chris garrett AIExpE MIABTI
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Chairman/EOD ops manager, Non-profit Prevail 501c3. Mine clearance and medical support in Ukraine insta: prevailtogether_eng https://t.co/wc6DMU6gLG
Joined September 2022
Nate Vance, working with my ordnance disposal team in early 2022, prior to him taking a contract with Ukrainian military. A fantastic guy to work with and a proper team player. Seen here doing drone scans over a former Russian position outside of Hostolmel. No make up, no eye
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Mariupol, 8 years ago today. Feels like a distant dream.
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I've seen Russian vehicles covered in loot, trenches filled with womens clothing and kids toys. But, ive never seen a trench loaded with phone cases till now. Liberators. I think they mean looters.
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Well it didn't make it to page 3 but hey, my titties ain't desirable anyway 🤣🤣🤣
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First batch of hooks just arrived from Sweden. After someone reached out to ask about them, he then approached a company with a factory that produces something in 5mm steel. With some redesign, the company is now producing 2500 hooks from their scrap offcuts. This is the first
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believe it or not, i do love a good suit from time to time 😉
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With the passing of the $95 billion package to providing foreign aid for Ukraine, we really hope that Ukraine will soon be able to stabilize the current situation on the front line. Ukraine has been hanging on by the skin of its teeth for months now. While i do not see any major
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Good afternoon to everyone. This is one of those posts i'm afraid, but it has to be said. Since 2023, an individual with no background in demining, EOD or anything related, decided that they were going to find a way to support Ukraine. I commend anyone who comes to Ukraine to
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You spineless heartless b******s just smashed a school/kindergarten and a residential area close to our home. PURE F*****G EVIL!
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let me tell you a little story about my tenth birthday. 10 years ago today, at around this time, i was settling into a hide in the roof of a semi destroyed house in Shyrokyne, Southeast of Mariupol (marked yellow). The house, on the far northeast of the village was a 3-story
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@PeteHegseth America doesn't stand with anyone. This has been proved over and over these last few weeks. You care not for your citizens, your veterans, your homeless, your wounded. The nerve to say that you stand by Greenland. You stand by greed, plain and simple.
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10 years ago today, 2014, i had just come out of the jungle in Myanmar after 6 months clearing landmines around a village. The next day was to be my 30th birthday. I had no idea that within 6 weeks, i would be involved in the conflict in Ukraine. So much has happened since that
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Turn my head for one minute and the next I find my staff demining in their underpants 🤣🤣🤣. Anyway, solid day. Will upload later.
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At least Okko is open for coffee while we wait
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I am absolutely devastated to hear of Petes' death last week. My deepest condolences to his family, friends, and coworkers. His genuine kindness and unwavering support for Ukraine will never be forgotten. Thank you for the help and support you gave my team and Pete Reeds'
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@jacksonhinklle Really? Where is your proof? Can i recommend getting out of direct sunlight for bit. .
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I strongly apologise for the language used in this video. And I want the Americans who see the truth and understand what is happening here to understand its your current administration, I detest, not you. After responding to the first 2 strikes in this area, one on each side of
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10 years ago the pro Russian forces fired a full salvo of 122mm Grad into Mariupol. Strait into packed residential area on the east of the city. Our team was on a 24h break between recon missions being conducted on Shyrokyne and Komenternova. After pulling ourselves off the.
12)nonsense that would make. They would mainly use a clip of one of us, @Swampy_EOD_Ukr, saying "outta my face" to a news camera pushed into his face. To muddy the waters, Chris, an obvious brit, ending his sentence with "please" was presented as an American by the Kremlin >>
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A question we get asked a lot is what do we charge for training? The answer is zero. Sometimes, we may request support with fuel if there is a lot of milage across country but generally, we raise the funds and cover everything from training materials, equipment, fuel, food. When
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For every soldier deployed on the front, there's an average of 10 guys behind them. From cooks, medics, drivers, logistics, coms etc. A war is fought on all fronts, they all need a helping hand in times of need. Support Ukraine 🇺🇦
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HELP NEEDED!.Currently looking for someone that can do cartoon artwork for child orientated Landmine awareness posters. If you are interested or know someone, please reach out. Please share.
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Ambulances awaiting the evening medical evacuation train in kyiv.
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Talk about being shadowbanned. Could find more engagement on Mars 🤣
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Imagine working in minefields with no medical support. Imagine an accident happening. Imagine not having the professional care needed on site. Imagine the 1.5h + drive to a hospital. We imagined all of that, some of us have seen the effects of that. So, we set up an organisation
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@BrianNorth1971 Hook and line techniques are used for many applications. A few examples would be:.- Opening doors/boxes/cupboards. - moving items.- Dragging for tripwires .- pulling tankmines etc.
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Just in, i received some good news. I am not aware if it was due to my post, or a change of heart, or whatever. But, within an hour of the post going up today, the company involved has removed their Demining kit product from the website. If your reading this, dont worry, we have.
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Nothing says welcome back, like 900 more hooks delivered from sweden. Time to get busy!
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Visibility check. We are being shadow banned on Instagram due to someone reporting all our posts, reels, which will have hindered the raffles as well. If you see this, please give us a boost, pilot loves boosts, and treats and soft whisperings of "Good Boy". #ukraine.
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Sometimes friends and students bring us things. Mines, munitions, you name it. However, this is by far one of my favourite gifts of all time 🤣🤣🤣
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From all of us at Prevail, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday. We wish all the best to Ukraine. To all those deployed during these hard times. To the men and women of the Armed forces, national police, medical and rescue services, the families of those
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Stop. Just stop. PLEASE F**KING STOP!.I don't know how many times people need telling this but stop picking up things. Like this for example. DO NOT touch or pick up Submunitions EVER!.Why would you pick it up just to put it on a tree stump?! . Every week since 2022 there has
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Todays attempted assassination of a Ukrainian blogger should serve as a stark reminder of the risks faced by both Ukrainian and other supporters/volunteers/people under contract/charity and NGO members. Since 2014, there has been a wave of assassinations, attempts, car bombings,
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People often ask what the hardest part of what we do, is. It's not the clearance of mines, UXO, boobytraps. Honestly, that's one of the easiest parts. It's not the teaching, I actually enjoy it. It gives me a sense of purpose to help guys work more safely, to keep their team
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Big thanks to the blonde bimbo in the BMW for trying to overtake the ambulance as it was turning. ffs. Hate to say it folks but we are gonna need your help
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Nearly my 7th birthday in Ukraine and 10th year. **** I'm getting old 😞
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@nafo can anyone see our posts or are we being shadow banned on this account now as well?.
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Never in a million years did i expect this coming from the French. Our ancestors shared a colourful history of butchering each other for over a hundred years while wearing some seriously pimping attire. Today, we stand shoulder to shoulder, longbows with crossbows, lances with.
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Off to pick up more donations now for the police EOD dive team. We really do need your support on the medical side, let's get these Ukrainian deminers the medical cover they need!. .@Invictus_GR . #ukraine #SupportUkraine #eod #medical #support #nafo
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I am very grateful to all the Americans that have ever helped Ukraine, as far back as 2014 when this madness started. I am truly saddened to see this madness coming out of the white house at this point. Towards Ukraine, Europe, Nato, Canada, Greenland etc. Keep this up and you.
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After making a pit stop to stretch the legs on the way to Kramatorsk with the EOD team and the ambulance, we realized that we were not alone. @dzygaspaw had also pulled in to do the same on their starlink delivery round trip. It was great to meet, have a chat and exchange
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I just received a contribution from @rossyfella towards Replacement 4wd via @buymeacoffee. Thank you! ❤️.
