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    chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives. We will discuss the creation of the organization, the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), the DTRA reach back capabilities and the In the mid 1990’s, terroristic attacks became an issue of the Department of Defense. Acts of terrorism were occurring all over the world. These attacks like from the bombing of the World Trade Center…

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    Sangin Research Paper

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    the Taliban began retaliating by using guerrilla tactics and improvised explosive devices. British troops began building outpost throughout the district but did not have the workforce to man them. Not only could they not man the outpost, but they were also unable to conduct proper patrols through the area, which led to the influx of the Taliban in the area. The Taliban were now free to move about the area and harass the British by saturating the area with Improvised Explosive Devices, more…

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    The Radiological Dispersion Device A Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD) is a combination of conventional explosives (dynamite) and radioactive components (The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2014). A RDD is any device that causes the resolute diffusion of radioactive material without a nuclear detonation (REMM, 2016).Terrorist who have utilized RDDs have labeled them as dirty bombs (Ready, 2016). However, the United States military recognizes RDDs as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)…

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    circumstances that led to the hasty establishment of the MRAP program. Prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (LTWV) utilized across the Joint Force was the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). This vehicle replaced a variety of earlier light utility vehicles including the Jeep and the Gama Goat. The HMMWV is the primary Joint Force LTWV to transport light weapons, cargo, troops, patients or serve as a mobile command post. In these roles, “[t]he…

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    Mine-Resistant

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    SUBJECT: Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle (MRAP) The Purpose of this paper is to address the Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicle and its fielding issues, all its hazards. This paper will also talk about the efforts to mitigate the hazards from current usage in the field. The protection this vehicle can provide almost doesn’t out way the lives it can take with the hazards involved with it. Some background on the MRAP and what it was made for. The MRAP was designed in a…

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    My Military Career

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    I did not know what to expect and surely wasn’t ready for the culture shock and smells that come with a country that lives in a third world. All I knew was that I had a job to do and my newly acquired family was here to watch my six while I watched theirs. The first couple of months were adrenaline driven. The biggest threat at the time in Iraq was roadside bombs. It was hard to grasp the fact that surviving at times was a roll of the dice. We are trained to react to contact and out “gun” the…

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    combat you may killed many innocent people as U.S troops did in Vietnam. You lose your innocent. Also, most of the veterans were killed. According to www.Statistics brain.com/U.S. war Death statistics, Iraq from 2003 –present, U.S. deaths were 4,800, Afghanistan from 2001- present, U.S. deaths 2,344, this show that many of the veterans die by serving. In addition, many of them got permanent injuries and would be disable for life and some got amputations of limbs. According to www.cbo.gov the…

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    would ever see her. As battalion mortars we were set up on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Zangabad. It was 2011 and the only American troops here before us were Rangers in 2007. The first day that I pulled tower guard I counted 16 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) within the first 2 hours and thought “what the hell did I get myself into”. Over the next few months we would take rocket propelled grenade (RPG) fire, mortar fire, there were IEDs all over the only two roads, Route Hyena and Route…

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    Resilient Qualities

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    life better. Later on in life I joined the Marines and this just capitalized on my innate resiliency trait. I was a perfect fit in the Marines, since one of our mantras are adapt and overcome. I remember being deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 and knowing that we were in a place close to hell and wondering when we were coming home. The stress of being away from home, the heat and also the fact that we were in a war torn country made being resilient more important than ever. I took all the…

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    laced up my boots, loaded my gun’s magazines, and then put my vest on. Then walked outside and the sun blinded me for a little bit. I later walked to where the Humvee was, it was going to take us on our route. When I got in the Humvee I saw one of my good buddies, Jaxon Teriten, and we high fived and said, “Let’s do what we normally do.” I told him about the feeling in my stomach and we didn’t think much of it. We went on our natural route and we were taking it slow because there was a lot of…

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