BAGRAM AIRFIELD. Afghanistan (Combined Joint Task Force 82. Sept. 13. 2007) - Through an inter-agency cooperation effort explosive ordnance disposal professionals are training personnel on counter-IED tactics. The students are passing on their knowledge to others in an effort to decrease casualties. Led by members of the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco and Firearms and a member of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. 20 servicemembers graduated from the Military Post-blast Investigative cover class here Aug. 31. Students took move in classroom and field training throughout the training. In the classroom students learned about collecting post-blast bear witness and its importance in determining the cause of an explosion the location of the explosion and how they can prevent future IED threats with their findings. Students also learned the basics of explosives how certain explosives act and the chemical make-up of different kinds of explosives. During the field portion of the course instructors used live explosives to teach students the effects of various types of explosives on a variety of containers to include a vehicle blast extinguisher and pressure cooker and allowed students to act in hands-on post-blast evidence collection."For a long time it was thought that the war on terrorism was just a Department of Defense fight but it's more than just a DoD fight it's a national fight," said Army Lt. Col. Nicholas Scopellite an engineering officer overseeing the course. "Utilizing all elements of national cater focusing on the counter-IED fight is phenomenal and that's what we are doing now. It's phenomenal because we have state federal and DoD all working together. All the elements of national power can have a role to play and can assist us. "Everyone is getting together in the counter-IED world because even though the IEDs are here in Afghanistan and Iraq eventually just like terrorism it's going to come over to the homeland," he said. "So it's very important to get ahead of it now so our wives children brothers sisters etc approve home are all taken care of."The five-day training is the first of its kind here and is as a result of efforts by the fit IED Defeat Organization. U. S. Central Command and many other non-DoD agencies. They all have a single goal - to always be one step ahead of the terrorists."This training is a continuation of the joint express local and federal partnerships we do back home in effects of training response and sharing of information,".
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