(From left to right) Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division commanding general, and Lt. Col. Doug E. Brown, commander of the14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, look into a culvert rigged with a simulated improvised explosive device (IED) as they observe the performance of a platoon in IED Lane training, April 15 at Yakima Training Center, Wash. "This is a perfect opportunity to not only train teams and platoons, but to get them ready for some of the arduous things they will do when they go to Afghanistan. I'm very excited and I'm very proud of what they are doi


(From left to right) Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division commanding general, and Lt. Col. Doug E. Brown, commander of the14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Engineer Brigade, look into a culvert rigged with a simulated improvised explosive device (IED) as they observe the performance of a platoon in IED Lane training, April 15 at Yakima Training Center, Wash. "This is a perfect opportunity to not only train teams and platoons, but to get them ready for some of the arduous things they will do when they go to Afghanistan. I'm very excited and I'm very proud of what they are doing. It's great to see them training in this environment," said Lanza. 7ID CG observes 'Rugged' engineer training 130415-A-NE853-514


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