Are there facts about IEDs that you don't think many people know, or were surprised to learn yourself?? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-146001"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fare-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Are+there+facts+about+IEDs+that+you+don%27t+think+many+people+know%2C+or+were+surprised+to+learn+yourself%3F%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fare-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AAre there facts about IEDs that you don&#39;t think many people know, or were surprised to learn yourself??%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="baed43f3b7bafb6cd15d079200889e92" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/146/001/for_gallery_v2/6819dce9.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/146/001/large_v3/6819dce9.jpg" alt="6819dce9" /></a></div></div>Aside from the technical aspects of identifying and defusing IEDs, there are a lot of things most people don&#39;t know about them in general. Check out some interesting facts from an expert here!: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/2pxvVMX">http://bit.ly/2pxvVMX</a> Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:34:14 -0400 Are there facts about IEDs that you don't think many people know, or were surprised to learn yourself?? https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-146001"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fare-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Are+there+facts+about+IEDs+that+you+don%27t+think+many+people+know%2C+or+were+surprised+to+learn+yourself%3F%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fare-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AAre there facts about IEDs that you don&#39;t think many people know, or were surprised to learn yourself??%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="1556e73d822128c385cbf8a6af381bc8" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/146/001/for_gallery_v2/6819dce9.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/146/001/large_v3/6819dce9.jpg" alt="6819dce9" /></a></div></div>Aside from the technical aspects of identifying and defusing IEDs, there are a lot of things most people don&#39;t know about them in general. Check out some interesting facts from an expert here!: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/2pxvVMX">http://bit.ly/2pxvVMX</a> American Military University‎ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:34:14 -0400 2017-04-18T16:34:14-04:00 Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 18 at 2017 4:36 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503225&urlhash=2503225 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was a CIED instructor for about 5 years. I was most surprised by what the majority of people DIDN&#39;T know. Kind of an epic fail across the board for training SFC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:36:50 -0400 2017-04-18T16:36:50-04:00 Response by MSG Mark Million made Apr 18 at 2017 4:37 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503227&urlhash=2503227 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good information to know. MSG Mark Million Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:37:32 -0400 2017-04-18T16:37:32-04:00 Response by MSG Brad Sand made Apr 18 at 2017 5:10 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503280&urlhash=2503280 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are there facts about IEDs that you don&#39;t think many people know? Yes.<br />were surprised to learn yourself? Yes.<br />Kudos to AMU and APUS. MSG Brad Sand Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:10:52 -0400 2017-04-18T17:10:52-04:00 Response by SGT Matthew S. made Apr 18 at 2017 6:48 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503511&urlhash=2503511 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Didn&#39;t find the link to be helpful at all. I will say, though, that in Iraq I was surprised to find out how easily blasts scrambled random electronics SGT Matthew S. Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:48:22 -0400 2017-04-18T18:48:22-04:00 Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Apr 18 at 2017 8:26 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503731&urlhash=2503731 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We were instrumental in teaching (and arming) a fledgling rebel group that later became Al Qaeda how to make them better so that they could defeat the Soviets. In the 80&#39;s I was an instructor and in the 2004 I went to help undo what I did. CPT Pedro Meza Tue, 18 Apr 2017 20:26:10 -0400 2017-04-18T20:26:10-04:00 Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Apr 18 at 2017 10:15 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2503973&urlhash=2503973 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Definitely a Unique Art, Skill Set, Too Many Variables and Your Opponent can be quite Creative. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:15:21 -0400 2017-04-18T22:15:21-04:00 Response by MSgt Cayle Harris made Apr 23 at 2017 9:10 AM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-there-facts-about-ieds-that-you-don-t-think-many-people-know-or-were-surprised-to-learn-yourself?n=2515185&urlhash=2515185 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The biggest surprise for my C-IED students, is that there are IEDs in CONUS. Most think it never happens here, or that it is extremely rare. MSgt Cayle Harris Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:10:50 -0400 2017-04-23T09:10:50-04:00 2017-04-18T16:34:14-04:00