27/11/2022 Stati Uniti, Alabama, Madison, Redstone Arsenal
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law e enforcement agency for assistance”.
By MARIAN ACCARDI Staff writer marian.accardi@theredstonerocket.com
A 3Rs Explosives Safety Education Program project team was at Redstone Arsenal last week instructing future trainers how to get the message to their own organizations and others of the potential dangers of unexploded ordnance and what to do if UXO is found on or near an installation. Nearly 20 people from offices and directorates at the installation took part in the Train-the-Trainer Workshop, sponsored by the Corps of Engineers, at Toftoy Hall on Thursday. The mission of the Army’s 3Rs program is “educate the entire Army community – that’s Soldiers, families, workers, visitors, guests, hunters, everyone that lives on, works on, accesses an installation – about the potential dangers of military munitions or UXO and what to do if they’re spotted or encountered,” Ryan McVickers, a Corps of Engineers support contractor for the program, said. The 3Rs of explosives safety are recognize, retreat and report. The program is vital at all installations because “there are so many dangers with munitions,” Amanda Sticker, 3Rs program manager with the Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, said. “We want to make sure that we’re keeping everybody safe,” she said, and to do that, “we have to reach a big audience.” Sticker said it’s not up to just the Garrison Safety Office to share the 3Rs message. “Each one of you is vital to the success of this program,” she said. The Garrison Safety Office provides 3R training and, during 2021, trained 669 personnel, mostly contractors but also DOD personnel, in 3R and UXO awareness, according to Charlie Carter, acting safety director. McVickers shared some UXO incidents at Redstone. Road construction crews in 2014 unearthed UXO twice while working near Martin Road at Gate 7. The UXO was reported to be five-inch rockets from the World War II era. More recently, in January 2021, a hunter discovered a cache of UXO in a wooded area at Redstone Arsenal near Interstate 565. The cache included various 20mm and 40mm rounds and time fuses from artillery shells, all dating to the World War II era. “Those are just a few examples that kind of drive the point home about the dangers of UXO and the need for a message like the 3Rs,” McVickers said. “This can happen anywhere on any installation.” According to Vickers, the Army established the 3Rs program in 2000 after an incident at Camp Shelby in which teenagers ignored warning signs around an active range and picked up some antitank projectiles. One of the projectiles later detonated, killing one teenager and critically injuring another. Several homes and cars were also damaged, he said.
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