The men from the AFM’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal of 3rd Regiment who risk their lives dealing with explosives, ranging from underwater WW2 mines to improvised

terrorist explosives. Ben Borg Cardona spent one day

seeing what these men have to deal with.

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WW2 bombs on land, underwater mines, depth charges, search and recovery, underwater investigations, security searches, flood operations, controlling fireworks explosives, supporting AFM on the shooting ranges, security operations at MIA and military and civilian security courses. They are also trained for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at the MIA and the Freeport.