Stella,
This is a school for adults who are learning the techniques for finding
and disposing of unexploded ordnance. It is designed to train EOD
technicians. There are no children involved.
Susan Gawarecki
Stella Bourassa wrote:
I was not able to access the full article but am I off or does something not
sound right? Did not Hitler use 'children' in his war? I wonder what our
EOD guys would have to say about 'such classes'??? Any EOD personnel care
to comment?
Stella
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Gawarecki" <loc@icx.net>
To: "CPEO" <military@list.cpeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:17 PM
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Students will learn delicate art of exploding old
arsenals
Students will learn delicate art of exploding old arsenals
Knoxville News Sentinel
By BOB FOWLER, fowlerb@knews.com
August 30, 2005
OAK RIDGE - Fake detonation cord strung between two mock anti-tank
shells was cut Monday afternoon to launch the nation's first private
school to train people to dispose of unexploded bombs and mines. The
unorthodox ribbon-cutting ceremony opened the Center for Unexploded
Ordnance Training. It's a new division of American Technologies Inc. and
is in a nondescript building off Fairbanks Road. "There's a whole
industry built around unexploded ordnance,'' ATI executive Steven C.
Moores said.
The school, certified by the state Board of Higher Education, starts its
first seven-week course today. Two retired military men are teaching the
course, which costs $7,000. Each class will train up to 24 students.
Graduates will become certified as technicians in the specialized field,
and they will be much in demand, officials said. Starting pay is $21 an
hour, Moores said.
In the United States alone, there are 10 million acres that are now
unusable because of unexploded ordnance, said school instructor Myles
West, a retired U.S. Army veteran. Much of the land is on old military
bases where troops trained for combat, he said. "The big push is to
clean up that land,'' said West, who said students at the new school
will work 10-hour days.
For full story, see
http://www3.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4039787,00.html
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