Posted on Dec 4, 2015
Counter-IED Training Prepares Soldiers for Unexpected.
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I don't know much about IED bombs except they have killed and maimed a lot of troops. Maybe some of you more experienced in IED training have some answers. I read this article and it's interesting, but if I understood IED's more it would be more interesting. I'm guessing at first the IED's were crude but effective. Now, they are more improvised to be less easy to detect. That's what I understand from this article, and how to detect them more scientifically. Please correct me if I'm wrong. One last thing. Whatever can be done to prevent more loss of life and limbs needs to be done yesterday.
And now to the rest of the story:
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FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA) is building a counter-improvised explosive device (IED) training curriculum that prepares US and coalition forces to easily dodge anticipated wrenches thrown in theater.
Looking for buried bombs isn't quite as simple as beachcombing for coins. There are natural and unnatural hurdles in such efforts, and lives are at stake.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/training-simulation/2015/11/30/jidas-counter-ied-training-prepares-soldiers-for-unexpected/76380162/
And now to the rest of the story:
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FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA) is building a counter-improvised explosive device (IED) training curriculum that prepares US and coalition forces to easily dodge anticipated wrenches thrown in theater.
Looking for buried bombs isn't quite as simple as beachcombing for coins. There are natural and unnatural hurdles in such efforts, and lives are at stake.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/training-simulation/2015/11/30/jidas-counter-ied-training-prepares-soldiers-for-unexpected/76380162/
Counter IED
Iran
War on Terror
Training Soldiers
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Speaking as a former Combat Engineer, you can never have enough training about IED's.
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Are they being converted a lot to throw off the detectors? I thought I read somewhere plastic was being used and plastic shrapnel was in them.
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SGT (Join to see) - Society may classify the bad guys as back mountain goat humping dumbasses, but those boys can turn ANYTHING into an IED. From an MRE bag, to a magazine, to 2 pieces of wood/some wire/thin strips of metal and make a pressure plate explosive.
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TSgt David L.
They have folks who specialize in construction and then any goat humper places them. They do have train-the-trainer seminars but a lot of those wind up with pre-mature detonation.
Detection is tough because every area adapts to the latest detection and defeat technology. They almost seem to adapt as fast as we do.
Detection is tough because every area adapts to the latest detection and defeat technology. They almost seem to adapt as fast as we do.
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We found out the hard way the VC and NVA were smart when it came to using our own things that were left behind, like a c-rat can, Coke can, empty brass, anything they could use against us. I pretty much figured that out when I bought a mirror made out of a beer can. They were good at making AID's with unexploded ordnance.
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True story - I was in a counter-IED class in Kuwait in 2007, and the instructor was taking us through pictures at various setups asking us what we saw.
He brings up a picture, and I started a bit.
"SFC Healy, what do you see in this picture?"
"I see a 122mm round encased in plaster of paris to look like a fragment of curb, with a lead wire attached to the guardrail with electrical tape."
He looks at the picture again. "You see all that?"
"Yes, Sergeant. I took the picture in 2005."
He brings up a picture, and I started a bit.
"SFC Healy, what do you see in this picture?"
"I see a 122mm round encased in plaster of paris to look like a fragment of curb, with a lead wire attached to the guardrail with electrical tape."
He looks at the picture again. "You see all that?"
"Yes, Sergeant. I took the picture in 2005."
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SGT David T., Me too. This has been a very sad two weeks. I'm tired of it being analyzed on every TV station I want to watch. There's also no need to post it on RP. It's all speculation right now.
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