Tag: IED

An explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron scans a simulated deceased hostile adversary during Multifunction Airman Training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 19, 2020. The MFAT consisted of a three day, in-depth scenario based around obstacles that Airmen could face during their deployments against adversaries

THE STORY OF CPL MATTHEW R. BRADFORD, USMC (RET) We all raised our right hands and swore an oath to our country for different reasons. By taking that oath we all chose service, and understood, at least partially, the potential dangers and sacrifices that come with serving. But when you’ve sacrificed your legs and your […]

U.S. Army Special Operation Soldiers with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct counter-improvised explosive device training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 17, 2019. The Green Berets used the MCAGCC training areas to refine detachment tactics and prepare for combat operations.

Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Matthew J. O’Connor’s heroic actions in Iraq, where he braved enemy fire to save fellow servicemen, earned him the Silver Star, a testament to the bravery and dedication inherent in the Navy EOD community.

Learning to track on the modern battlefield is less ancient art form, more hard science.

“The U.S. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.” With these words, the United States has been warned by Iran that the killing of Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, will not go unanswered.  The Trump administration claims that the attack was in retaliation to the attack on the U.S. Embassy […]

Ride along with F-16 pilot Nate “Buster”Jaros, as he takes us and his wingman for a night mission over Iraq to help an Army convoy in trouble. It was a cold winter night over Iraq. It was 2003 and OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) was in full swing and US fighter aircraft were getting used to […]

A few months ago, I learned about The Bar X Project through its support of the group of men referred to as the MARSOC 7. In June of 2019, seven men from MARSOC Fox Company and one of the panel members from their 2008 court of inquiry (COI) were reunited — some for the first […]

A vehicle-born IED is detonated inside a truck during a Dynamics of International Terrorism demonstration at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 30, 2019. The DIT demonstration is part of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School FP100 DIT Course which is programmed to be an awareness and personal security class directed toward terrorist threats overseas.

A Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operation in Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State and one of the most wanted men in the world. The operation took place on Saturday in the Syrian province of Idlib. Sources with intimate knowledge of the operation confirmed to […]

The United States has long possessed the most powerful, technologically advanced, and well-trained military force in the world — but powerful and invulnerable are very different things. America’s broad and diverse fighting force has been at war in multiple theaters for the better part of two decades, not only wearing American troops and equipment thin, […]

There is a saying in EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) school that “the rules of the publications were written in blood”. This comes from the British bomb disposal units from World War II, who through sacrifice, trial, and error, paved the way for modern EOD. The current publications span decades, and are an expansive library of […]