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Mike Vining

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When he put in for EOD school, Mike Vining was taught how to maintain the ammunition supplies and how to dispose of unsafe materials. He also discusses a major safety hazard that came with allowing unqualified people into the program. (4:18)

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EOD School was not as physically tough as it was one of the more educationally difficult. Mike Vining describes the phases of his EOD training, including the in depth education on nuclear weapons, the threat of which loomed during the height of the Cold War. (9:18)

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In 1970, Mike Vining would make his first deployment to serve in Vietnam. The war in the beginning phases of winding down, but that didn’t mean he would be short of work with the 99th Ordnance Detachment in III Corps. (6:06)

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During the Cambodian Incursion, the 1st Cavalry Division was flown in to secure a massive cache of Vietnamese weapons and ammunition. As part of their EOD detachment, Mike Vining was brought in to destroy it, but getting out would be much more difficult. (13:38)

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Incoming mortars and rockets were a threat all over Vietnam, no matter where you were. Mike Vining describes one such event where an ammo dump had caught fire and was burning dangerously. (6:24)

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The booby traps in Vietnam were prolific and killed and wounded many. Mike Vining discusses some of the techniques the VC and NVA would employ against American forces, as well as American efforts to do the same to them. (8:49)

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Working around explosives is naturally a dangerous endeavor, and American EOD experts suffered a number of casualties over the years. Mike Vining discusses some of the bombs that were WWII relics and the transition to, and legacy of, the BLU-82 “Daisy Cutter”. (3:17)

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Vietnam was a testing ground for all sorts of new weapons and tactics. Mike Vining details the implementation of a new experimental type of ammunition, the XM-74, and how it’s chemical components presented an extreme hazard for his EOD team when one got loose. (10:58)

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Mike Vining describes some classified munitions he had to deal with at Fire Support Base Audie after the enemy attacked and artillery was called in to stop them. (2:20)

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There wasn’t much that would save you if munitions were detonating by you, and Mike Vining details the one time he wore a flak jacket in Vietnam. (1:33)