Sending a Flanders Vet BACK to UKR to Clear UXO TRIP #4

UPDATE 8/21/23: “This will now be my 4th trip and our focus will be ensuring each student graduates the course with their own VMC-1 detector.” "I'm a husband, father of 3 and an EOD technician. I served in the US Army as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician for 8 years before being medically retired for injuries sustained during my career. Following my tenure in the Army I have been involved in chemical weapons clearance, counter IED, humanitarian Demining, and other assorted EOD contracts. Shortly before the invasion of Ukraine I was contacted by some friends who were in Kyiv anticipating the need for EOD technicians and we immediately began our efforts to train, advise and assist as many Ukrainians as possible on how to safely remove these explosive hazards from their land. The work is hard, it's dangerous, and more often than not our partners are the first ones into an area after reclaiming it from the orcs. We, like anyone else in Ukraine right now, need constant suppli