Tag: IED

According to a CJTF-Operation Inherent Resolve press release, a US service member was killed by an IED in Syria near Ayn Issa as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. Details surrounding the event and the identity of the service member has not been released yet. More to follow. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter released this statement: I am […]

Tunneling underground is a tried and true tactic of the guerrilla fighter, one that has become especially prevalent amongst those facing Western air power which they simply cannot match.  By the same token, it has also been argued that the suicide bomber is another tactic which the guerrilla, or terrorist rather, uses to a militarily superior […]

IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices, have been responsible for three out of five combat deaths in Iraq since the start of the Iraq war in 2003.  These bombs come in a variety of forms, often concealed near or beneath driving surfaces to be detonated remotely when poised to do the most possible damage, but recent […]

You can’t keep your gun. Grenades, knives, bombs, other tools of war – you can’t keep those either. When you leave the military, no matter who you are or what you sacrificed, your boots are yours but your tools belong to the government. And it is that seemingly reasonable rule that caused Trevor Maroshek so […]

According to the DoD, Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, 34, was assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU-3) when he was killed on Oct 20 by an IED near Mosul. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, […]

Initial reports indicate that a US Service Member has died from injuries sustained in an IED blast near Mosul. The majority of the US Service Members in Iraq are Special Operations Forces and are operating in an advisory role. This is the fourth US death in Iraq since 2014. Iraqi security forces have encountered several IEDs since […]

Staff Sgt. Adam S. Thomas, 31 was killed on October 4, from an IED during dismounted operations with Afghan forces in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. According to the DoD press release, Thomas was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. Yesterday, Peter Cook, the Pentagon spokesman, stated that an investigation was being conducted and […]

The wounding patterns of blast injuries are well known to any military medic who has served recently on operations, with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) constituting a significant proportion of the casualties on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Sadly the IED threat is no longer confined to war zones, with a series of high profile, […]

This video demonstrates the textbook example of why it is standard operating procedure to push or assault through the kill zone of an ambush.

Our air traffic control system successfully monitors thousands of aircraft per day. Yet, no such system for monitoring drones exists, yet. And UAVs are not required to report their location, as aircraft does. Even so, drones are quickly becoming ubiquitous in our society, making it less likely for us to know if the flier has ill intentions, until it’s too late. A group of no-goodniks could easily fly an explosive-laden drone, or half a dozen of them, into an office building, a park, city square, or even a stadium full of spectators.

According to Mayor Christian J. Bollwage, at approximately 9:30 pm EST two men found the suspicious package in a waste basket in Elizabeth, NJ. They then took the waste basket and its contents to a secondary location, which was near some train tracks. After opening the waste basket, they discovered it was a possible bomb. They […]

“And then he like, literally photo bombed his friends.” – Paris Hilton

A number are heard shouting “Allahu Akbar” as they flee.