Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have been emblematic of the insurgency in Iraq. Why have so many disparate insurgent groups with varying resource levels chosen the same means to pursue their ...

In 2006, Plemmons led the task force that included more than 1,400 U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force EOD technicians who responded to IED calls across Iraq.

In Iraq these days, about 100 IEDs go off each month. Previously, it was about 50. Most of the attacks are in the capital Baghdad, and many of them are what in local parlance are called sticky ...

After 18 months in Iraq, Sexton was ordered to go to Germany for a year before being deployed to Afghanistan. He had a very close call in Afghanistan. “I actually had an IED go off under my feet.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The United States is pouring billions more dollars and fresh platoons of experts into its campaign to ''defeat IEDs,'' the roadside bombs President Bush describes as threat No. 1 ...

Brian Castner commanded two Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in Iraq, where his team disabled roadside IEDs and investigated the aftermath of roadside car bombings. He returned home a completely ...

Between January 2005 and July 2010, Alahmedalabdaloklah designed, made and supplied components for IEDs for members and associates of the 1920 Revolution Brigades, an armed Iraqi insurgent group that ...

Brian Castner served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2007, deploying to Iraq to command bomb disposal units in Balad and Kirkuk in 2005 and 2006.

Homemade bombs became the weapon of choice for the insurgency in Iraq. The U.S. has officially declared the end of the war, but one lasting legacy will be how the improvised explosive device, or ...

The demolition specialist had many close calls with improvised explosive devices (IED) in Iraq and Afghanistan. He even stepped on an IED and lived to tell about it: https://trib.al/nPQPyqF ...