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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)

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.