A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included crushed buildings, overturned vehicles, a four-story tower and confined spaces below the surface, was designed to be as realistic as possible by Oklahoma Ci More
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12.2 Marines mold C-4 plastic explosives into an improvised Bangalore torpedo, used to clear obstacles such as booby traps, on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 15, 2012. Mar More
A rock arrangement, warning villagers that IEDs are hidden beyond this point, ISAF soldiers providing engineering support, find an IED in the background, on day two of Kalak Hode, an Afghan National Army indepe More
Col. John Shafer, commanding officer, Regimental Combat Team 6, congratulates a soldier with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, for completing the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Instructor cou More
Pvt. Meriaj Kahn, driver with Route Clearance Tolay, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, salutes during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Kahn, 25, from Jalalabad, w More
Afghan National Army soldiers with Weapons Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, wait for orders to move out, April 24, 2012. The kandak conducted Operation High Noon 15, a three-day clearing operation t More
Lance Cpl. Jeffery Rodriguez, a dog handler with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrols with his dog, Dharma, April 24, 2012. This is Rodriguez’s last deployment and the first for Dharma, More
Corporal Ryan Theis, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, rests during a clearing patrol, April 26, 2012. This is Theis’ second deployment to Afghanistan and his first as a s More
An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak along with his coalition force partner check the accuracy of his shots in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. Commandos use night opt More
Afghan Commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak learn about shooting weapons around stationary objects in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2013. Commandos use these techniques to improve More
A Marine with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group sweeps through a field with a metal detector during a training exercise aboard Camp Davis, N.C., Feb. 12, 2013. A team of two EO More
Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak are instructed on proper operation of tools used in discovering and dealing with improvised explosive devices during combat engineer training in More
An Afghan commando from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak, searches for an improvised explosive device during engineer training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. The co More
Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak leave a simulated compound after searching it during training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. The commandos, a More
A Marine with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group fires a .50-caliber M2 machine gun down range under the guidance of a Marine with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine More
Afghan commandos from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak, prepare their vehicles and weapons for use during convoy live fire training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The More
Cpl. Adrianne E. Self, a Rio Rancho, N.M., native and wrecker operator with Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, connects a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected all-terrain vehi More
Soldiers with 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, based at Fort Knox, Ky., park Logistics Vehicle Systems carrying Improved Ribbon Bridges during a training exercise at Engineer Point aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Ju More
Lance Cpl. Christopher Wilson, a rifleman with Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Alexandria, La., simulates attempting to detect improvised explosive devices with a mine sweeper More
A Marine with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, reads in his down time before going to sleep at the Combat Center's Forward Operating Base 3 Nov. 16, 2013. The next morn More
Sgt. Jeremy Moses (left), Cpl. Myles Bayer (center) and Lance Cpl. Adam Dwaileebe (right), all motor transportation operators with Transportation and Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd Marine Lo More
Airmen assigned to the 775th Civil Engineering Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, receive a briefing during training near the Utah Test and Training Range, March 24, 2014. The training is based on expe More
Marines with Alpha Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines discuss the procedures of improvised explosive device detection and clearing during More
Corporal Bryce Bowman, a team leader with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, waits anxiously inside a CH-53E Super Stallion while being transported More
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Greg Hillman, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Black Sea Rotational Force 14.2, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, shows a trip wire to a Georgian soldier during impr More
Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 prior to a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 5, 2014. The More
Lance Cpl. Jeffery Webb, anti-tank missileman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, mans a security post during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 13, 2014. Webb, a native of Montg More
Lance Cpl. Bryan Morgan, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division provides security for his fire team during a counter improvised explosive device training exercise aboard Camp Le More
Army Reserve Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 323rd Engineering Clearance Company, prepare to go on a route clearance mission while at the Combat Support Training Exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 19, 2015. Soldiers More
Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, set up a bomb disposal robot during a field exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 22, 2015. The robot allowed Marin More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, convoy during a mounted patrol exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Califor More
Estonian infantrymen with 1st Infantry Brigade and U.S. Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out of Vilseck, Germany, get ready to react to an explosion that simulated an improvised explo More
Marines find items to make an improvised explosive device inside a closet during the Tactical Site Exploitation Course, taught by 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, at Camp Lejeune N.C., April 20 2016. During the e More
An Iraqi soldier demonstrates how to uncover a hidden improvised explosive device (IED) at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2018. The techniques the Iraqi Security Forces soldiers learned will prevent More
A British soldier assigned to Task Force Besmaya teaches a class of Iraqi soldiers how to identify possible improvised explosive device (IED) locations during a training course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Ira More
A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrols during counter improvised explosive device training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 2 More
191110-M-QP663-1039 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2019) U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), detonate an improvised volumetric charge during improvised explosive devi More
U.S. Army Sgt. Arne F. Eastlund of the 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, receives the Purple Heart Aug. 24, 2006, from Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-California) in August 2006, two months More
In 2005, U.S. Army Sgt. Arne F. Eastlund of the California Army National Guard’s 49th Military Police Brigade stands beneath the Victory Arch, also called the Hands of Victory or Crossed Swords, in central Bagh More
In 2005, U.S. Army Sgt. Arne F. Eastlund, right, of the California Army National Guard’s 49th Military Police Brigade shares a moment with 1st Lt. David Yenne and Sgt. 1st Class Isaac S. Lawson in Baghdad, Iraq More
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12.2 Marines, Sgt. William Tucker, combat engineer, left, and Staff Sgt. Dewand Jones, motor transport operations chief, mold C-4 plastic explosives to create an imp More
A soldier with 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, displays his certificate for completing the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Instructor Course at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, April 5, 20 More
Sgt. Abdul Khaleq, squad leader with Route Clearance Tolay, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, receives his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. Khaleq, More
An Afghan boy watches a Marine post security during a partnered patrol with the Afghan National Army, April 24, 2012. The patrol was part of Operation High Noon 15, a clearing operation through the area. The AN More
Dharma, a 4-year-old black Labrador retriever, follows Lance Cpl. Jeffery Rodriguez, a dog handler with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, April 24, 2012. Rodriguez excelled as a dog handler b More
Corporal Ryan Theis, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, searches through his rifle scope during a patrol April 24, 2012. Theis has led his Marines through numerous firefigh More
Sgt. Joseph Reyes, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 217th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, California Army National Guard, creates an improvised water disruption charge using detonation co More
An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak works to align his night vision sights with the range targets in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. Commandos use this to improve th More
An Afghan Commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak teaches about shooting weapons around stationary objects in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2013. Commandos use these techniques to im More
U.S. Army Sgt. Mike Huettel with the Alabama National Guard's 666th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) collects evidence from a destroyed vehicle during urban operations training at Fort McClellan, More
An explosive ordnance disposal robot lays damaged at the site of a simulated improvised explosive device detonation during 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group's predeployment tra More
Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak listen to instruction on safely discovering and dealing with improvised explosive devices during combat engineer training in Washer district, Hel More
Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak approach a simulated disabled vehicle in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. The commandos, along with their coalitio More
An Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak sets up a litter for a simulated casualty during combat mission training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 27, 2013. Th More
Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group fill a sandbag during the company's field exercise held aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 9, 2013. The Marines u More
Afghan commandos from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak, greet each other before conducting convoy live fire training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The commandos, alo More
A convoy from Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., passes over the site where an improvised explosive device had detonated only minutes before at the Integr More
Marines operating a MK III Bridge Erection Boat with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group haul an Improved Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, used during a training exercise at Enginee More
Sergeant Michael Nibler, a squad leader serving with Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Seattle, debriefs his Marines after a training convoy here, Sept. 24, 2013. The Baker Co. More
Marines with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hike up a hill before conducting a counter-improvised-explosive device exercise at Range 215, Nov. 16, 2013.
