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The Marine Corps Engineer School, counter improvised explosive device Mobile Training Cadre aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune provides the Marine Corps with standardized C-IED training in order to prepare units for operations in an environment where they may encounter an IED situation.
The training offers a flexible and responsive resource that can be delivered at a home station training lane or other location convenient to the unit.
The basic course starts with classroom presentations followed by practical application. It increases knowledge of IED threats, use of homemade explosives and provides the skillset necessary to mitigate the effects.
“We cover all the basic skills in the classroom, then you go out and go to an observational lane, indicator lane and an immediate action lane,” said Henry Sierra, counter IED instructor at the engineer school. “In that immediate action lane, they employ everything they’ve learned in the classroom to avoid becoming an IED casualty.”
In the observation lane, students learn how to spot indicators for IEDs. In the indicator lane students look for ground signs of IEDs. The immediate action lane takes everything the students learn into a simulated hostile area where IEDs could be hidden around every corner.
“We study trends and build the classes based on enemy tactics, techniques, procedures and what they’ve been doing,” said Sierra. “We revise the courses about every quarter. What we need to understand is IEDs are a threat to everybody, so we must teach it to everybody.”
The school teaches six classes, C-IED Training Course 1 through CTC 6. Each class expands upon the basic skills taught in CTC 1.
“We give constructive feedback and try to develop their unit to get them ready to operate in theater,” said Garret Czesak, counter IED instructor at the engineer school. “We get them ready for a more chaotic situation they could possibly face out there.”
Staying up to date on how IEDs are being used on the battlefield is important for all deployable service members, contractors and department of defense civilians.
“Knowing there’s a possibility that what we’re doing here is saving someone’s life when they get deployed, knowing that you are making a difference is a good feeling,” said Sierra.
For more information, call 440-7548
| Date Taken: | 11.30.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 12.21.2017 09:05 |
| Story ID: | 256937 |
| Location: | NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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