CATC Camp Fuji Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Conducts EOD Demolition Range

Photo By Sgt. Alex Fairchild | U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Matias, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji executes an EOD demolition range on CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec. 11, 2020. By conducting this range, Marines increased their capabilities and skills to tactfully dispose unserviceable ammunition by the means of safe and controlled detonation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)  

CAMP FUJI , SHIZUOKA, JAPAN

12.11.2020

Story by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild 

Marine Corps Installations Pacific

COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, Japan – U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Matias, a native of Goldsboro, North Carolina and an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji shares his story on conducting an EOD demolition range on CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec. 11, 2020. By conducting this range, Marines increased their capabilities and skills to tactfully dispose unserviceable ammunition by the means of safe and controlled detonation.

“We conducted this range today to dispose of unserviceable ammunition that was deemed unfit for use by our military members,” said Matias. “Today we executed a plan to dispose not just of large ammunition but small arms ammunition as well.”

Matias is a 2014 graduate of the Wayne School of Engineering in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

CATC Camp Fuji is a Marine Corps Installations Pacific Facility dedicated to modernized live, virtual, and constructive combined arms training. CATC Camp Fuji provides premier support for the accomplishment of air, ground, and amphibious training for the Marine Corps, joint U.S. forces, and our allies.

• Date Taken: 12.11.2020
• Date Posted: 12.13.2020 23:32
• Story ID: 384879
• Location: CAMP FUJI , SHIZUOKA, JP
• Hometown: GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, US