Very interesting article in Smithsonian magazine

wayne8661 · 09-28-2016, 10:28 AM

I remember when I was in Latvia in 2010 for a Joint training mission With the Baltic states.
I was sitting in a stryker scanning an area for movement. And I saw some guys off in the distance ( About 200 yds away) It appeared that they were simulating placing an IED in the road. So I called it up to higher.

Come to find out it wasnt simulated it was Latvian EOD detonating actual German 88 rounds that were discovered during the training mission. Its Amazing what is still laying around in Eastern Europe.

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09-28-2016, 10:28 AM	#7
wayne8661 User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kennett Square Pennsylvania Posts: 611 Thanks: 15 Thanked 334 Times in 104 Posts	I remember when I was in Latvia in 2010 for a Joint training mission With the Baltic states. I was sitting in a stryker scanning an area for movement. And I saw some guys off in the distance ( About 200 yds away) It appeared that they were simulating placing an IED in the road. So I called it up to higher. Come to find out it wasnt simulated it was Latvian EOD detonating actual German 88 rounds that were discovered during the training mission. Its Amazing what is still laying around in Eastern Europe.