VISION
WE ENVISION A WORLD SAFE
FROM THE LEGACIES OF WAR.
By blending innovation with impact, we aim to build a collective of trusted partners, experts and operators who can help post-conflict areas become thriving communities. Our approach emphasizes affordability, sustainability, and a healthy environment as we work towards a world where humanity can live free of explosive hazards.
FROM THE LEGACIES OF WAR.
By blending innovation with impact, we aim to build a collective of trusted partners, experts and operators who can help post-conflict areas become thriving communities. Our approach emphasizes affordability, sustainability, and a healthy environment as we work towards a world where humanity can live free of explosive hazards.
ORIGINS
OUR FOUNDER – JOE TROCINO – PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN
Joseph L. Trocino, President, and Founder of Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has spent years innovating products and services dedicated to the neutralization and disposal of landmines and unexploded ordnance worldwide.
He attended the University of Iowa and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering. After military service in the U.S. Army working on the Manhattan project, Joe was employed by the University of California’s Los Alamos Laboratory as a Research Chemist; Maytag Company as a Methods Engineer; and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission as a Research Administrator. In a joint program with the West German Land Forces, he developed and implemented an anti- Armor Ditching System for NATO. Variations of this system were adopted by other countries for road cratering, bunker breaching, and bridge demolition.
Joe also worked with the private sector, pioneering new techniques and systems for underwater pipeline ditching, wellhead severing, harbor deepening and well production enhancement for the oil and gas industry. He also produced new high-energy fuels and safety standards for the auto racing industry. It was around this time that Joe started to develop safe and effective binary demolition systems for the disposal of landmines, UXO and live munitions. The Golden West that we know today, was coming into its own. Under his direction, the Foundation sponsored a new approach to mine awareness education and training in which, people are taught to recognize various “indicators” in realistic settings.
It is Joes legacy of innovation that still drives us today and is at the heart of our mantra:
Saving Lives Through Innovation.
PRINCIPLES
INNOVATIVE ACTION
- IT CAN ALWAYS BE DONE
If the tool or the technique doesn’t exist to get the job done, Golden West will design, test, refine, and use it. Golden West has a proven track record of developing tools and techniques to improve safety and efficiency in EOD and humanitarian demining. We’re proud to be at the forefront of technical innovation in mine action and happily share our expertise with partners.
TRAINING AND CAPACTY BUILDING
- WE’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR WORK
Golden West has provided short and long-term training solutions to state and civilian entities in 24 countries over 25 years. Sharing best practices and improving safety with our counterparts across the world is of enormous importance. While Golden West is proudly American, most of our clients and partners range from countries as diverse as the Solomon Islands to Moldova. Very few organizations in the world possess as honed an ability to safely design and deliver bespoke EOD and PSSM related training.
OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE
- THERE’S NOBODY QUITE LIKE US
Golden West has attracted and focused some of the sharpest minds in the EOD community to deliver innovative and impactful scopes of work across the globe. We’re deliberately small, channelling our expertise through trusted local partners, ensuring both immediate results and long-term impact. Our footprint is light aiding quick action and cost-efficiency.
A WORLD VIEW -
ANY PLACE ANY TIME
Golden West has over two decades of experience working in Asia, the Pacific, Eastern Europe, and South America. We have personnel and equipment staged in each region ready to go to work. The depth of our understanding in such varying contexts and local capabilities has taken many years to develop. However, this internal investment now enables Golden West to deploy expertise more accurately and swiftly across the world.
