What a publicity-hungry bunch of overpriced idiots.
Yep, just ask a soldier that has stepped on one...if you can find one that is alive.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9165695/Afghanistan-moment-Private-Stephen-Bainbridge-stepped-on-an-IED.html
Afghanistan: moment Private Stephen Bainbridge stepped on an IED
Photojournalist Jason P. Howe was embedded with the Army in Afghanistan last year when a soldier with whom he was on patrol stepped on an improvised explosive device, losing both legs.