I thought they had some kind of dummy grenade they used for training that just made a big noise. I've never been in the army so I could be conflating fact and fiction.

On 3/9/2016 7:12 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
If you are talking about flash bang this may not kill you but they can do damage if they go off when you are either holding them out within a few feet of your face.
It is pretty common to have minor injuries when room bracing with those.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016, 5:57 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Maybe it was one of those practice noisemaker grenades.  A
    souvenir from work at Fort Bliss.



    On 3/8/2016 11:52 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:

    According to police it was a grenade buried under sidewalk...

    On Mar 8, 2016 9:40 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm"
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

        My half sisters brother is one of those lunatics, he's a PETA
        member if that tells you anything, we know for sure he
        possesses at least one actual claymore, needless to say, he's
        batshit crazy, he will be in the newspapers someday,
        hopefully it's due to something like this where he's died and
        his toys are found and safely disposed of.

        On Mar 8, 2016 7:27 PM, "Jaime Solorza"
        <[email protected]
        <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

            of course but what can I do....

            Jaime Solorza
            Wireless Systems Architect
            915-861-1390 <tel:915-861-1390>

            On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:24 PM, Lewis Bergman
            <[email protected]
            <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                Do they know that is the least interesting thing to
                happen to you this week?


                On Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 6:37 PM Jaime Solorza
                <[email protected]
                <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                    Ha. Tv folks interviewed me

                    On Mar 8, 2016 5:03 PM, "Jaime Solorza"
                    <[email protected]
                    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                        On Mar 8, 2016 5:01 PM, "Jaime Solorza"
                        <[email protected]
                        <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                            Guy kneeling down is tech

                            On Mar 8, 2016 4:54 PM, "Jaime Solorza"
                            <[email protected]
                            <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                                Two bomb squad techs approached house
                                and checked it out...they had some
                                tools and did something to device but
                                I couldn't make it out.   They went
                                back to car down the street.

                                On Mar 8, 2016 4:32 PM, "Chuck
                                McCown" <[email protected]
                                <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                                    Made me think of the TV show
                                    Shameless. Carl burying surplus
                                    land mines in the front yard...
                                    *From:* Jaime Solorza
                                    <mailto:[email protected]>
                                    *Sent:* Tuesday, March 08, 2016
                                    4:26 PM
                                    *To:* Animal Farm
                                    <mailto:[email protected]>
                                    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Grenade time
                                    a young crazy guys lived there
                                    about 10 years ago but family
                                    kicked him out....now it an
                                    elderly lady and nurse....they
                                    have been gone for a month while
                                    house is re-done....
                                    Jaime Solorza
                                    Wireless Systems Architect
                                    915-861-1390 <tel:915-861-1390>
                                    On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4:23 PM,
                                    Eric Kuhnke
                                    <[email protected]
                                    <mailto:[email protected]>>
                                    wrote:

                                        I bet it's one of those
                                        novelty paperweight grenades
                                        or one that's been drilled
                                        open on the bottom and
                                        emptied... Lots of
                                        ex-military guys have them.

                                        
http://www.amazon.com/Military-Surplus-Dummy-Hand-grenade/dp/B000UVQEUO
                                        On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 3:08
                                        PM, Jaime Solorza
                                        <[email protected]
                                        <mailto:[email protected]>>
                                        wrote:

                                            So a home three houses
                                            away from ours is under
                                            total re-modeling and
                                            today the workers found a
                                            grenade!! Street closed
                                            ...the neighbors right
                                            next to it evacuated as
                                            we wait for bomb
                                            squad...hope no one gets
                                            hurt.
                                            This is usually a quiet
                                            neighborhood except for
                                            dummy dogs...
                                            Jaime Solorza
                                            Wireless Systems Architect
                                            915-861-1390
                                            <tel:915-861-1390>



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