![]() While serving with the Technical Escort Unit at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, he volunteered to serve in Vietnam and he spent 11 months with the 99th Ordnance Detachment (EOD) in Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam, in an area west of Saigon and near the Cambodia border. During his 11 months in Vietnam, he participated in the destruction of the Rock Island East and Warehouse Hill enemy weapons and ammunition caches in Cambodia. Vining served with the 99th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) in Phuoc Vinh, Vietnam, in an area west of Saigon and near the Cambodia border. He attended EOD training on Fort McClellan, Alabama, and Indian Head, Maryland, and graduated in May 1969. After graduating from basic training camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he went to Ammunition Renovation School on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, where he learned how to destroy unserviceable code H ammunition during a course that was taught by EOD technicians. “I thought, wow, that must take a lot to disarm a large ticking bomb.”Īt 17, not long after the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, Vining went to an Army recruiting office and signed up to be an ammunition renovation specialist with the plan of volunteering for EOD as soon as possible. “I saw a World War II movie about a British soldier disarming a large German bomb in an underground chamber in London, England,” said Vining. Vining then watched a movie that changed the trajectory of his life. Vining was also a member of the science club and chess club and participated in wrestling and track. He received chemistry sets for Christmas every year and earned the grand prize in a high school science fair for a Wilson cloud chamber. Growing up in Howard City, Michigan, Vining was interested in science and mountain climbing. The reason his Army career has gained so much attention is because Vining has participated in many of the American military operations that defined the latter part of the 20th century, as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and an elite Special Forces operator. Army's premier Special Mission Unit and one of the unit’s first EOD technicians. Vining, one of the founding members of the U.S. The Army EOD technician behind those memes is retired U.S. Army sergeant major with a Master Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge and Combat Infantry Badge. If you have spent much time on military-related social media platforms, you’ve probably seen some of the memes featuring a seasoned U.S. (Photo Credit: Courtesy photo) VIEW ORIGINAL Vining participated in many of the American military operations that defined the latter part of the 20th century, as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician and an elite Special Forces Operator. Army's premier Special Mission Unit and one of the unit’s first EOD technicians, retired from the U.S. ![]()
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