Special Agents from the FBI trained with 28th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal Airmen and other law enforcement agencies during a National Improvised Explosive Familiarization course at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 11 to 13.
The FBI-led, joint exercise focused on homemade explosives, or HMEs, and instructing bomb technicians on how to recognize them.
“HMEs are the new age now,” said Master Sgt. Carlos Sanchez, the section chief assigned to the 28th CES EOD flight. “You can’t find readily available military explosives just lying on the ground, so terrorists are learning how to take easy-to-get components, put them together and create an explosive compound. This training allows the bomb techs to learn what the terrorists are doing so they can see first-hand what it takes.”
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Source: DVIDS