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The Army is building an airborne bomb squad

The Army is building an airborne bomb squad that can respond to contingencies around the world as quickly as the 82nd Airborne Division and the Global Response Force. 

For 10 years, the Army has been working on a way to get its explosive ordnance disposal specialists to the scene sooner, and their solution is to take to the skies.  

Members of the 767th Ordnance Company, 192nd Ordnance Battalion made history earlier this month by practicing the Army's first conventional airborne EOD operations with members of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

"This is definitely not something that I thought was going to be a part of this job when I joined," Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Golson told Army Times in a phone interview. 

Golson's platoon made three jumps between Oct. 29 and Nov. 3 as part of a qualification progression that 16 EOD soldiers are taking on, according to Capt. Zachary Abood, the 767th's commander.