ANA Engineers Use Downtime to Sharpen IED Detection

An Afghan National Army soldier carefully traces hidden command wire to its explosive source during a training exercise. ANA engineers are utilizing their downtime after Eid to refresh their counter-improvised explosive device abilities—a necessary skill set in a mine-riddled working environment. ANA engineers with the 215th Corps' 1st Kandak conducted counter-IED training, assisted by British Royal army mentors, at Forward Operating Base Shawqat, Nad-E-Ali, Afghanistan, Nov. 30.
Photo by Cpl. Brian Gabriel Jr