Seventh Brigade Afghan National Civil Order Police Sergeant First Class Jamal Nasir, an Explosive Hazard Reduction Course instructor, shows an ANCOP policeman how to connect a grappling hook to 550 cord before a "remote pull" practical application at the brigade's headquarters at Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 2. The "remote pull" method is a technique explosive ordnance disposal technicians used to disarm improvised explosive devices by tossing a grappling hook past the wires and pulling quickly to separate the wires from the bomb. Gunnery Sgt. Justin Robertson, an EOD techn
Seventh Brigade Afghan National Civil Order Police Sergeant First Class Jamal Nasir, an Explosive Hazard Reduction Course instructor, shows an ANCOP policeman how to connect a grappling hook to 550 cord before a "remote pull" practical application at the brigade's headquarters at Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 2. The "remote pull" method is a technique explosive ordnance disposal technicians used to disarm improvised explosive devices by tossing a grappling hook past the wires and pulling quickly to separate the wires from the bomb. Gunnery Sgt. Justin Robertson, an EOD technician and West Paducah, Ky., native is responsible for guiding the two to teach effectively. The method, known as "train the trainer," has become widely used in Afghanistan by Security Force Assistance personnel. It's an important strategy and one in which the success of the Afghan National Security Forces is dependent on as coalition troops draw down in Afghanistan. Train the trainer, ANCOP policemen take steps to teach their own 130502-M-TM093-007
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