RSN Staff Sgt. Colin Ho gathers water samples for testing after a chemical
bomb was found during a TRI-CRAB 99 chemical dispersal drill.
Rubber ducks dropped from a US Air Force C-130 aircraft hit the landing
zone off the coast of Guam while USN EOD personnel conduct a static
line parachute jump into the water.
USN EOD personnel hoist gear aboard the USNS Spica during TRI-CRAB's
parachute insertion capability drill. Their mission is to disarm two
unexploded missiles lodged in the ship.
RAN Lt. Michael Oborn measures an FAB 500 bomb for EOD procedures
during TRI-CRAB 99.
 RAN
EOD personnel prepare for a Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE)
rigging to carry them to the VBSS MV Dewayne T. Williams, where their
mission is to find and disarm booby traps.
 RAN EOD
personnel en route to the ship while suspended from the SPIE rigging.
 Members
of RAN Clearance Diving Team One fast rope to the deck of the Dewayne
T. Williams.
 RAN
EOD personnel secure their arrival area after fast roping to the deck.
 Exercise
TRI-CRAB 99 successfully tested the skills of EOD personnel from Australia,
Singapore and the US in a wide variety of situations based on realistic,
potential threats. Here USN HT1 Rick Gestewitz disarms a booby trap
at a simulated house during the exercise.
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