Insurgents Emplacing IED Blow Themselves Up
A group of insurgents emplacing a makeshift bomb in a dirt road in southern Afghanistan inadvertantly blow themselves up while U.S. Apaches from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade look on.
View ArticleTaliban IEDs as TTPs
From The Washington Times: The Taliban has been building simpler, cheaper anti-personnel bombs made of hard-to-detect nonmetal components, increasing the number of lethal attacks on NATO forces in...
View ArticleBattling IEDs in Afghanistan
The Marines are slogging through IED country in Southern Helmand. This year has already become the deadliest for Western troops of the 8-year-old war, with more than 400 killed, more than in the entire...
View ArticleDefeating IEDs in Afghanistan
This informative 60 Minutes video documentary on IEDs in Afghanistan is worthwhile viewing. Watch CBS News Videos Online But except for the increased sophistication of IEDs in Iraq as opposed to...
View ArticleReturn of the Marine Corps Red Cells
From Marine Corps Times: Commandant Gen. Jim Amos is bringing back “red cell” groups, which he used while commanding Marines in Iraq, to study enemy tactics. The groups formed of officers and staff...
View ArticleMen, Not Machines, Win Wars
As one who has argued for the involvement and importance of air power and conventional artillery, I don’t want to overplay this hand. I say what I am about to say circumspectly. I know the...
View ArticleEOD Operations: Clearing Route X
G4 television recently had a documentary on Army EOD platoon 342 clearing what they termed “Route X.” A simple Google search on clearing route X will send the reader to various online discussion...
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