Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to
Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to the rotating arm of the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle, also known as the Medium Flail, a new explosive defensive vehicle being fielded to the 364th Engineer Pla... More
An M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicle is equipped
An M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicle is equipped with a rotating flail and 72 chains with fist-sized balls, or hammers, at the end of the chains. As the vehicle drives backwards over the designated area,... More
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wo... More
Pvt. Ronnie Gallegos (right), of Warren, Ark., and
Pvt. Ronnie Gallegos (right), of Warren, Ark., and Pfc. Judge Parker, of Pine Bluff, Ark., with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), use hand-held mine detectors to sweep a path up to the M1271 Mine Cle... More
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, are given a safety brief during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Cali... More
Spc. Adam Zettel, 49th Mine Dog Detection Detachment,
Spc. Adam Zettel, 49th Mine Dog Detection Detachment, provides water to Mine Detection Dog Allan while they take a break from performing a compound check in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance,... More
An Army bulldozer tows the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle
An Army bulldozer tows the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during the extraction and recovery portion of a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Oct. 30, put together for the 364th Engineer ... More
In this still taken from a video, paratroopers from
In this still taken from a video, paratroopers from the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion fire the first live Mine-Clearing Line Charge on Fort Bragg in more than 20 years. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Ai... More
When operating, the window view of the M1271 Mine Clearing
When operating, the window view of the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle is filled with rocks and dust kicking up from the ground due to the rapidly-rotating arm with chains and hammers designed to strike and disable... More
Sgt. Brent Dale, a military working dog handler with
Sgt. Brent Dale, a military working dog handler with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, and his tactical explosive detection dog, Agbar, search for roadside bomb threats during Operation Southern Strike IV, K... More
From left, U.S. Army Spc. Ulises Mejia scans the horizon
From left, U.S. Army Spc. Ulises Mejia scans the horizon while Pvt. Steven Arreguin navigates an unmanned aerial device during a route clearance mission as part of Operation Southern Strike IV, Kandahar provinc... More
In this still taken from a video, a Mine-Clearing Line
In this still taken from a video, a Mine-Clearing Line Charge fired by paratroopers of the 307th Airborne Engineer battalion detonates Aug. 18, 2018 on a Fort Bragg, North Carolina range. The 3rd Brigade Comba... More
Engineers from the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
Engineers from the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion prepare a live Mine-Clearing Line Charge for firing on a Fort Bragg, North Carolina range Aug. 18, 2018. The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division... More
Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to
Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to the rotating arm of the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle, also known as the Medium Flail, a new explosive defensive vehicle being fielded to the 364th Engineer Pla... More
Spc. Santiago Alameada, engineer, and native of Hutchinson,
Spc. Santiago Alameada, engineer, and native of Hutchinson, Minn., with the 309th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation Company) monitors radio traffic while the 309th and the 428th Engineer Company, Wausau, ... More
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wo... More
Senior Airman Justin Dengel, Provincial Reconstruction
Senior Airman Justin Dengel, Provincial Reconstruction Team logistics specialist, provides security while a mine clearing team performs a compound check in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, ... More
An M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicle is equipped
An M1271 Medium Flail Mine Clearing Vehicle is equipped with a rotating flail and 72 chains with fist-sized balls, or hammers, at the end of the chains. As the vehicle drives backwards over the designated area,... More
Spc. Fred Pennington, of Chicago, with the 364th Engineer
Spc. Fred Pennington, of Chicago, with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., operates the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at For... More
Afghan villagers watch a 569th Engineer Company convoy
Afghan villagers watch a 569th Engineer Company convoy on a route clearance mission during Operation Southern Strike IV, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2012. During the operation, the engineer company... More
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, prepare to fire during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. ... More
Spc. Adam Zettel and Mine Detection Dog Allan, 49th
Spc. Adam Zettel and Mine Detection Dog Allan, 49th Mine Dog Detection Detachment, search a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. The team was asked to perform a ground swe... More
An MRAP armored vehicle and an armored bulldozer clear
An MRAP armored vehicle and an armored bulldozer clear debris after a location has been swept for land mines around Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. An increasing amount of mine fields in Afghanistan have been cl... More
Maj. Roger Shaw (center), an officer with the 3rd Stryker
Maj. Roger Shaw (center), an officer with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and Albanian special operations force members provide security while coalition forces and Afghan Border Poli... More
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wo... More
Sgt. Maurice Dildy, of Sherwood, Ark., with the 364th
Sgt. Maurice Dildy, of Sherwood, Ark., with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., operates the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held a... More
Spc. Ulises Mejia, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon,
Spc. Ulises Mejia, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, scans his sector while engineers operate a traffic control point part of a route clearance mission during Operation Southern Strike I... More
The 309th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation Company)
The 309th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation Company) out of Brainerd, Minn., brings an M9 Army Combat Earth Mover brings a Mine Clearing Line Charge up for test firing at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 22. The en... More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jerome Bailey, left, a squad leader
