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Post by Frenchie on May 21, 2009 13:44:58 GMT 1
An infantry soldier recently found himself digging for 20 minutes with his fingers and a paint brush to uncover a Taliban bomb buried on a dusty road in Helmand. Colour Sergeant Ben Cox of 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (2 MERCIAN) had gone out at about 1000hrs as part of a ten-man mentoring team from 2 MERCIAN, which met up with around 30 members of the Afghan National Army to conduct a routine foot patrol. CSgt Cox was the 'point man' at the front of the patrol. Part of the point man's duties is to observe and check the track ahead for anything potentially dangerous and CSgt Cox was concerned that an area ahead would present an ideal opportunity for the insurgents to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) - in other words a homemade bomb. Full Story >>
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bigstevie
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Post by bigstevie on May 21, 2009 18:20:57 GMT 1
"...and use of the correct equipment " Fingertips and a paint brush? I'm sure they have spent more than that on EOD kit.....
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