Improvised Explosive Device

Through the Operational Projects Unit (OPU), “technical support is provided through crime scene survey, crime scene documentation, demonstrative court presentation, three-dimensional physical models, and crime scene photography” (“Crime Scene Documentation”, n.d.). The role of the Evidence Response Team Unit (ERTU) is to, “provide traditional and hazardous evidence collection capabilities to the FBI field Evidence Response Teams (ERTs), Hazardous Evidence Response Teams (HERTs), Hazardous Evidence Response Components (HERCs), Underwater Search and Evidence Response Teams (USERTs), and law enforcement partners” (“Evidence Response Team”, n.d.). The purpose of the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) is to “receive, fully analyze, and exploit all terrorist improvised explosive devices, of interest of the United States” (“Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC)”, n.d.). Through the Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit

In 1914, the British Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Swinton, proposed the idea of a new fighting vehicle When he presented his idea to the government, and the Royal Navy supported his idea. It came from the development of farming vehicles that could cross difficult land easily by using caterpillar tracks. By June 9th, 1915, an agreement with the characteristics of this new vehicle were defined, it should have: “a top speed of 4 mph on flat land, the ability to turn sharply at top speed, the ability to climb a 5-feet parapet, the ability to cross an 8-feet gap and a working radius of 20 miles.” With all these conditions, an armored combat vehicle that moved on chain tracks was

While hijacked airplanes on 9/11 caused the most fatalities of any single terrorist incident, the majority of terrorist attacks are carried out by conventional explosives and secondary devices. This is a broad category that includes incendiary devices, pressure bombs, car bombs, and any other explosive device. These weapons are low cost, low tech, and easy to construct. Out of the five CBRNE categories, explosives are by far the most likely hazard to be encountered (FEMA,

The Engineer Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent (EEOCA) was created in 2004 after a technical capabilities gap was identified between Combat Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians. In order to fill this gap, the EEOCA course was designed to equip more Soldiers in the United States (US) Army with the technical skills to be able to identify ordnance by classification, recognize all hazards and protective measures required, perform safe route clearance operations, and have limited blow in place (BIP) capability with unexploded ordnance (UXO). The skills acquired in the EEOCA course were ultimately intended to facilitate the freedom of maneuver for all US and allied forces.

I remember the day that it all happen. The day the battle for Yahya Khel started, the first major offensive operation for 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment (Black Knights), 172nd Infantry Brigade. I was in my rack on Forward Operating Base Super (FOB), in the early morning, I was awoken by a member the Operation Detachment Alpha (ODA) team that we shared the FOB with. He asked me “You the mortar guy?” I said I was. “Grab your gear. We have to go, we loaded your 120mm mortar and all the rounds into our vehicles. I’ll explain the situation on the way.” He said

The United States remains a country with a rich history in several issues including strong military activities including their incursion in Iraq, Afghanistan and other volatile countries around the world. However, the devastations of the Battle of the Bulge make it as one of the deadliest and bloodiest wars that the U.S has ever witnessed in history. It led to various war tactics with artillery emerging from it and other military operation challenges. Despite its unpredictable nature and the large casualties that it realized on the side of the Americans, it positively contributed to various efficient military operations in the contemporary war battles like those taking place in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan among other places globally. Therefore, this essay purposefully discusses the history and outcome of the role of artillery in the Battle of the Bulge and how it relates to the evolution of the contemporary military operation.

The threats directed toward American troops and interests before this were deemed small and isolated. These events, occurring over the next few years, consisted of setting a US vehicle on fire, small arms fire and a car bomb exploding in Riyadh. Although these were directed at US personnel and their allies, the overall threat was not considered significant. This underestimation quite possibly led to feelings of false security and actions becoming complacent amongst American forces and the leadership in the

Although widely implemented in the United States’ War on Terror, the United States’ rules of Engagement must be altered and fixed to prevent our troops from being in a state of tactical disadvantage, to eliminate the unnecessary deaths of American troops, and to finally bring a victorious conclusion to our War on Terror. Today’s rules of engagement are putting our troops

This paper explores the multiple tasks that the United States Army Engineers execute and perform during wartime situations. The five general tasks are mobility, countermobility, survivability, topography, and general engineering (Chambers, 2000). The primary goal for the Corps Of Engineers would be the offensive movement of the national military forces, which is imperative. The second task would be impeding the movement of the enemy, diverting their activities. The third task would be to expeditiously provide field fortifications, in order to protect troops and their equipment from enemy fire. The fourth task would be at locating positions and becoming familiar with terrain. The fifth and final task would be other various duties such as destruction

IEDs, also known, as improvised explosive devices are homemade bombs; “that are intended for destructive use in nonmilitary applications” (281). IEDs can be delivered in many forms, it is up to the imagination of the perpetrator on how the IEDs will be delivered, which can be by car, trucks, motorcycles, bicycle, and many other forms. In this case, the plan of the international terrorist organization of planting IEDs to bomb a building is similar to the one that took place in Oklahoma City, back in 1995. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing was a big tragedy, it resulted in 168 deaths, more than 800 injuries, and it even destroyed building around the area. Every building in Oklahoma rocked, but it destroyed and damaged buildings

The transportation sector has seen its share of terrorist activity over the years. Aircraft are under constant threat of an explosion or hijacking, and vehicles are used to transport and detonate bombs. Bombs are popular among terrorist cells, due to the amount of destruction they can cause; some are small as witness years ago with the Underwear Bomber, and some are much larger as seen with the Oklahoma City bombing. Over the years, different resources have been developed to aid with mitigating risk and help with the recovery process. One item that has been developed and tested by Mistral Security and is currently being used by police bomb squads, and the military is the explosive containment vessels. These vessels come in various sizes

The First World War, while engulfing Europe with four years of death and destruction, also served as something of a testing ground, allowing nations to test and deploy the newest and most high tech weapons in their arsenals. It is from these experiences, on the bitter, mud drenched fields of Flanders, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, that many technologies that shape the modern battlefield today, such as the air plane or the tank, were first put to use on a grand scale. It is here too, that another weapon was unleashed upon humanity for first time, but this one was deemed so sinister that the nations of the world near unanimously agreed to ban once the war ended. A weapon so awful that even today,

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Tanks allowed a force to advance towards an enemy’s lines with the protection of the armor and playing a part in rendering trenches obsolete. The further advancement of tank technology following WW1 cemented trench warfare’s ineffectuality and obsolescence, as the vast majority of tank’s flaws were greatly improved.

Recently the Trump administration has ordered the dropping of a MOAB (Massive OrdnanceOrdinance Air Blast) on terrorist forces living up to Trump's election promises saying “I would bomb the [...] out of them” (Trump, 2017). This was the largest non-nuclear bomb that has ever been dropped by the United States military forces (Smith, 2017). This bomb has aided in the defeat of terrorism by destroying tunnel networks as well as defenses of ISIS in Afghanistan by forming a massive crater (Calamur, 2017). The United States is also leading to the defeat of terrorism by following its warning to Pakistan by pulling financial aid to the nation due to the housing of terrorists in its borders (Ward, 2017). The Trump administration also has plans to increase troop counts in the Middle East to speed up the defeat of terrorism (Ward, 2017). The increased strength of the military presence in the Middle East will aid in a faster defeat of terrorist