Sgt. Jeremy Moses (far left), Cpl. Myles Bayer (left center) and Lance Cpl. Adam Dwaileebe (center), all motor transportation operators with Transportation and Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2, 2nd More
Airmen assigned to the 775th Civil Engineering Squadron, Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, use all-terrain vehicles during training near the Utah Test and Training Range, March 24, 2014. The training is based o More
Marines with Alpha Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group plan for a variety of situations before a simulated combat patrol during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain exercise ab More
CH-53E Super Stallions with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 take off after transporting Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Ju More
U.S. Marine Sgt. Ian Christman, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Black Sea Rotational Force 14.2, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, shows U.S. Marines, sailors and Georgian soldiers how to More
Corporal Bryce Bowman, a team leader with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, waits anxiously inside a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helico More
Lance Cpl. Hugo Morales, rifleman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, scans the surrounding area with binoculars from a security post during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 13 More
Marines with C. Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, prepare to begin their patrol through an urban training town during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 22, 2015. The Marines kept their More
Army Reserve Sgt. Santiago Zapata, 2nd Platoon, 323rd Engineering Clearance Company, operates the Talon tracked military robot by using a ground remote on a route clearance mission while at the Combat Support T More
A bomb disposal robot controlled by Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, searches for explosive devices at a simulated sports stadium during a field exercise aboard More
Lance Cpl. Dakota Miller, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, scans the area for debris while clearing a landing zone during More
Estonian soldiers with 1st Infantry Brigade perform tactical casualty care during a combined Squadron level field training exercise with Iron Troop Soldiers of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, stationed out More
Marines delicately move an improvised explosive device to a staging area after it was properly disarmed and deemed safe during the Tactical Site Exploitation Course, taught by 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, at More
An Iraqi soldier exposes a simulated improvised explosive device (IED) during a training exercise at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Nov. 19, 2018. Iraqi Security Force soldiers learned to safely identify and More
A British soldier assigned to Task Force Besmaya uses engineer tape to teach a class of Iraqi soldiers where improvised explosive devices (IED) are likely to be placed during an IED course at the Besmaya Range More
A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, stores his metal detector during counter improvised explosive device training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Pal More
191110-M-QP663-1008 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 11, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chance Rath, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), assemble More
In 2005 U.S. Army Sgt. Arne F. Eastlund of the California Army National Guard’s 49th Military Police Brigade stands in central Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A few months later Eastlund, now re More
U.S. Army soldiers from Golf Company, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, conducts a key leader engagement with an Iraqi police chief in the Salah Aldin province, Iraq, Aug. 13, 2011. The soldiers are More
Two members of the search and extraction team with the 235th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, tend to a simulated victim during the 2011 More
Staff Sgt. Robert Crow, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12.2 combat engineer, uses an improvised shape charge on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 15, 2012. Marines and Sailors learned how to build differen More
A soldier with the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, Afghan National Army, receives his certificate for completing the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Instructor Course at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, April 5 More
An Afghan National Army soldier with Route Clearance Tolay, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, receives his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Afghanistan, April 12, 2012. He grad More
Dharma, a 4-year-old black Labrador retriever, plays fetch with her toy after a patrol, April 25, 2012. Lance Cpl. Jeffery Rodriguez, a dog handler with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, rewa More
Lance Cpl. John Ellington, a team leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, talks to a local Afghan boy about the area, April 24, 2012. Ellington’s platoon partnered with Afghan soldiers More
Corporal Ryan Theis, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, discusses the plan for his squad with his team leader, Lance Cpl. John Ellington, during a patrol, April 24, 2012. T More
An Afghan Commando from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak fires his weapon at range targets in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. Commandos use night optics to improve their nighttime weapon More
Afghan Commandos from 3rd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak practice shooting weapons around stationary objects in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2013. Commandos use these techniques to improve fa More
An Alabama Army National Guardsman with the 666th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) catalogs evidence collected from a vehicle during an urban operations exercise at Fort McClellan, Ala., Feb. 2, 2 More
A Marine with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group prepares to clear a road of possible improvised explosive devices during the company's predeployment training at Camp Davis, N.C More
An Afghan commando from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak searches for a buried improvised explosive device during combat engineer training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 16, More
An Afghan commando from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak searches for an improvised explosive device during engineer training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. The com More
Afghan commandos from 2nd Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak search a simulated compound during training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. The commandos, along with their co More
Marines with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group load .50-caliber M2 machine gun rounds into ammunition cans during a field exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. More
1st Lt. Andrew M. Lark, a Chuluota, N.M. native and Transportation Support platoon commander for Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., briefs his Marines bef More
Soldiers with 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, based at Fort Knox, Ky., place steel rods to secure the Improved Ribbon Bridges during a training exercise at Engineer Point aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 30, 20 More
Lance Cpl. Benjamin Schaben, a rifleman with Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Jefferson City, Mo., evacuates a simulated casualty from inside a Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected More