exploded at 1:45 am CET killing three people and injuring around 230 people, including 79 American servicemen.
UZBEEN VALLEY, Afghanistan -- On 1 June, in the Uzbeen Valley, a French unit found 23 shells for 82 mm mortars, 4 PG 7's rockets, one rocket 107mm Chicom type, an ammunition box (12.7 mm) and a component of mortar, hidden in three separate sites.
OFF THE COAST OF BEIRUT -Twenty-six nautical miles off the coast of Beirut crew members aboard USS Higgins (DDG 76) paused to remember the lives lost 26 years ago during the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.