Army veteran volunteers with bomb tech crews in Ukraine

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Army veteran volunteers with bomb tech crews in Ukraine
By Blair Drake
May 16, 09:25 PM
Retired Army Lt. Col. John Culp arrived in Ukraine in April to assist local bomb technicians as part of the nonprofit Bomb Techs Without Borders. Culp's wife Donna, a former Air Force captain, serves as president of the Western North Carolina Chapter of MOAA. (MOAA)

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the Military Officers Association of America website. MOAA is the nation’s largest association of military officers.

Retired Army Lt. Col. John Culp walks the streets of Kyiv wearing body armor and looking for unexploded ordnance left behind from Russian assaults on the city. He picks up and moves shells and removes fuses, working alongside bomb technicians from the explosive ordnance disposal, or EOD, team of the National Police of Ukraine.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney GySgt Jack Wallace SGT (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland