A Company, 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, train at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., for an abatis demolition to fell trees. Power poles stand in for trees and are rigged with C-4 explosive to fall in a cross-cross pattern to block a road. Sequence shows the explosion.

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Keywords: abatis, archive, armed, combat, defence, demolition, engineers, forces, military, reportage, servicemen, usa