R3 Principal Mark Sanders (left), was honored with the “K2 Award” for distinguished service as Symposium Chair for the Global EOD Symposium and Exhibition (GESE) for the past four years. This prestigious award was presented by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), USAF General (Ret) Hawk Carlisle (right) at this year’s GESE event in Bethesda, MD.
The K2 Award is named in honor of Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffman and Colonel Thomas J. Kane, founders of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army EOD communities respectively. Mark is the inaugural recipient of this award from NDIA.