Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Oki | 170612-N-SF508-095 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (June 12, 2017) An Explosive Ordnance Disposal...... read more read more
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 spent an afternoon speaking to robotics club students at Brookwood Elementary School in Virginia Beach, Va., as part of a community relations event June 12.
The visit was a surprise for the students’ hard work during the robotics competition earlier this year.
“We really wanted to end their year on a positive note,” said Rebecca Winslow, the gifted resource teacher and robotics club mentor. “This was the first year of the robotics club so we all struggled a little bit building the robots and getting them fine tuned. We wanted to show them what professional robots looked like and how they operate to hopefully help inspire the students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields as they move onto middle school next year.”
The Sailors began by speaking with the students about being in the Navy as an EOD technician and using robots as part of their profession. After a question and answer session, the students were split into groups to learn more about the Talon and Packbot EOD robots and how to drive them. Once the students had familiarized themselves with the basics, the technicians gave the students simple tasks to complete using the robots.
“Events like these are a great way to show students what they can do with an education,” said Lt. j.g. Nathan Cofsky. “We all have the responsibility as Americans to help the generations that come after us and this is a great way to show them the use of science and technology in the real world. We’ve got a smart group of kids here, they’re having a lot of fun, and they are asking a lot of intelligent questions. It took them a minute to get the hang of driving but now the kids are driving the robots like professionals.”
EODMU 6 is assigned to EODGRU 2, headquartered at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. EODGRU 2 oversees all east coast-based Navy EOD mobile units, including one forward-deployed mobile unit in Spain, as well as EOD Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 2, EOD Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 2, and the only east coast-based mobile diving and salvage unit, MDSU 2.
| Date Taken: | 06.12.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 06.17.2017 06:57 |
| Story ID: | 238306 |
| Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, US |
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