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“While I served in Korea I was often exposed to the EOD teams that supported our live fire exercises.” A high school tragedy gave Plemmons extra motivation to become a part of the lifesaving ...

71st EOD Group, responded to Audie Murphy Middle School on Feb. 4 in response to a "suspicious item" found on school district property. According to Fort Cavazos, the item was found to be an inert ...

Brooks Tracey, an artist and art educator, recounted his student's journey to being a part of the EOD selected artist in a previous school year. “She was always a quiet, diligent student ...

I fought that fire from early morning until late that night.” Bushon went to EOD School in January and would become the first woman in the Army to graduate from there in December, returning to ...