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WELCOME
FOREIGN ATTACHÉ
VISITORS

29 MAY 07

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257,000 SOLDIERS
ARMY
ARMY GLOBAL
GLOBAL COMMITMENTS
COMMITMENTS DEPLOYED / FORWARD
STATION IN NEARLY 80
COUNTRIES OVERSEAS
ALASKA * INCLUDES AC STATIONED OVERSEAS
SOUTH KOREA 12,000 SOLDIERS
19,000 SOLDIERS USAREUR
(PART OF AC STATION OVERSEAS)
52,000 SOLDIERS OEF-AFGHANISTAN
21,000 SOLDIERS
HOMELAND BOSNIA
SECURITY 10 SOLDIERS OIF-IRAQ
6,000 SOLDIERS 107,000 SOLDIERS
(RC MOBILIZED STATESIDE)
JTF-GTMO
OEF-PHILIPPINES OEF-Philippines
JTF-BRAVO 600 SOLDIERS
KFOR
2,000 SOLDIERS
600 SOLDIERS
500900 SOLDIERS
SOLDIERS
MFO OIF / OEF KUWAIT
700 SOLDIERS 13,000

OTHER OPERATIONS
& EXERCISES
3,590 SOLDIERS

ARMY PERSONNEL STRENGTH

COMPONENT R/C AUTHORIZED FOR
MOBILIZATION / ON CURRENT ORDERS
AC STATIONED OVERSEAS 108,000 - ACTIVE (AC) 507,000 N/A
- RESERVE (RC)
AC STATIONED STATESIDE 397,000 USAR 188,000 25,000
AS OF 15 MAY 07 ARNG 351,000 40,000
1,046,000
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AVERAGE COMBAT SOLDIER PROFILE

RANK: E-4 (CORPORAL / SPECIALIST)

AGE: 22
TIME IN SERVICE: 4 YEARS
BASE PAY: $1,978.50/MONTH
EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED W/ TWO CHILDREN
RACE: 40% MINORITY ALL
ALL VOLUNTEER
VOLUNTEER
FORCE
FORCE
GENDER: 15% FEMALE
AVERAGE WORK DAY: WHEN THE MISSION IS COMPLETE

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OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

115,000
SOLDIERS
SUPPORTING THE
JOINT FIGHT

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OUR MISSION IN IRAQ

MISSION: MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS-IRAQ CONDUCTS COMBAT,

STABILITY, AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS IN COORDINATION
WITH THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES TO SECURE THE
POPULATION, DEFEAT TERRORISTS AND IRRECONCILABLE
EXTREMISTS, NEUTRALIZE INSURGENT AND MILITIA GROUPS,
AND TRANSITION RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE ISF IN ORDER TO
REDUCE VIOLENCE, GAIN THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE,
STABILIZE IRAQ, AND ENABLE GOI SECURITY
SELF-RELIANCE.

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IRAQ THEATER OF OPERATIONS
TURKEY
GROUND FORCES

ACTIVE ARMY 93,000

ARMY HEAVY FORCES
ABRAMS 390
RESERVE ARMY 27,000
SYRIA 4/1 (-) BRADLEY 830
TOTAL 120,000
STRYKER 660
ASV 670
COALITION 12,000
3/25 ARTILLERY 220
MARINES 22,000 3/82
MLRS 10
AIR FORCE 10,000
UAH 13,160
NAVY 4,000
1-73
TOTAL 168,000

RCT 2 (+)

RCT 2 (+) RCT 6

1/3 3/3

2/10
4/25 PL

JORDAN ES
UK

AS
ARMY AVIATION IRAN
RO
AH-64 100 UK
UH-60 220
CH-47 40
DA
OH-58D 60
FIXED-WING 20
UAV 180
KUWAIT
SAUDI ARABIA AS OF 15 MAY 07
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OUR ARMY IN IRAQ

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TYPES OF MISSIONS

UNIT SPECIFIC
BCT
MITT
USACE DISMOUNTED OPERATIONS
CONVOY SUPPORT

TRAINING THE IRAQI ARMY

MOUNTED PATROLS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE

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PATROL DUTY IN IRAQ

0600 PRE-COMBAT INSPECTION
0800 DAYLIGHT PATROL
OPERATIONS
TASKS:
• LAND NAVIGATION
• COMMUNICATIONS
• ENGAGE W/ DIRECT FIRES
• ENGAGE W/ INDIRECT FIRES
• REACT TO AMBUSH / IED
• EMPLOY CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
• FIRST AID / MEDIVAC PROCEDURES
• CIVIL AFFAIRS / LIAISON OPERATIONS
MID-DAY MEAL (normally on the move)
PATROLS LAST 5-8 HOURS DEPLOYED FOR
UP TO 15 MONTHS…
FOLLOWED BY
TWO WEEKS R & R
RETURN TO BASE AND AFTER-
ACTION
REVIEW, MAINTENANCE AND
TRAINING:
• CLEAN WEAPONS / FUNCTIONS CHECKS
• REFUEL AND READY VEHICLES
• RESUPPLY OPERATIONS
• INTELLIGENCE DISSEMINATION
1730 DINNER
2000 NIGHT PATROL OPERATIONS BY
FRESH TROOPS REPEATING THE
ABOVE TASKS AND DUTIES
THROUGH THE NIGHT
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MNF-I COALITION SUPPORT TO OIF
1 ALBANIA
2
ARMENIA 33 COUNTRIES
AUSTRALIA
3
BOSNIA/HERZ SUPPORTING IRAQ
4 EL SALVADOR
5 GEORGIA
6
JAPAN
KAZAKHSTAN
7
KOREA
8 LATVIA
9
MACEDONIA
MOLDOVIA % of TOTAL TOTALS:
10
MONGOLIA IRAQI FORCES 68% 338,000
11
SINGAPORE
US FORCES 29% 144,000
12 SLOVAKIA
13
MNF-I FORCES 2% 12,000
NTM-I FORCES 0% 100
MNF-I/NTM-I
14

