Our good friend, Jerry Glance, is a bomb tech, one of those guys who is called in to locate and disarm bombs, old ordinance and, in the case of his most recent assignment, land mines. Somewhat of an expert in this specialized field, Jerry was recently recruited to supervise a team to deactivate a mine field in Samoa.

I sometimes kid Jerry about how that’s done — eyes shut tight, fingers in ears, stamping his feet as he works his way through the field — but I recognize the extreme element of risk in what he does. Not surprisingly, it’s a job I know little about; Jerry is the first person I’ve known that does it.

Anyway, Jerry sent this photo of himself (center) with a couple of other “bomb guys” relaxing after wrapping up their Samoa assignment. Wife Cheryl will be joining him today in Waikiki for a week of R&R before returning to the mainland. I can’t wait to hear how things went (I mean, uh, with the mine field.)