CAMP MCTUREOUS, OKINAWA, Japan – Staff Sgt. Paul I. Mead answers students’ questions about explosive ordnance disposal May 2 after a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Week EOD demonstration at Bechtel Elementary School on Camp McTureous, Okinawa, Japan. STEM Week fosters students’ career exploration and everyday observation of how science, technology, engineering and mathematics can be applied in everyday life as well as in future careers paths. During the EOD demonstration, Marines showed the students how they use robots and protective equipment. After the presentation students donned the protective equipment and underwent physical fitness challenges. Mead is an EOD technician with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, and a Heavener, Oklahoma, native. - CAMP MCTUREOUS, OKINAWA, Japan – Staff Sgt. Paul I. Mead answers students’ questions about explosive ordnance disposal May 2 after a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Week EOD demonstration at Bechtel Elementary School on Camp McTureous, Okinawa, Japan. STEM Week fosters students’ career exploration and everyday observation of how science, technology, engineering and mathematics can be applied in everyday life as well as in future careers paths. During the EOD demonstration, Marines showed the students how they use robots and protective equipment. After the presentation students donned the protective equipment and underwent physical fitness challenges. Mead is an EOD technician with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, and a Heavener, Oklahoma, native.