Pfc. Cade Curphy, a combat engineer with the 833rd Engineer Company out of Ottumwa, Iowa, prepares a shaped charge on a demolition range at Orchard Combat Training Center, in Idaho, on June 10, 2022. Combat engineers use charges shaped to direct the effect of the explosive’s energy; this particular shaped charge is used to create a hole where a cratering charge will then be placed.

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