Playing with Fire
Staff Sgt. Kim Pate explains how a protective bomb suit shields Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from an explosion while Col. Patrick Doherty and Chief Master Sgt. Blake Malpass don the gear on the EOD range at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 25, 2011. The suit has a ballistics rated plate which covers most of the chest and abdomen and provides protection from a blast. Pate, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD operations NCOIC, is from Hines, Ore., Doherty, 4th Fighter Wing commander, is a native of Lincoln, Neb., Malpass, 4 FW command chief, hails from Greensboro, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rae Perry)
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