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Military's bomb tech school ramps up enrollment to cope with IEDs, still top killer in Iraq

29-Aug-2008
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By MELISSA NELSON | Associated Press Writer EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) _ Many things have gone wrong for Navy Senior Chief Tommy Gura while disarming nearly 200 improvised explosive devices in Iraq. He's been shot at and targeted for mortar attacks. His robots have blown up and he's lost communication to call for backup. But the veteran instructor at the military's explosive ordnance disposal school tells... [read full story]                    

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