U.S. Army Sgt. Jerome Bailey, left, a squad leader with the 428th Engineer Company, based out of Wausau, Wis., prepares a mine clearing line charge rocket along with his squad members, in preparation for a live... More
Staff Sgt. Terry Walker, platoon sergeant for the 364th
Staff Sgt. Terry Walker, platoon sergeant for the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., gives instruction to his Soldiers before heading into a training exercise with the M... More
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon
Army Reserve Soldiers with the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wo... More
U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company,
U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, prepare to tow a vehicle during Operation Southern Strike IV, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 20... More
U.S. and Albanian coalition forces convoy navigates
U.S. and Albanian coalition forces convoy navigates through a traffic control point manned by Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, during Operation... More
Soldiers from the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance),
Soldiers from the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the newly-fielded M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle, also known as the Medium Flail, Oct. 29, during a weeklong c... More
Engineers with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson,
Engineers with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson, Col., clear a hill of IED threats while mounted along a route used during Operation Southern Strike III in the district of Takhteh Pol, Kandahar province,... More
Members of the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany and
Members of the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany and 49th Mine Dog Detection Detachment search a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. The team was asked to perform a ground ... More
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd
U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fire a M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynin... More
A Mine Clearing Line Charge is fired at Fort McCoy,
A Mine Clearing Line Charge is fired at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 22. Members of the 428th Engineer Company out of Wausau, Wis., and the 309th Eng. Company (Mobility Augmentation Company) trained together at Fort ... More
Spc. Adam Zettel and Mine Detection Dog Allan, 49th
Spc. Adam Zettel and Mine Detection Dog Allan, 49th Mine Detection Detachment, search a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. The team was asked to perform a ground sweep o... More
Spc. Michael Foshey, a native of Wisconsin Rapids,
Spc. Michael Foshey, a native of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., and an engineer with the 428th Engineer Company out of Wausau, Wis., helps Sgt. Jerome Bailey, 428th squad leader and native of Black River Falls, Wis., ... More
A Mine Resistant, Armored Protected, or MRAP armored
A Mine Resistant, Armored Protected, or MRAP armored vehicle with mine rollers, prepares for a route clearing patrol mission after heavy snowfall in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Hen... More
Engineers with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson,
Engineers with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson, Col., clear a hill of IED threats while mounted along a route used during Operation Southern Strike III in the district of Takhteh Pol, Kandahar province,... More
U.S. Army M1ABV (Assault Breacher Vehicle) assigned
U.S. Army M1ABV (Assault Breacher Vehicle) assigned to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, 2/116th Cavalry Regiment, Gowen Field, Idaho clears a pathway for its company during Decisive Action Rotation 19-08 ... More
Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to
Approximately 70 chains and hammers are attached to the rotating arm of the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle, also known as the Medium Flail, a new explosive defensive vehicle being fielded to the 364th Engineer Pla... More
Cpl. Damian Chronister, assigned to the 59th Mobile
Cpl. Damian Chronister, assigned to the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany, searches a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. Chronister is part of the team asked to perform a ... More
In this still taken from a video, a Mine-Clearing Line
In this still taken from a video, a Mine-Clearing Line Charge fired by paratroopers of the 307th Airborne Engineer battalion detonates Aug. 18, 2018 on a Fort Bragg, North Carolina range. The 3rd Brigade Comba... More
An M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge explodes during Integrated
An M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge explodes during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, ... More
A pathway cleared by the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle
A pathway cleared by the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle during a weeklong team-oriented course held at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Oct. 30. The M1271, also known as the Medium Flail, is designed to clear through a min... More
U.S. Army Pvt. Steven Arreguin, combat engineer with
U.S. Army Pvt. Steven Arreguin, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, watches an unmanned aerial device begin its descent during a route clea... More
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas J. McKnight, combat engineer,
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas J. McKnight, combat engineer, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, prepares to fire an M85 Mine Clearing Line Charge during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 a... More
Smoke billows after the detonation of an M58 Mine Clearing
Smoke billows after the detonation of an M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) fired by U.S. Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at th... More
Spc. Bobby Hamilton, assigned to the 59th Mobile
Spc. Bobby Hamilton, assigned to the 59th Mobile Augmentation Comany, searches a compound in Qalat, Afghanistan, for possible unexploded ordnance, April 18. Hamilton is part of the team asked to perform a groun... More
U.S. Army Pvt. Steven Arreguin, combat engineer with
U.S. Army Pvt. Steven Arreguin, combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, 569th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, prepares an unmanned aerial device for operation as part of a route cle... More
Pfc. Alex Christensen with the 569th Engineer Company,
Pfc. Alex Christensen with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson, Colo., provides security in a turret during Operation Southern Strike III in the district of Takhteh Pol, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept... More