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There are over 60 anti personal landmines in this picture. Can you see any? What if I told you the 20 of them are not even buried?. Would you like to support soldiers in staying in the fight? Keep civilians and livestock safe? Help take the strain of medics and rehabilitation
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We often get asked why we have a moth as our logo. So, just be aware, we did not choose the moth, the moth chose us. While the butterfly may only live a colourful life for a day, the moth is a persistent little bugger. Always there in the shadows, the moth prevails. The day we
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Can we please show some love to our partners at @Invictus_GR who are raising funding for a Ukrainian made demining machine at the moment. A major goal for IGR for Winter/Spring 2025 is to purchase a 100% Ukrainian-made mechanical demining machine from Rovertech. This machine will
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Help get us back on the road! . I'll start by saying everyone is safe. no injuries. Today, our ambulance was hit by another driver. It needs major work done (insurance is a bit of a nightmare in Ukraine). Please like, share, comment to get the word out - we need funds to get
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Since so many people seem to want to share this video, let's see how far we can get this? 1 million plus? I doubt it, but let's see what happens. Can a fella please ask all the fellas for a boost? . . #ukraine #supportukraine #nafo #fellas
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It is with great sadness that I must announce the loss of my blond beard. After many faiful years together, it is painful to finally accept this loss. We kindly ask for some breathing space while we grieve. We thank you for your understanding during this sad time. Bring on the
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Improvised waterborne charge against FPV with shaped charge munition and Jonic sensor. Outcome, complete separation of munition from drone. No function of sensor.
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Second load of mine hooks arrived from Sweden. Big thank you to @misty_ua for bringing them to Kyiv to us. We're currently in the process of building out 50 hook and line kits for our future students, and these hooks are essential. Produced from cuts of metal that would normally
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Calling all civilian volunteers in Ukraine. We will soon be starting Explosive Ordnane Risk Education lessons for non combatant foreign volunteers in Ukraine. We invite anyone who is volunteering, whether it be medics, drivers, distributors, instructors, freelance journalists,
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With the first 13,500m of 36,000m of paracord just delivered and another 700 hooks on their way from sweden, it shouldn't be hard to guess what we have going on inbetween teaching. We are incredibly grateful for the support from our friends in Sweden who raised support to get
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Please help to share across your feeds. We are actively looking for more Advanced EMTs, paramedics etc. Please visit: to fill in an application. #ukraine #supportukraine #medical #ambulance #medicalvolunteer
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In Kharkiv, we are still dealing with sub-zero temperatures at night. This makes probing extremely difficult and subsurface mines a very hard to remotely remove. For now, it's locate, mark and map (like this PMN-4 AP mine) until conditions improve. Excuse the friendly banter in
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Ypu meet all sorts of folk on the way to Kharkiv. Very nice supprise to find @DefactoHumanity at the same gas station, heading the same way!
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Costs:.Challenger 2 - $7.5 million.M2 ambrams - $10 MILLION.Leopard 2 - $11 million.Humvee - $2-3k.Ambulance - $5-300k. Training of drivers, medics, infantry - $1000s + months of training. Cost for prosthetics- $1000s.Cost for health care - $1000s.Cost to the capacity of the.
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Since 2022, there has been an estimated 100,000 amputations carried out in Ukraine. This ranges from military, civilian and mine action personnel. It is impossible to know how many of these are down to shelling, fighting, landmines, cluster munitions, Scatmines etc. What we can
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Anyone free in kyiv to help? We will split these up and share between the military and the hospitals in kyiv. We literally can not move for apples in our training area. Tea, coffee, food is on us
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Seriously, is this where we are now at? .The world has just changed in 48h and Ukrainians are really questioning who is going to stab them in the back next. We are still here, on the ground, supporting. @DefenceHQ @NATO .Are you still with Ukraine? The time to get proactive is
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Someone's happy I'm home for a few days 🤣
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Well, we finally just limped it back from Pokrovsk after going to check in on our med team, who are busy working at the main stabilisation point and conducting patient evacuations. This stabilisation point is supporting multiple units across the AO. Large numbers of civilians are
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@RealScottRitter Ah yes, teaching landmine risk education is now a warcrime 🤣 . Hey @nafo the nonce is talking again.
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Due to the personal costs of being in ukraine, I am looking to sell off my clip on Pulsar thermal scope. This was purchased right before joining GUR in 2022 but I never ended up using it once. While I would love to be in a position to give it away to a new home, I do have a baby
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Nothing says you're old, like the studio insisting on 30 minutes of makeup to try to hide the baggy eyes and wrinkles I seem to have earned as my battle scars in Ukraine. Looking forward to this, I don't often get space to say it as it is.
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PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION, DO NOT JUST START LIKING THIS!. I have just come across this post from our friends at CRAF in Ukraine. CRAF, prior to the war were involved with racing teams, car spray work etc. Since 2022, they have supported 1000s of soldiers and too many units
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Today, our Co-founder and head of medical operations reached the fine young age of 40!.What a chaotic past year 39 was! From volunteering as a paramedic just outside of Bahkmut and Solodar, loosing close friends and work colleagues, Co-creating Prevail, giving birth to a gorgeous
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@Gerashchenko_en We will all get through it together. The Ukrainian people are stronger than many think.
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120 hook and line sets heading out the door to 3rd separate assault brigade, with another 40 engineer kits hoping to them within a couple of weeks. Trying to cram everything in around training for multiple units in Kyiv and kharkiv. We would be greatful for your support, apart
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Humanitarian Financial Aid & Medical Operations in Ukraine: The Role of Prevail. As the crisis in Ukraine continues, humanitarian financial aid from the U.S. has played a crucial role in sustaining medical operations across Ukraine. However, not all vital organizations receive
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Humanitarian Financial Aid & Medical Operations in Ukraine: The Role of Prevail. As the crisis in Ukraine continues, humanitarian financial aid from the U.S. has played a crucial role in sustaining medical operations across Ukraine. However, not all vital organizations receive
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Oh look, we are still being shadow banned hard.
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As an individual in Ukraine since 2014, I have been eternally grateful for the support over the years. Since starting Prevail, we are eternally grateful for any and all support. But opening BMAC this morning is just heartbreaking. Let me break down some honest figures. -
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A strong fire has been burning through the forrest in Izium today after a Russian drone or missile hit. This has caused small scale evacuations of neighbouring homes and the fire has caused abandoned/unexploded munitions and mines left over from fighting in 2022 to start cooking
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Ten years changes a lot. But hey, still here, still supporting Ukraine. With your support, we will not stop. Mariupol, winter, 2014. Prevail fundraiser, late 2024. It's funny that on the 10th anniversary of shyrokyne, I'm now waiting to pick up my family. What a ride this has
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Are you passionate about supporting Ukraine but do not have your own organisation? Do you have projects that you want to implement?.We are looking for volunteers/volunteers to assist us in fundraising and social media. Raising donations to keep operations running grows harder and
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We have been without our second EOD vehicle now since late 2024. This has really hampered the ability for splitting the team across current training and clearance commitments. If every follower could donate just one dollar today, this issue is resolved. Can you spare one dollar,.
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It's been a busy week getting the guys from Chosen company trained up in Landmine/UXO recognition, search and clearance drills. Training units like Chosen helps them to not only stay safer on the front but also to help build up the mapping of mine threats. Being able to
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Since Prevails account has been deactivated, i will continue to post updates, funding links on here. No doubt this will get attacked as well so i would invite you all to follow us on our instagram as well. We will Prevail.
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186 PFM-1 Anti-personel mines gone for good. I wish there was a better way, environmentally, to deal with these, but until that comes around, this is what it is. This is a drop in the ocean compared to what's ahead. But it's a little bit at a time. Step by step. A safer step.
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10 mini kits ready to be handed off to our students this morning. At the end of the train the trainers course, these guys will also receive 40 of our other mine kits as well as 100 hook and line kits to be passed over to their own students. We are really starting to make
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Finally getting chance to sit down and have a quiet beer in a bar, all to myself. A chance to relax and reflect a little. I'm so greatful for everyone's birthday wishes and support to Prevails medical and EOD operations. There's always a feeling of guilt attached to being able
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The side of Prevail that most do not see. I've clipped this video to what I can post safely for opsec of both my team and the location. After winding down after a day's clearance yesterday and the air raid alarms going off again, we heard a Shaheed scream over the house and hit a
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Well, she grew out of her little bomb suit quick 😞.On the wall you go
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After receiving that first video from an old friend this evening, I drove out to go take a look at what had been found, touched and moved by the time I was contacted (not to mention, driven over by a tractor at some point). The item in question is a PTAB 2.5B Anti-Armour
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It gives me great pleasure to announce our new Ambassador and board member to Prevail, Mr Shaun Pinner. I am sure most of you need no introduction. However, if you do, please take the time to read Shaun's book 'LIVE, FIGHT, SURVIVE'. Shaun and I go back to 2018 when we served
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