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U.S Army Staff Sgt. Jay Lloyd from Columbia S.C., searches for improvised explosive devices in the fields of Sarkani District, Konar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 28.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Christopher Painter, platoon leader, Company E, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Division, and Sgt. 1st Class Byron Flakes, platoon sergeant, talk throug More

The remote manipulator arm, operated by Pfc. Nicholas Bolchak, combat engineer, Company Echo, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Regiment, flips over a plastic pallet an More

Cousins Noor Mohammad and Kasim Mullah laugh when a nurse asks if they are twins at Bagram's Craig Joint Theater Hospital Sep. 6. Mullah sustained a broken leg and multiple lacerations when a bomb detonated in More

Sgt. Joshua Shoda, an explosive ordnance disposal technician for 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), recites the Oath of Enlistment during a reenlistment ceremony aboard Forward Operating Bas More

Sgt. 1st Class Charles Corley, electronic warfare officer with 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), checks equipment for a convoy escort te More

Senior Iraqi Mentor Ali Ghuson instructs Iraqi police improvised explosive device technicians from all provinces throughout Iraq in Explosive Ordnance Devices, during a General Counter Explosive Directorate EOD More

Two members of the Afghan National Police pull security around an injured ANP non-commissioned officer during an improvised explosive device attack drill during the NCO graduation. The drill was designed to dem More

Afghan soldiers with 4th Commando Kandak practice minesweeping techniques using a metal detector and file formation at Camp Hero, Nov. 3, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Commandos, with service members from More

A boy in the village of Dag Mene in the Shalay Valley of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province curiously eyes the camera during a security patrol in the area Nov. 4. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th More

U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt, an infantry squad leader from Decatur, Ill., assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, pulls security while on patrol in eastern Afghan More

U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Schmidt, an infantry squad leader from Decatur, Ill., smiles after watching an explosive ordnance disposal team detonate an improvised explosive device his Afghan National Army counterpa More

Afghan National Army Gen. Raz Mohd Oriakhil, executive officer for 1st Brigade, 203nd ANA, speaks to the Afghan National Security Force class about the importance of ridding Afghanistan of terrorist at Camp Par More

Ceiling tiles diminished to rubble in a large mosque following an explosion from a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Saberi District Nov. 3. Two mosques were destroyed and a religious cen More

The first and only KC-130J "Harvest Hawk" in Afghanistan sits on the flightline at Forward Operating Base Dwyer for routine maintenance. The Harvest Hawk, which is a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) asset, ha More

The first and only KC-130J "Harvest Hawk" in Afghanistan sits on the flightline at Forward Operating Base Dwyer with its four Hellfire missiles ready for takeoff. The Harvest Hawk, which is a 3rd Marine Aircraf More

Sgt. Calvin Seeley, chief instructor for 1st Combat Engineer Battalion Counter Improvised Explosive Device Class, teaches Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), about More

Afghan National Army soldiers receive improvised explosive device training at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 24. The Regimental Combat Team 1 Embedded Training Team instructed them in identifyi More

LEP Nick Denu pulls security while waiting for a controlled detonation of an improvised explosvie device, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Nov. 26. Coalition soldiers are taking a more active role to secure the stability a More

A billboard in Ghazni promotes the security and stability of Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2010. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

An Afghan National Army soldier carefully traces hidden command wire to its explosive source during a training exercise. ANA engineers are utilizing their downtime after Eid to refresh their counter-improvised More

An Iraqi Army Chemical Defense Regiment soldier checks to make sure another team member is safely decontaminated during a capabilities exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 1.

