Free Republic

By Rick Scavetta, Stars and StripesEuropean edition, Sunday, January 4, 2004 Rick Scavetta / S&S Pfc. William Stribling, 19, of Brooklyn, N.Y., operates the remote control arm on a Buffalo, the Army's latest equipment to counter the threat of roadside bombs in Iraq. Rick Scavetta / S&S The Meerkat, a South African-designed mine detection vehicle, is used by U.S. Army engineers in Iraq to sweep for roadside bombs along convoy routes. Rick Scavetta / S&S A Buffalo crew uses a remote control arm to search for improvised explosive devices on Highway 1 south of Samarra, Iraq, as a supply convoy...

Explosive Device Awareness Top Priority for Troops in Iraq Spc. Blake Kent, USASpecial to American Forces Press MOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 4, 2003 – With hundreds wounded and scores killed by improvised explosive devices, coalition forces are doing everything possible to prepare their troops with needed awareness training. "There is approximately 600,000 tons of ordnance out on the ground throughout the country," said Army Maj. Adam Boyd, of the 1138th Mine, Explosive and Ordnance Information Coordination Center, "and the enemy is getting smarter every single day on how to use it." Soldiers may encounter a number of different forms of...