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Combat Engineer Lessons Learned307th EN BN, 82nd ABN DIV
SSG CarterSGT Zavalza
Discuss lessons learned in the Afghan and Iraq AOR with respect to mine and explosive mitigation, cache reduction, and cave demolition.
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– Acronyms / Terminology– Combat Engineer Organization– Combat Engineer Equipment– Combat Engineer Operations– Questions
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Light Infantry: movement primarily by boots and aircraft, few vehicles
SSE: Sensitive Site Exploitation; searching buildings, caves, etc, for weapons or items with intelligence value
Cache: Collections of weapons and ordinance that had tactical value to the enemy
AHD: Anti-handling devices, boobytraps, commonly put under and around caches to prevent recovery
IEDs: Improvised Explosive Device; any device that is designed to damage equipment or personnel
Acronyms / Terminology Acronyms / Terminology Acronyms / Terminology
Typical Light Infantry Engineer SupportTypical Light Infantry Engineer SupportTypical Light Infantry Engineer Support
Infantry BDE(4500 men)
Combat EN CO (100 men)
Infantry BN(500 men)
INFANTRY ENGINEER SUPPORT
Infantry CO(100 men)
Combat EN PLT (25 men)
Combat EN SQD (7 men)
Combat Engineer Equipment
Engineer EquipmentEngineer EquipmentEngineer Equipment
Aardvark
Mini-Flail
Engineer EquipmentEngineer EquipmentEngineer Equipment
Mine Clearing/Armor Protected (MCAP) D7 Dozer
Engineer EquipmentEngineer EquipmentEngineer Equipment
I-robot (PACBOT)
Engineer EquipmentEngineer EquipmentEngineer Equipment
Engineer EquipmentEngineer EquipmentEngineer Equipment
Minelab
Rock Drill
Binary Explosives
Combat Engineer Operations
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)SSE SUPPORTSSE SUPPORTSSE SUPPORT
• AN-PSS 12 Mine detectors
• Minelabs
• I-Robots
• Well cameras
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)CACHE DESTRUCTIONCACHE DESTRUCTIONCACHE DESTRUCTION
• AHDs / Booby traps• C4 and detonation systems• Munitions • Rounds• Weapons
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)CAVE DEMOLITIONCAVE DEMOLITIONCAVE DEMOLITION
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)CAVE DEMOLITIONCAVE DEMOLITIONCAVE DEMOLITION
• Very Difficult
• 6’ x 6’ opening requires at least 2500 pounds of explosives
• Stereophonics
• Rock Drills
• Binary Explosives
• Air Force Munitions
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)ROUTE CLEARANCEROUTE CLEARANCEROUTE CLEARANCE
• Manual detection and recovery methods• Mine data based on UN database• Indicators• CTF Devil had 2 AP mine strikes, no casualties• IEDs• Electronic Counter Measures
CAVE OVERLAY (AS OF: 020600ZFEB03)MINE CLEARANCEMINE CLEARANCEMINE CLEARANCE• No humanitarian type de-mining
• Clearing land to expand lodgment
• Mechanical clearance
• Mine Dogs proof
• Aardvark, MCAP, Hydrema, several other developing ideas
QUESTIONS
POC INFO:CPT Brent Legreid307 EN BN Operations [email protected]