KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight conducted a training event to hone their skills in responding to wartime Improvised Explosive Devices at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 26-27, 2021.
The exercise simulated a deployed jungle environment, with an emphasis on conducting IED response operations, covering a wide range of scenarios, including route clearances, combat life-saving skills, vehicle-borne IEDs, intelligence gathering, a narcotics and explosives factory raid and responding to a hostage recovery situation.
“By doing this large training event, we are simulating the wartime environment to the utmost capacity,” said Staff Sgt. Preston Brooks, 18th CES EOD training staff. “We are employing procedures that we would use if we were in a deployed environment, as well as using a lot of the tools and techniques that we normally wouldn’t use in a permissive or peacetime environment.”
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Source: U.S. Air Force