Soldiers in the Explosive Hazard Reduction course listen to course instruction at the Joint Security Academy Southwest in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. These soldiers are learning how IEDs work, the threats th More

Spc. Patrick Wilbern, driver, a native of The Dalles, Ore., talks with Capt. Noah Siple, commander of Alpha company, a native of Caldwell, Idaho, both with 3rd battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainmen More

Lance Cpl. Nathan Peyton, a combat engineer with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, breaks a smile, moments after discovering an improvised explosive device during a patrol in Sangi More

Polish army Cpl. Stocztek watches a suspicious vehicle from a distance. Jan. 10, Espandi, Afghanistan. (Photo by: Sgt. Justin Howe)

Sgt. Justin McGhee from the 67th Engineer Detachment from the Fifth Engineer Battalion directs Archie his explosive detection K-9 during an training scenario at Kandahar Airfield. Sgt. McGhee and Archie are pa More

Cpl. Alfonso Palacios, a gunner with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, holds security for his fellow Marines during improvised explosive device lane training at Outpost Barma More

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Gary P. Akins looks on as he prepares to depart Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, via helicopter to Forward Operating Base Lighting, Paktya province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 26, 2011. Akins is More

After finding fresh footprints at the bottom of a sink hole near Bar Janek Kheyl Village in Zormat District Feb. 5, 1st Lt. Pallawan, a platoon leader for 3rd Coy, 1st Kandak of the Afghan National Army begins More

Lance Cpl. Arturo Valtierra, a mortarman with Redemption II, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, scans for IEDs during a foot patrol to a local Afghan National Police near Patrol Base Gorgak, G More

Staff Sgt. Ladonna Prosser, the explosive ordnance disposal team leader at Camp Dwyer, debriefs Afghan National Army soldiers with Route Clearance Company, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, on a pressure plate they dis More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Schueller, dog handler, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, of Alden, N.Y., pets Cpl. Jazz, the platoon's bomb sniffing dog, before training began here Feb. 28. The More

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III hosts a change of directorship ceremony in the Pentagon auditorium, March 4, 2011, for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. Seated in the f More

U.S. soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division signals medical helicopters in Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, March 11, 2011. U.S. sol More

Lance Cpl. Zachary Kohl, a role player supporting Marines training at Combat Center Range 800, makes a call to a fake improvised explosive device. Role players and a multitude of resources are used to help supp More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Lett, right, platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with the 832nd Engineer Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, addresses his More

Senior Airman Daniel West, an explosive ordinance technician with the 775th Civil Engineering Squadron, prepares to place a counter charge on a vehicle born improvised explosive devise during a training scenari More

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel “Clinger” Vigil of Monticello, Utah, a combat engineer with 1st Platoon, 118th Sapper Company, uses a shovel to help patch a road damaged by improvised explosive device explosions outside More

Coalition forces with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) are currently building three different sizes of Culvert Denial Systems to inhibit insurgents from placing Improvised Ex More

Staff Sgt. Lupe A. Irlas, a Fresno, Calif., native, now a platoon sergeant with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, along with Capt. James D. Thornton, a More

The Official Party at the dedication of the new Florence Training Center, named in honor of Staff Sgt. Darrel D. Kasson. The mayor of Florence is far left.

Local Afghans observe as ISAF soldiers conduct a routine village patrol.

A U.S. Marine from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Lima Company conducts counter improvised explosive device training on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 4, 2011. Concurrent Technologies Corporation in accorda More

Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Red Bulls, and Afghan National Army soldiers search the village More

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Staff Sgt. Tony Palomo of Winnfield, La., stands in front of a small memorial of fallen Marines with 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company More

U.S. Army Pfc. Christopher Schieb, a driver with A Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke and a native of Palmdale, Calif., drives the buffalo, a vehicle designed to discover i More

U.S. Army Sgt. Edward Novak, a team chief with A Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and a native of Nashville, N.C., removes an object from a veh More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Victor Longoria with Regimental Combat Team 5, listens to instructions on how to operate the Vallon Combat Medal Detector during a class on improvised explosive devices, as a part of Enhanced M More

Soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve's 200th Military Command's 443rd Military Police Company conducted military drills and exercises in conjunction with Canadian forces during the month of April at Canadian F More

Staff Sgt. Tony Cox, a convoy escort team commander and a Redmond, Ore., native, receives a Purple Heart Medal from Lt. Col. Phil Appleton, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Susta More

Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Armstrong, a forward observer with Fire Control Team 6, Supporting Arms Liaison Team Chuck, 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, works out with his fellow Marines at Patrol Base Ertoba, M More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristin Grover documents damage to a vehicle and the surrounding area after the detonation of an improvised explosive device during a joint training exercise between Explosive Ordnance D More

The official party of the Explosive Hazard Reduction course 11-4 renders a salute for Afghanistan’s national anthem during the course graduation ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, June 9. Membe More

Staff Sgt. Zach Smith, a convoy commander with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, and Springfield, Mo., native, quizzes role-player Sgt. James Gladwell, a Rogers, Ark., native, about possible More

Members of the Kandahar Airfield NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit's EVOC team stage inside of a humvee ambulance as a medical evacuation Black Helicopter approaches the landing zone, Thursday, June 16, 20 More

Spc. Mike Becker, 749th Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), departs a bus at the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group June 17, ahead of his one-year dep More

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Infantry Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, patrol through an Afghan farm field. These Marines must wear the ballistic underw More

Retired Sgt. Jeffrey Adams approaches a recently-constructed residence in Elbert, Colo., June 25, with his daughter, Jewel Adams, 5. Adams received the home at no cost from Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit org More

Members of the 51st Security Forces Squadron and Republic of Korea Air Force performed base defense operations training during the combat readiness course at Osan Air Base, South Korea, June 26. During training More

Members of the 51st Security Forces Squadron performed mounting and un-mounting operations training during the combat readiness course at Osan Air Base, South Korea, June 27. During training, SF members' reacte More

A Black Hawk helicopter lands to medically evacuate survivors from a bus that hit an improvised explosive device June 30th. Afghan soldiers from the 6th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, rescued civilians from More

PATROL BASE MEHRAJ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, patrol toward Observation Post Padlek. The Marines built the post with their combat shovels an More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brent Winnie rendered life-saving care to multiple victims of a bus explosion caused by an improvised explosive device, June 30. He is a member of the 6th Kandak Advisor Team that mento More

Combat engineers with 3rd Platoon, Company C, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct vehicle evacuation and medical evacuation rehearsals June 10, 201 More

FORWARD OPERATING BASE EDINBURGH, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Olathe, Kan., native Lance Cpl. Daniel Korb works on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle. The Motor Transport mechanic with 3rd Battalion More

Capt. Andrew Stiles, executive officer for B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, briefs soldiers on their operational order and mission in More

Pittsburgh native Zachary Beamer (center), an assaultman with the Personal Security Detachment of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, stands with members of the PSD, Shelton, Neb., native Cpl. Ryan Volf (left) More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Austin E. Mchalek, with Combat Logistics Company 36, provides cover during a simulated improvised explosive device exercise during Exercise Dragon Fire at the Combined Arms Training Cente More

War fighters unite with their families July 20 inside the Special Events Center. Soldiers from 62nd Ordnance Company, 242nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group, were dismissed from a year More

Soldiers taking part in the Montana Army National Guard's Big Sky Warrior Academy speak with “locals” as they approach a simulated Afghan Village on the Fort Harrison, Mont., IED-defeat lane, also known as the More

NAWA DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Pvt. Mahmad Dawod Qalamyar, a patrolman with the Afghan Uniformed Police, reads a Pashto-English dictionary aloud during an evening break. He, along with hundreds More

CAMP HANSON, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl. Cade, a yellow lab, poses for a photo before training with his owner Zanesville, Ohio, native Lance Cpl. Stephen Kessler. The handlers and their dogs are commo More

COMBAT OUTPOST SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Brewster, N.Y., native Pfc. Lance Longchamps sifts through his toolbox before working on a vehicle. Longchamps is one of eight mechanics responsible for More

Staff Sgt. Christopher Sharp, the chief for Supporting Arms Liaison Team “Delta,” 1st Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, and a native of Mesa, Ariz., prepares for Operation Black Sand in an observation post in More

SHUKVANI, Helmand province, Afghanistan - An explosion rocks the ground in the Ladar Bazaar after a line charge is detonated. Second Combat Engineer Battalion leveled the marketplace to clear it of Improvised E More

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter provides security as an injured Afghan is medically evacuated following an improvised explosive device attack in the Ma’ruf District of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar pr More

Spc. Michael Sanders, 240B gunner attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, attaches a marking panel to his vehicle prior to rolling out on a combat patrol to sweep for roadside bomb triggermen in Ali More

Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, IV, NATO Training Mission Afghanistan commander, center, speaks with an Afghan National Army soldier at the ANA Hospital in the Herat province, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2011. The sold More

A static display of typical suicide bomb vest devices is shown in the first Conex box of the Mobile Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Interactive Trainer, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, recently.

