From the U.S. Navy, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Group 2: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Commander, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2, Capt. Timothy Rudderow, relieved Cmdr. Michael Runkle of his duties May 8 as commanding officer, Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Virginia Beach, Va. Runkle was relieved due to a loss of confidence in […]
Navy Schedules Hearing on Possible Involuntary Manslaughter, Dereliction of Duty Charges in APG Super Pond Deaths
From the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) — Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), Rear. Adm. Mike Tillotson, convened a Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Article 32 Investigation April 30 to determine the disposition of criminal courts-martial charges against two Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) Two Sailors arising from […]
Navy Divers Killed in Aberdeen Proving Ground Accident Identified as Missouri, Ohio Men
From U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 27, 2013) – Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, of Gladstone, Mo., died while conducting dive operations at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Md., Feb. 26. Harris and Reyher were […]
Two Navy Divers Killed in Incident at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s “Super Pond”
Two Navy service members died in a diving accident at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Unexploded Ordnance Range pond Tuesday afternoon, nearly a month after a diver employed at Aberdeen Test Center died at that location. Killed in the incident were two members of the Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two, based in Virginia Beach, Va., […]
Aberdeen Test Center Diver Dies in Maintenance Accident at Super Pond Site
From the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command: An engineering technician (diver) died here Jan. 30 while completing routine underwater test infrastructure maintenance at the Underwater Test Facility, also known as the Super Pond. George H. Lazzaro, Jr., 41, of Nottingham, Md., worked in the Firepower Directorate, Aberdeen Test Center, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation […]
