ALC Staff Mtg Charts

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Front Lines SrA Daniel Acosta Randolph AFB, TX
11 Oct 06
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Overview

• Introduction
• EOD Overview
• Hill AFB Training
• Deployment Training
• In-Theatre Preparations
• Sather AB, Iraq
• Typical Day
• Mission Examples
• Injury Scenario
• Recovery
• Current Status
• Summary

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Introduction

• EOD Technician
• 4 Years Active Duty
• Assignments
• Hill AFB, UT 775 CES/CED
• Sather AB, Iraq 447 ECES/101st Airborne EOD Team
• Lackland AFB, TX
• Sustained Life Threatening Injuries in the Line
  of Duty
• My Experiences.

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EOD Overview

• Attended EOD Tech School Eglin AFB, FL
• 11 months
• Mission
• Locate and Disarm Explosive Hazards
• Support POTUS, VPOTUS and Foreign Dignitaries
• with Secret Service
• Assigned to CE

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Hill AFB Training

• Most conducted at Utah Test and Training Range
  (UTTR)
• Hands-on training, proficiency training, upgrade
  training

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Deployment Training

• 3 Months Pre-deployment Training CONUS
• Combat Skills Training--Fort Carson, CO
• Tactical Explosive Entry School (TEES)Memphis,
  TN
• National Weapons Training CenterLaPlais, NM

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In-Theatre Preparations

• Staged in Kuwait
• All AF EOD for AEF 7/8
• Additional 2 ½ Weeks of Training
• Forward Deployed to Sather AB, Iraq After 4
  weeks

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Sather AB, Iraq

• Adjacent to Baghdad International Airport
• Camps Victory, Slayer, Stryker Nearby
• Billeted in a Hard Shelterthe Bigg House

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Typical Day

• 5 Day Rotations4 on, 1 Off
• .but, On Call 24/7
• 0530 Equipment Checkout, Restock Explosives
• 0700 Morning Meeting
• Respond When/Where Required

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Mission Examples

• Statistics--12 Sep to 4 Feb
• 55 teams
• 20 AF, 20 Army, 15 Navy/USMC
• 6,000 EOD Missions (IED, post blast, cache,
  raids, route clearance)
• 3,300 IEDs Rendered Safe4,750 Detonations
• 105 VBIEDs Rendered Safe290 Detonations

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Mission Examples

WEAPONS CACHE
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Mission Examples
ROADSIDE IED DISPOSAL

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Mission Examples

POST BLAST FORENSICS
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Injury Scenario

• 7 Dec 2005
• Southwest Baghdad
• 2 each 122mm Projectiles With Pressure Plate
• Injuries
• Traumatic Left Arm Amputation
• 3rd Degree Burns to Legs
• Arterial Injuries to Leg and Heart
• My story

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Recovery

• On-Scene Treatment Was Key
• Baghdad IZ Surgery, Balad AB Surgery, Landstuhl
  AB
• Brooks Army Medical Center (BAMC)
• 6 Days Later after Incident.
• Physical, Occupational Therapy--On-going

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Recovery
COINED THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
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Current Status

• Maintaining EOD Proficiency
• Awaiting Reinnervated Nerve Transplant Surgery
• Medical Evaluation Board

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Summary
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