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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the watchful eye of HDS trainers, trainees begin a simulated field operation staged in a “neighborhood” setting with “real life” situations awaiting them (all held on the base). The HD1 robot will be used to asses the situation before they enter the home. Matt McDermott

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Video clips of a bomb being detonated on a city bus at HDS, the Hazardous Devices School, Huntsvill, Alabama. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the watchful eye of HDS trainers, trainees begin a simulated field operation staged in a “neighborhood” setting with “real life” situations awaiting them (all held on the base). The HD1 robot will be used to asses the situation before they enter the home. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. HDS Instructors work with trainees on a live fire range with det. cord and explosives. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. HDS Instructors work with trainees on a live fire range with det. cord and explosives. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. HDS Instructors work with trainees on a live fire range with det. cord and explosives. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. HDS Instructor in the classroom with trainees. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. The simulated “Shoe Bomb.” Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Trainee Sam Hsu, from the Montgomery County Fire Marshals, in Maryland, suited up in a training operation. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Airplane simulator. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. Suicide bomber house/simulator. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. HDS Supervisor Floyd “Silver Fox” Pirtle sits with the training simulation version of the latest Times Square “Car Bomb” attempt. Matt McDermott

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The Hazardous Device School (HDS), at the Redstone Arsenal military base in Huntsville, Alabama. The Robotics unit, which houses the latest and greatest in robotic bomb disposal technology, this unit is currently one of the smallest called the “Recon Scout” which is designed to be thrown through windows. Matt McDermott

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