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Preserve History
Historically, veterans didn’t talk about what it was like to go to war. But today, command- ers are becoming in- creasingly aware of the importance of ensuring stories are told, unit accomplishments are shared, relationships are maintained, and sacrifices are honored and remembered.
Coalition Forces Lead IED Course
T
he explosive hazard reduc- tion course at Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest, Camp Leath-
erneck, Afghanistan, allows coalition forces instructors to teach members of the Afghan national security forces the fundamentals of identifying and countering IEDs. “We teach them how to spot the IEDs,
[how to] place a charge next to it, and then how to blow them up,” says Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ronald Ameika, an ex- plosive ordnance disposal tech. Course trainees constantly are re- minded to multitask, listening for an audible alarm from the Vallon metal de-
tector while visually scanning the surface of the earth in front of them for signs of planted IEDs. Many Afghan servicemembers at- tending these IED courses recognize the potential to teach others and the opportu- nity to serve the people of Afghanistan. “In Afghanistan, there are many IEDs,”
says Staff Sgt. Mohibullah Hamidi of the 215th corps, Afghan national army. “What I learn here in this course, I will use in the future to help the people of Afghanistan. I plan to become an expert and teach others how to counter the IED threat.” — Petty Officer 1st Class Gino Flores, USN
Remember My Ser-
vice (RMS) is a compa- ny that helps preserve a unit’s legacy — using photos, video, press releases, media articles, and even documents like biographies and slide presentations — on interactive DVDs. RMS is partnered with the Library of Con- gress Veterans History Project to make sure all authorized stories of individuals are submit- ted and archived in a searchable database. For more information, visit
www.remember
myservice.com.
*fact: Globally, more than 300 IED events occur each month, not including those in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES: ABOVE, CPL. MARCO MANCHA, USMC; RIGHT, COURTESY REMEMBER MY SERVICE
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