EOD prepares for FBI post-blast investigator training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Steve Hennigan and Steven Johnson conceal a secondary explosive device with dirt prior the detonation of 500 pounds of explosives used to demolish an ambulance during Federal Bureau of Investigations post-blast investigator training on Nov. 6. Mr. Hennigan is with the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad and Mr. Johnson is with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bomb Squad. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers involved in bomb crime-scene investigations participate in this one-week course which places an emphasis on the identification and collection of fragmented and mutilated bomb components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

EOD prepares for FBI post-blast investigator training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Ron Capra, with the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad, conceals a secondary explosive device with dirt prior the detonation of 500 pounds of explosives used to demolish an ambulance during Federal Bureau of Investigations post-blast investigator training on Nov. 6. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers involved in bomb crime-scene investigations participate in this one-week course which places an emphasis on the identification and collection of fragmented and mutilated bomb components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

EOD prepares for FBI post-blast investigator training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Tech. Sgt. Michael Chamberlain lists information and material on an ambulance prior to its detonation by 500 pounds of explosives for use in the Federal Bureau of Investigations post-blast investigator training on Nov. 6. Sergeant Chamberlain is an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers involved in bomb crime-scene investigations participate in this one-week course which places an emphasis on the identification and collection of fragmented and mutilated bomb components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

EOD prepares for FBI post-blast investigator training

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Ron Capra, with the Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad, explains how the initiation device will trigger the detonation of 500 pounds of explosives that will demolish an ambulance during Federal Bureau of Investigations post-blast investigator training on Nov. 6. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers involved in bomb crime-scene investigations participate in this one-week course which places an emphasis on the identification and collection of fragmented and mutilated bomb components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas)

Emotional speech.

Kelli Watkins, a breast cancer patient, tells the story of her journey with coping with breast cancer during the Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar on Oct. 24 held at Chapel One on Vandenberg. The Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar was created to help educate and inform the population about breast cancer. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Reed)

Emotional speech.

Shaun Skerbitz, a mammography technician, sheds a tear while listening to a breast cancer survivor's story of coping with breast cancer during the Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar on Oct. 24 held at Chapel One on Vandenberg. The Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar was created to help educate and inform the population about breast cancer. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Ashley Reed)