Uhhhhhhhhh

I'm no expert, but isn't it standard practice to just blow it up? If so, sporting good outlets usually sell pint size containers of black powder

Standard procedure is to hold in a defensive perimeter until EOD or Combat Engineers show up to decide on a course of action. Or, in other cases, you report to higher, mark it on a map, and Charlie Mike if your objective is not just a simple patrol or search.

In other words, EOD gets to blow it up, the lucky buggers.

They also get to wear about a thousand pounds of extra gear (in the desert!), are very distinctive sniper bait, and are forever listed on government watch lists, so....

A good job for know-it-all’s, because they’re either right or you hire a new EOD

It's also really low stress. Either you're right, or it's not your problem anymore.

You get me. What I don’t get is that I’m colorblind and can’t be an EOD. Yet this dog is colorblind and he’s part of bomb squad…. It’s not fair famousone

Tell them you can smell explosive materials

I got the job :D