Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense continues to polish counter-IED training to combat the threat. Today’s visit to counter-IED schoolhouses literally starts with a bang at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico, and then visits JKnIFE the deployed service member’s one-stop source......
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense continues to polish counter-IED training to combat the threat. Today’s visit to counter-IED schoolhouses starts in the classroom, and ends up in a sophisticated simulator employing a Humvee mounted on computer-programmed hydraulic shocks, and......
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense continues to polish counter-IED training to combat the threat. Today’s visit to counter-IED schoolhouses starts in the classroom, and ends up in a sophisticated simulator employing a Humvee mounted on computer-programmed hydraulic shocks, and......
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense continues to polish counter-IED training to combat the threat. Military instruction experts say live training is most effective, so we’ll visit situational training lanes at Fort A. P. Hill; but simulation is also a valuable learning tool.......
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense continues to polish counter-IED training to combat the threat. Military instruction experts say live training is most effective, so we’ll visit situational training lanes at Fort A. P. Hill, but simulation is also a valuable learning tool.......
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Training to counter the IED threat can range from furthering cultural awareness, and improving relationships with members of host nations where coalition service members are operating; to learning what signs to look for, when the IED threat already exists. ......
Audio by Amanda Filler | Defense Health Agency | 07.13.2010
Sophia Tillman-Ortiz, executive director of the U.S. Army Post-Deployment Health Reassessment program, explains what PDHRA is and how families fit into the program....
Audio by Rick Haverinen | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 07.13.2010
The improvised explosive device is a principal concern for U.S. and partner nation forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Training to counter the IED threat can range from furthering cultural awareness, and improving relationships with members of host nations where coalition service members are operating; to learning what signs to look for, when the IED threat already exists. ......