EPISODE · Dec 8, 2025 · 1H 29M
AIR RAID EDITION! Friend of TWND, Berten Smekens, shares some of his experiences detecting unexploded ordnance in Flanders!
from The Warrior Next Door Podcast · host Ryan Fairfield, Tony Lupo
Europe has experienced warfare and violence at a scale most Americans can't fathom. As a result, countless millions of rounds of artillery, some of which is still buried in the earth poses a clear a present danger to 21st century citizens.Berten's job is to detect unexploded ordnance so that roads and buildings can be safely constructed. In the course of locating these dangerous implements of war, OTHER historic items and battlefield relics are discovered.As a result, Berten is often the first to detect these lost landscapes of battlefields that go back to Napoleonic times! Listen in as he talks about some of these historical sites and how some of them relate to veterans featured on The Warrior Next Door Podcast!Support the show
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Europe has experienced warfare and violence at a scale most Americans can't fathom. As a result, countless millions of rounds of artillery, some of which is still buried in the earth poses a clear a present danger to 21st century citizens. Berten's job is to detect unexploded ordnance so that roads and buildings can be safely constructed. In the course of locating these dangerous implements of war, OTHER historic items and battlefield relics are discovered. As a result, Berten is often the fi...
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AIR RAID EDITION! Friend of TWND, Berten Smekens, shares some of his experiences detecting unexploded ordnance in Flanders!
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