By Bill Galluccio
US combat engineers known as Sappers for
Authorities in California are trying to locate ten pounds of high-powered explosives that went missing from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County.
The C4 disappeared during a training exercise two weeks ago, and investigators believe it was stolen. According to
KGTV, the unit’s commanding officer has offered a monetary reward for information about the missing explosives and is considering extending the training exercise until they are located.
Retired Captain
Kelly Mayer, a former bomb technician with 23 years of experience, told the news station that C4 is one the most powerful manufactured explosives and that one pound can blow up a car.
By Bill Galluccio
US combat engineers known as Sappers for
Authorities in California are trying to locate ten pounds of high-powered explosives that went missing from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County.
The C4 disappeared during a training exercise two weeks ago, and investigators believe it was stolen. According to
KGTV, the unit’s commanding officer has offered a monetary reward for information about the missing explosives and is considering extending the training exercise until they are located.
Retired Captain
Kelly Mayer, a former bomb technician with 23 years of experience, told the news station that C4 is one the most powerful manufactured explosives and that one pound can blow up a car.
February 4
Roughly 10 pounds of the plastic explosives reportedly “disappeared during a long training exercise two weeks ago. (Wikimedia Commons) Several pounds of explosives have gone missing from Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, ABC 10 San Diego first reported. The southern California news station said roughly 10 pounds of the plastic explosives “disappeared during a long training exercise two weeks ago,” with the belief that it was stolen. The unit’s commanding officer “is considering extending the training exercise until the explosives are found,” ABC reported from military sources. Marine Capt. Zachary Colvin, a spokesman for the base, told Marine Corps Times Thursday that the Marine Corps was unable to comment on the situation because the Naval Criminal Investigative Service had taken over the case.