An Afghan National Army soldier watches a classmate examine the wiring of a improvised explosive device replica during the Explosive Hazard Reduction Course. A class of ANA soldiers began the EHRC held at the Joint Security Academy Southwest at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 21. A mix of coalition force instructors, all possessing years of counter-IED experience in various battle spaces, teaches the month-long course. The course starts off with classroom training on IED identification, using detection techniques like minesweepers, and basic knowledge on conventional military munitions. Th


An Afghan National Army soldier watches a classmate examine the wiring of a improvised explosive device replica during the Explosive Hazard Reduction Course. A class of ANA soldiers began the EHRC held at the Joint Security Academy Southwest at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 21. A mix of coalition force instructors, all possessing years of counter-IED experience in various battle spaces, teaches the month-long course. The course starts off with classroom training on IED identification, using detection techniques like minesweepers, and basic knowledge on conventional military munitions. The students eventually put all their classroom training into use during later practical application exercises. Afghan soldiers train to eliminate IED threat DVIDS331642


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