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By Spc. Elayseah Woodard-Hinton
20th Public Affairs Detachment
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - U.S. Army Central hosted a counter improvised explosive device conference at Camp Arifjan, Aug. 12-15, 2008.
The USARCENT C-IED conference is a semi-annual event focused on operational and tactical level synchronization of the C-IED fight. The event, also attended by representatives from the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, allowed civilians and leaders of various military services to share information on training and issues regarding C-IED.
The briefings focused on lessons learned and updates on the current status of the C-IED battle. The meetings allowed subject matter experts to share information on equipment, training and strategies to help avoid IED attacks. It also served as a networking opportunity for the attendees to identify colleagues located outside of their regions and areas of responsibility.
"Everybody can come together and share their views, their concerns and come to some sort of means to communicate," said Army Maj. Scott Bailey, force modernization officer, USARCENT G-7.
"Some of the best things I think we do is break time and breakouts. You meet people, you get cards, you make contacts and then you put a name with a face," added Bailey, of Denmark, S.C.
The final day of the conference was hosted by contracted instructors at Camp Buehring.
Instructors walked their guests through four workshops that consisted of live demonstrations of training Camp Buehring provides to servicemembers before their onward movement into Iraq and Afghanistan. The workshops gave leaders an opportunity to become familiar with the equipment used by servicemembers in the field and learn about tactics used by terrorists.
"We are trying to get ideas of what's going on up north so we can better our training for Soldiers coming in," said Maj. Rafael Acevedo, operations officer, USARCENT G-3.
Much of what is gained, in the conference, is the sharing of information and ideas to help implement improvements into training for servicemembers.
"Our whole process is to take care of troops and to make sure they are properly trained," said Lt. Col. William Lewis, of Radcliff, Ky., liaison officer, Multi-National Corps - Iraq.
| Date Taken: | 08.28.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2008 02:35 |
| Story ID: | 22945 |
| Location: | CAMP ARIFJAN, KW |
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