Marines of 1st EOD Company make wish come true

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  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, tours the Explosive Ordnance Disposal library with Marines of 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st EOD helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.
  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, operates the TALON Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot with Marines of 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st EOD helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.
  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, operates the TALON Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot with Marines of 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st EOD helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.
  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, is pinned with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician badge by his mother Sarah Silverstein, before Marines of 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st EOD helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.
  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, poses for a photo with Marines of 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st EOD helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.
  • James Gallant, a young man diagnosed with brain cancer, poses for a photo with his family aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 25, 2015. Collaborating with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, helped James experience what being an EOD technician is like by giving him a tour through their library of ordnance and EOD tools, teaching him to operate the TALON bomb disposing robot and presenting him with his own desert utilities and EOD badge.