Cache of IEDs and minesIED hidden in bagIED within a concrete curb sectionCommand-wired IEDRC-command detonated IEDCar bomb with explosives in back seat. Note gas can for incendiary effectsCar bomb with explosives in trunkPressure-plate trigger deviceEOD soldier inspects a mineCombat Engineers from Co. A, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion performing a route clearing mission, probing suspected areas with bayonets. (John Baldwin photo)GySgt Chuck Yannizzi, EOD Section ChiefCapt Ford Phillips, Commander, Weapons Co.1Lt Brian Leahy, Platoon Commander, WarPig 12Lt Brian Stann, Platoon Commander, WarPig 21Lt Gabe Diana, Platoon Commander, WarPig 3LCpl Justin Abraham, Gunner, WarPig 3. Aka “Toothless” WarPig 3 guntruck after hitting a mine, knocking out Justin Abraham’s tooth2Lt Gary Hess, Platoon Commander, ChaosSergeant Clive Chinatomby, Section Leader, ChaosWarPig 3 gunners on Camp Al-Qaim: (l-r) Dan Jerome, Steven Bruno, Justin Abraham, Jonathan Neer, Jonathan Penland. (Jonathan Penland photo) US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Michael “Pooh” Winniford, 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), Alpha (A) Company (CO), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), checks a pothole for mines on Main Supply Route (MSR) Tin, during a convoy from Camp Al Asad to Al Qaim. LCPL Winniford is part of the Engineer’s Sapper Team that travels in front of the convoy and searches for any landmines. The USMC M1116 Up-Armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) armed with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun on a turret waits for the all clear.LCpl Chad Lechlinsky, ChaosLCpl Brandon Overton, ChaosCorpsman Dean WebsterLCpl Kevin Smith, ChaosMemorial ceremony on Camp AQ, 21mar053/2 Security Platoon, “Chaos”, group photo just before being disbanded
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Footnotes:
1. “IED War”,weaponsandwarfare.com, 15aug20 2. “June 2003–September 2010”, CSIS, 11nov10 3. Ibid. 4. “The Enduring IED Problem”, Joint Forces Quarterly, Q1 2016 5. Chris Ieva, email to author 6. Mike Hodd, interview with author 7. “Left of Boom” series (parts 1-4), Washington Post, 30sep-3oct05 8. “The Birth of the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell”, Small Wars Journal, 2008 9. John Schneekloth, interview with author 10. Ibid. 11. Chuck Yazzinni, interview with author 12. Ibid. 13. “CLB-2 Marines secure roadways, convoys”, marines.mil, 23nov05 14. Tim Mundy, interview with author 15. Justin Abraham, interview with author 16. Ian Kantner, interview with author 17. Ibid. 18. A.J. Lomando and Ian Kantner, interviews with author 19. A.J. Lomando, interview with author 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. Ian Kantner, interview with author 23. A.J. Lomando, interview with author 24. Dean Webster, online letter to Overton family, posted on save22.vet website 25. Ibid. 26. Tim Mundy, interview with author 27. “3/2 Marines honor a fallen brother”, marines.mil, 3may05 28. Gary Hess and other members of Chaos, interviews with author
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