Staff Sgt. Michael Sprouse from San Diego, Calif.,

Staff Sgt. Michael Sprouse from San Diego, Calif., an explosive ordnance disposal team leader with the 741st Ordnance Company, 3rd Ord. Battalion., at Fort Bliss, Texas, safely removes a suspected exercise improvised explosive device from the passenger area of a 747 aircraft while wearing an 80-pound bomb suit at Pinal Air Park, Ariz. during Raven’s Challenge XII, March 19-23.. The Raven’s Challenge Exercise is an annual, interagency, counter IED exercise that incorporates scenarios focused on interoperability capabilities between public safety bomb squads (PSBSs) and military EOD units in operational environments.