Corporal Juan Montoya (left), a motor transportation Marine with the Embedded Training Team, Regimental Combat Team 8, talks to Afghan National Army 1st Lt. Kam Aluddin (center), the supply officer with 2nd Bri More

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Members of the Regimental Combat Team 5 Personal Security Detachment conduct a patrol during counter improvised explosive device training here August 21. The exercise More

Gold medals are aligned on a table prior to a Survivor Outreach Services recognition ceremony Aug. 22 at Fort Carson, located outside the Fallen Heroes Family Center. Dozens of children, representing the loss o More

98th Maintenance Company soldiers conduct IED/VBIED convoy lanes training at JBER-Richardson Aug. 30. Under the guidance of U.S. Army Alaska's G-3 Operations and Plans, the training included scenarios where the More

The original database describes this as: Title: Explosive Precaution Production Date: 09/08/2011 Caption: Troy, Ala. , September 8, 2011 - Students observe the many faces of the modern IED (improvised explo More

Pfc. Quasey Vinson, 56th Engineer Company (Vertical), of Montgomery, Ala., moves cautiously through a patrol lane as the unit conducts mounted and dismounted battle drills at JBER-Richardson, Sept. 8. Reacting More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2D Marine Regiment, 2D Marine Division wait to begin an improvised explosive device patrol training exercise aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 12. More

U.S. Marines with Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, locate an improvised explosive device (IED) during a patrol exercise aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 12 More

Soldiers from the 1186th Military Police Company, Oregon Army National Guard, practice vehicle rollover drills during premobilization at Umatilla Chemical Depot in Hermiston, Ore., Sept. 15. The 1186th Military More

An Afghan National Army commando with the 3rd Commando Kandak practices searching for improvised explosive devices using a metal detector in the Dand district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Sept. More

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, looking for a safe route back to his patrol base during his 2011 deployment. Altomare now works as a technologist at Sandia More

A Humvee carrying soldiers from the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, hits a simulated improvised explosive device during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center Oct. 1, 2011. More

Australian army Warrant Officer 2 Perry Jokinen, an ammunition technician, currently attached to Task Force Paladin J7, gives a class on the operation of the VMR2 "Mine Hound" to soldiers in A Company, 1st Batt More

A plywood terrorist armed with his suicide vest is placed next to an environmentally cleaned vehicle while the Weapons Intelligence Training course trainer buries the detonation cord prior to creating an explos More

Sgt. James A. Coghill with the Fort Wainwright-based Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment was presented a Purple Heart at Forward Operating Base Eagle Oct. 17.

Lance Cpl. Adam Fox, an infantryman and dog handler with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, supervises Cpl. Jett, an improvised explosive device detection dog, while he sniffs for explosives More

Lance Cpl. Larry J. Eichel, a Clearwater, Fla., native and an anti-tank missileman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, spends his spare time improving his education by taking Marine Corps Ins More

The Nawa District Headquarters Precinct Afghan Uniformed Police pose for a group photo minutes after successfully conducting their first major independent operation here, Oct. 29. The operation, a raid on a sus More

Afghan local contractors carry boxes of ammonite out of a conex to load onto a truck Nov. 3. Ammonite is a replacement for TNT and due to improper storage has become a safety issue and must be destroyed. Workin More

A memorial is displayed in Soldiers' Memorial Chapel at Fort Carson, Colo., Nov. 9, honoring Capt. Joshua S. Lawrence of Nashville, Tenn., and Capt. Drew E. Russell of Scotts, Mich. The soldiers died, Oct. 8, o More