Mark on a Rout Recce
Route Recce is a Route Reconnaissance, where we make sure the route is clear and/or try to draw the muj out so we can clear it. Most route recces are uneventful.
“Can they tell somehow if there are IEDs around?"
That's what a route recce is for. Actually, there are lots of tell-tale signs, but if the bad guys have enough time they can usually conceal them. The roads here are so bad
that it's really hard to notice a disturbance or a patch of turned dirt. As the Capt in charge of the Headquarters and Services (H&S) Company said "you're just damned lucky if you find an IED before one finds you." But comparative imagery does help.
“Can they tell somehow if there are IEDs around?"
That's what a route recce is for. Actually, there are lots of tell-tale signs, but if the bad guys have enough time they can usually conceal them. The roads here are so bad
that it's really hard to notice a disturbance or a patch of turned dirt. As the Capt in charge of the Headquarters and Services (H&S) Company said "you're just damned lucky if you find an IED before one finds you." But comparative imagery does help.
posted by KAB at 10:04 AM
2 Comments:
Do the guards in the towers play a part in trying to deter the muj from placing IEDs?
Has anyone tried crossing into the base?
Tasha
There was a suicide attack on the gate in May, but I think the intent was to target the Iraqi workers who enter the base there, rather than to actually gain entrance to the base.
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