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EOD Marines receive new IED wire detector - Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group use compact metal detectors to clear a road during urban motor transportation operations lane training as part of integrated training exercise 5-19 on Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Aug. 5, 2019. Fielded to EOD Marines in 2019, the Buried Command Wire Detector is a portable device that will replace Carbon Rod Detectors—a type of compact metal detector—within the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Scott Jenkins)

Next-generation bomb suit lightens load for warfighter - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Hamilton is assisted with donning an Explosive Ordnance Disposal-9 Advanced Bomb Suit—the legacy system—during an EOD lateral move screening at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 26, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Next-generation robot helps Marines explore dangerous areas - Capt. Andrew DeLannoy, EOD team project officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Ultra-Light Robot July 3, in Stafford, Virginia. The Corps is in the process of fielding the Ultra-Light Robot—a small, mobile robot system that enables explosive ordnance disposal Marines to manage or destroy improvised explosive devices or to conduct various other reconnaissance activities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Next gen binoculars increase survivability for Recon, EOD Marines - A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Force Reconnaissance Platoon waits on the flight deck while training in the Pacific Ocean. Marine Corps Systems Command is fielding Force Recon and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines greater capability with the Binocular Night Vision Goggle II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish)

The Marine Corps is celebrating a decade of keeping warfighters safer against explosive devices with the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected family of vehicles. MRAP vehicles are designed to provide protection against underbody mines, improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. From 2006 to 2012, the MRAP Joint Program Office fielded a total of 27,774 to operating forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lynn Kinney) - The Marine Corps is celebrating a decade of keeping warfighters safer against explosive devices with the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected family of vehicles. MRAP vehicles are designed to provide protection against underbody mines, improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. From 2006 to 2012, the MRAP Joint Program Office fielded a total of 27,774 to operating forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lynn Kinney)

During Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, a Marine probes an area after his Ground Penetrating Radar Metal Detector set off an alarm. Counter-improvised explosive device systems such as this are under scrutiny by the C-IED War Room at Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico, Va. - During Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, a Marine probes an area after his Ground Penetrating Radar Metal Detector set off an alarm. Counter-improvised explosive device systems such as this are under scrutiny by the C-IED War Room at Marine Corps Systems Command at Quantico, Va.

A Marine from 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, conducts training with his improvised explosive device detection dog. - A Marine from 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, conducts training with his improvised explosive device detection dog.