National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day

[Jimbo]

National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day in the United States.

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/national-explosive-ordnance-disposal-day

National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day is a United States (U.S.) observance held on the first Saturday in May. It honors members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have risked their lives in disposing explosives.

Observe National EOD Day
Various organizations, community groups, and individuals throughout the U.S. take the time on the first Saturday of May to commemorate National EOD Day. Some groups organize prayer services and special events to remember and thank EOD professionals who risk their lives, or have lost their lives, or were injured doing their job.

http://www.eodwarriorfoundation.org/memorial

[red89notch]

My brother was a Marine EOD for about 9 years. Now he is just in Marine Recon.

[LANTIRN]

Everybody needs a special day these days.

[clevelandkid]

National EOD day is the bomb.

[Baron Von Crowder]

my college roomate was EOD in iraq for a bit with the army. He's now training the TSA how to id potential explosives... in Hawaii.

[BP]

my college roomate was EOD in iraq for a bit with the army. He's now training the TSA how to id potential explosives... in Hawaii.

Sounds like an SVO story.

[helosailor]

Sounds like an SVO story.

His college roommate was SVO.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Sounds like an SVO story.

His college roommate was SVO.

doubt it.

[red89notch]

SVO invented college. I doubt he ever had to attend one, let alone have a roommate while doing so.

[Stephen]

Paul Bunyan taught svo way back when

[helosailor]

doubt it.

That sounds just like something his roommate would say.