Completed delivery of the Homemade Explosives Course – Basic 2024

 

In line with cooperation agreement between NATO EOD COE and the Romanian Land Forces Command, the NATO EOD COE has delivered two iterations of the Homemade Explosives Course – Basic (HMEC-B) at the Romanian Combat Support Training Center in Ramnicu Valcea.

The entire HMEC-B curricula is focused on initial recognition of the homemade explosives’ laboratory and different groups of homemade explosives. Moreover, trainees of the course are about to understand the chemicals and precursors sensitivity & functionality, with appropriate measures when such agents are discovered. Duration of the single course iteration is 3 working days, including field demonstration. The first iteration of the course the Centre delivered was conducted from 10 SEP to 12 SEP 2024 and the second from 17 SEP to 19 SEP 2024 period of time.

In total, 29 participants from 8 NATO countries and 2 Interoperability Platform countries enrolled for the course. Finally, all of the trainees showed their obtained skills and successfully proved the course’s graduation criteria. The high-quality of the course that was expressed by the course’s graduates, could not be recognized without the dedication and well-done support of the Romanian Combat Support Training Center in Ramnicu Valcea.

 

Author: MSG Stanislav MACURA

Pictures: EOD COE archive