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Sgt. 1st Class Wade Frehn (left) bends to mark an area of detection for Staff Sgt. Nolan Yuke. The Soldiers, from Operations Group, trained on the VMR-2, or Minehound detectors, May 14-18 with members of the Counter Improvised Explosive Device Integration Cell, or CI2C. The students who took the “train the trainer” course will instruct Soldiers on the use of the equipment. The Minehound detector is a dual sensor detector that uses ground penetrating radar combined with a metal detector to search for metallic and non-metallic IEDs buried under the soil. This type of equipment can protect Soldiers in Afghanistan from IEDs.
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FORT POLK, La. — Soldiers encounter a number of dangers while deployed. One of the greatest threats is improvised explosive devices, often buried underneath the soil and visually undetectable. The Counter Improvised Explosive Device Integration Cell, or CI2C, participated in a “Train the Trainer” course on the use of new equipment May 14-18 to increase Soldier survivability in theater. The CI2C will be able to train Fort Polk Soldiers on the equipment, but first, they had to learn it themselves. The VMR-2, or Minehound detector, is a dual sensor detector that searches for IEDs buried under the soil. At a cost of $25,000, the equipment combines metal detector capabilities with ground penetrating radar; a type of sonar that penetrates the soil then bounces off the IED, returning the...
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From left: Desne Massie, Ricardo Navarez, Matthew Christian and Alexis Gallardo, students from Ha's Tae Kwon Do showcase a demonstration during Family Fitness Day at the Fort Polk Commissary May 5. The students performed "Whon Yo," where two teams "compete" against one another completeing specific patterns in a tie-breaker-like setting.
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