Our soldiers are acting as social workers, but dodging bullets and IEDs in the process.
His role was to provide search and clearance support, uncovering hidden weapons, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and bomb-making equipment.
From July 2003 to July 2007, 1, 565 coalition forces were killed by IEDs, according to iCasualties.org.
To be fair, the Office of Bombing Prevention isn't the only federal entity that deals with IEDs.
IEDs cause the top four injuries to veterans, including hearing loss, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.
He was deployed to Iraq, where he was in charge of securing convoys, checking roads for IEDs.
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' They are giving sophisticated IEDs to the militias, which are killing Americans every day in Iraq.
In January, the Government Accounting Office launched a review of JIEDDO and its efforts to counter IEDs.
While the United Nations annually issues a resolution condemning landmines, it has never issued a resolution condemning IEDs.
The soldiers tried to inject some humor into the moment by counting how many IEDs they'd each encountered.
In Iraq, improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, remain the principle cause of death and injury among U.S. soldiers.
Simulants are created as substitutes for materials that can be used as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) by terror groups.
Finally, the broader global community must come together and take meaningful action against IEDs and those who use them.
The area is seeded with IEDs, the home-made bombs that have killed and maimed so many soldiers and civilians.
For example, social network analysis is great for catching insurgents planting IEDs.
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They have V-shaped hulls that deflect blasts from improvised explosive devices -- IEDs -- outward and away from passengers.
But how can I get her to the hospital on time with road blocks, traffic jams, and IEDs peppered throughout my street.
IEDs are the No. 1 source of U.S. and alllied casualties in Iraq, according to the Department of Defense.
Reports suggested they had managed to build more than 50 electronic circuit boards used to trigger improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
That Sunday, though, U.S. forces were hit with eight IEDs, eight rocket-propelled grenade and shooting attacks and the car bombing.
It took months before we could drive more than halfway north through the mulhullas without hitting multiple IEDs and taking fire.
The most important measure of progress: IEDs caused less than half of troop deaths for the first time in five years.
The centre at St George's Barracks in Bicester will train service personnel in how to deal with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
For one thing, they say they're getting better at detecting the bombs, which the Pentagon calls IEDs, for improvised explosive devices.
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The constant threat of IEDs has meant a new generation of service members with multiple traumatic injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury.
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The solution to this dilemma, proposed by the Global Campaign against IEDs, will be comprehensive, involving public, private and military partners.
But if they do, IEDs could, in the future, be vastly more devastating especially to unprotected Iraqis in proximity to the attack.
James Baker of BAE, who is working on the project, says defeating IEDs is now the operational priority for Britain's defence ministry.
To date, the domestic and international threat of IEDS has been ignored.
McGregor says the IEDs are often placed in the same spot daily.
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