An ex-military LGF reader forwarded a picture worth an awful lot of words, with the following explanation:

The last two weeks have been pretty rough on EOD techs (three dead, one severely wounded). Today was a good day.

The EOD team leader didn’t know it was an IED. He was just going to do a BIP (Blow in Place) of ordnance. He returned after the explosion to do a post blast investigation and discovered what is in the picture.

Somebody loves EOD techs...