Archive for the ‘Forces Focus’ Category
A Peak at Smokejumper Kit
Saturday, January 7th, 2012Forces Focus – Israel’s New “Depth Command”
Thursday, December 29th, 2011The IDF, which recently announced an update on Austere Shield, is establishing a new command to supervise “depth” operations, the “Depth Corps Force”. The new command authority will be commanded by a Major General. It’s first commander, MG Shai Avital, will be the former chief of Sayaret Matkal unit, who will be responsible for coordinating and executing multidisciplinary missions outside Israel’s borders.
NRA Life of Duty – Smokejumper
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011NRA’s Life of Duty is profiling America’s Smokejumpers with in-depth look at the individuals who fight some of our nation’s deadliest wildfires.
Forces Focus – 42nd Route Clearance Co Partners with Bundeswehr
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011While this isn’t an EOD project, it is a counter-IED exercise pairing the US Army’s 42nd Route Clearance Company and the Bundeswehr’s 441st Mechanized Infantry Brigade Rout Clearance Team in a classic Engineer mission.
Although in typical AFN fashion the clip is short on details, it does remind us how important our engineer forces are in providing route clearanceIt also shows that new equipment has been developed for this mission and some of it was adapted from EOD.
Thanks from SSD to all the folks in the Counter-IED business!
