U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Caine Nielsen, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal NCO in charge of EOD equipment, performs the trap-bar deadlift at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas ...

Air Force explosive ordnance technicians soon may become painfully familiar with the “Gruseter,” the nickname for a grueling component of the career-specific fitness test being introduced for them.

Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, technicians will take a new gender- and age-neutral fitness test starting next month, the service has announced, with a medicine ball toss, a powerlift ...

The US Air Force will implement a new, gender-neutral and age-neutral physical fitness test for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel. Such a test has been in development for over a decade. The ...

An Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician dons a bomb suit. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD, technicians will take a new gender- and age-neutral fitness test starting next ...