News on possible unit and job

I've found some more information on what I might be doing when I leave the states. Looks like we'll be hunting the infamous IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) that you hear about so much in the news. Sobering information for me, there's no doubt about that.

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"Reserves to hunt explosives in Iraq

The main mission for Memphis-area soldiers in an Army Reserve battalion called to active duty on Wednesday will be finding explosive devices that cause casualties in Iraq.

Roughly 200 area reservists in the 467th Engineer Battalion are readying to leave for Fort Benning, Ga., for training before heading to Kuwait and then Iraq. In Army jargon, the soldiers will be "conducting area damage control" and "anti-terrorism/force protection operations," a news release said.

"Hunting for IEDs, that's layman's terms," said Maj. Robert Ott, battalion executive officer. IEDs are "improvised explosive devices" used to attack American military vehicles and other targets in Iraq.

Companies of the 467th are based at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington. They moved to the military base in 2003 after a July storm ruined their former decades-old quarters in Memphis at 2562 Avery."




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