Thomas Gersbeck

Gebundenes Buch

Practical Military Ordnance Identification, Second Edition

Beschreibung

The focus of Practical Military Ordnance Identification, Second Edition is the application of a practical deductive process to identify unknown ordnance items that are commonly recovered outside military control.

Autor

Tom Gersbeck served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician in the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring in 2001 as a Chief Warrant Officer. He then served seven years with the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) as an explosives security specialist before deploying as an independent contractor. Deployments include two tours in Afghan CEXC facilities and one tour as project manager of Task Force Paladin's C-IED mobile training teams operating throughout the country. Deployments supporting Department of State as an EOD team lead in Iraq, advising the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force after the Gongo La Mboto disaster (Feb 2011) and training deminers with Golden West Humanitarian Foundation in Cambodia. Today, Tom is a full-time member of the graduate faculty for Oklahoma State University's School of Forensic Sciences, Arson-Explosives, Firearms & Toolmarks Investigation (AEFTI) program. He holds a master of forensic sciences (MFS) degree, is an active member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), is a Fellow in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and continues to work in his field. Technical Researcher Daniel Evers joined the Marine Corps in 2003 and currently serves as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician. While stationed in California, North Carolina, and Japan, Daniel deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Romania, Latvia, and Georgia in support of combat operations, responding to IED and ordnance related calls for assistance, and training personnel responsible for EOD-related work. However, Daniel's advanced technical ordnance knowledge and research abilities were developed during countless inerting and disassembling operations on ordnance ranging from the mid- 1800s to the complex guided missile systems of today

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9780815369417
• ISBN-10: 0815369417
• Artikelnr.: 55712952