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Police and bomb squad officers from the Midwest share tools of the trade during an annual gathering in Indiana

Orphaned boy escapes from Afghan militants who wanted to use him as a suicide bomber via

ATF hosts explosives training that focuses on post-blast investigations, IEDs and HME near Las Cruces, New Mexico

New Zealand Defense Forces Chief discusses defense reform and C-IED capabilities for soldiers deployed to Afghanistan

Afghan and coalition forces kill a Taliban weapons dealer and destroy his cache of illegal weapons in Paktika province

A team of Kerala cops were trained in neutralization and disposal of IEDs at the Institute of IED Management in India

EOD Mariness from 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) talk about their mission to rid Afghanistan of IEDs

Afghan and coalition forces killed 15 insurgents, detained 7 and cleared 8 IEDs during operations via

"Focusing solely on IED = just playing defense - need to attack the networks," testified LTG Barbero.

"Apply lessons learned from Iraq drawdown. Less boots on the ground doesn't equal drawdown of all our capabilities," said LTG Barbero

"We are committed to providing every possible capability we can to protect our troops into 2014 & beyond. This is Our MISSION," LTG Barbero

"Today & in the future, US forces will operate in an IED environment - it's a reality of 21st century warfare & we must plan accordingly."

"As we begin to transition combat ops in AFG and look to 2014, we must not lose focus on the mission at hand," testified LTG Barbero

"The IED is THE weapon of choice for treat networks because they are cheap, easy to construct, lethal and accurate," testified LTG Barbero.

LTG Barbero testifying before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense at 1000 hrs.

Afghan and coalition forces located 2 weapons caches and cleared 3 IEDs during operations via

US aims to foster strong military relationship with Malaysia during bilateral exercise, which now has C-IED course

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