15 GRAND TOTAL 494,100

BULGARIA
CZECH REP
DENMARK
ESTONIA
LITHUANIA PL
POLAND
ROMANIA
UKRAINE ES
UK UK
US
AS

NTM-I RO

HUNGARY
DA
ICELAND
ITALY
NETHERLANDS
PORTUGAL
SLOVENIA SAUDI ARABIA
TURKEY

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NEW PRT FOOTPRINT

Dahuk

US PRT 7
COALITION 3
Ninawa
Erbil

1 PRT NEW 10
PLUS 3 Kirkuk
NEW PRTs Sulaymaniyah TOTAL PRT 20
IN ANBAR
Salah ad Din

Diyala

1 PRT PLUS 6
Baghdad
NEW PRTs IN
Anbar
BAGHDAD
Babil AREA
Karbala
Wasit

Diwaniyah Maysan
NORTH
NEW PRT
BABIL
Najaf
US PRT Dhi Qar

COALITION PRT
Basrah
Muthanna
BCT

PROVINCIAL SUPPORT
TEAM

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IRAQ PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS

FOCUS

ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ IMPROVE SECURITY, ECONOMIC

ADVANCEMENT, AND LOCAL GOVERNING ACTIONS.

OBJECTIVES

• GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ (GoI) IS VIEWED AS LEGITIMATE BY IRAQI

PEOPLE
• GoI PROVIDES SECURITY, ESSENTIAL SERVICES, JUSTICE AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL IRAQI CITIZENS
• IRAQ IS SELF-RELIANT AND POLITICALLY STABLE
• INACCESSIBLE AS A SAFE HAVEN FOR TERRORISTS
• INTEGRATED INTO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

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IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES
• 12,366 PROJECTS COMPLETE AT A
COST OF $9.16B
• THERE ARE 676 ONGOING AT $781.6M
• $5.3B REMAINS TO SPENT ON 1600
PLANNED RECONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS.

ERBIL-
ERBIL-IFRAZ WATER
BAIJI-
BAIJI-HADITHA-
HADITHA-QAIM SUPPLY
400KV

Program
IRRF
Complete 5070
AL KARKH
DFI
COURTHOUSE
Complete 520
CERP
Complete 6014
ISFF
Complete 219
ESF
Complete 0
OMA
Complete 347
MILCON
Complete 93
OTHER
Complete 103 AL BASRAH OIL
Grand Total 12366 TERMINAL 13
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IRAQ CHALLENGES

• BUILDING GOVERNMENT CAPACITY TO PROVIDE BASIC

SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE

• GETTING ECONOMIC GROWTH TO EMPLOY THE YOUNG MALES

• ESTABLISHING RULE OF LAW WITHIN THE COUNTRY

• SECURING BAGHDAD AND THE SUNNI TRIANGLE

• BUILDING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES (POLICE & ARMY) TO

PROVIDE SECURITY AND SUSTAIN ITSELF

• COUNTER IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED) THREAT

• COUNTER MORTAR THREAT

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IRAQ SUCCESS STORY
ABU NUWAS PARK – BEFORE…

…AND AFTER

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OUR MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN

US FORCES ALONG WITH AFGHAN

NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES:

• CONDUCT FULL SPECTRUM OPERATIONS TO DEFEAT

TERRORIST AND INSURGENT ELEMENTS

• INTEGRATE JOINT, INTER-AGENCY AND MULTI-NATIONAL

FORCES PARTNERED WITH THE AFGHANS IN ORDER TO
ESTABLISH SECURITY

• DETER THE RE-EMERGENCE OF TERRORISM TO ENHANCE

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF AFGHANISTAN

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UZBEKISTAN
GROUND FORCES XXXX
TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN
FAYZABAD
ACTIVE ARMY 17,800
RESERVE ARMY 3,200 KONDUZ
TOTAL 21,000 FR
MAZAR-E GE
RC NORTH
COALITION 21,700 SHARIF
MAIMANA
IT
MARINES 200
NO
AIR FORCE 4,000 NARAY
TU
NAVY 900 10
QALA NAW METHAR
82 CJTF ASADABAD
TOTAL 47,800 BAMIAN BAGRAM
LAM

HERAT CHAGCHARAN KABUL JALALABAD

IT RC EAST
GARDEZ
SP RC WEST NL GHAZNI
ANACONDA CHAMKANI
KHOWST
SHINDAND`
ORUZGAN 82
FARAH FOB WARRIOR
DEH RAWOD
TARIN KOWT QALAT SHKIN
ARMY AVIATION MUSA QALEH FOB BERMEL
GERESHK RO SHINKAY
UK KANDAHAR
AH-64 25 LASHKAR GAH
SPIN
UK BOLDAK SPECIAL OPERATIONS
UH-60 50 IRAN RC SOUTH FORCES
UK ARSOF 1,420
CH-47 25 CA
UAV 30

PAKISTAN
AS OF 15 MAY 07

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ISAF C2 STRUCTURE: 14 MAY 07

USCENTCOM
SHAPE
US EMBASSY
GEN Jones ADM Fallon
JFC Brunssum

GEN Back
ISAF
ANSF Title 22
TF CT
Funding
GEN McNeil
SOCCE
SOCCENT
DCOM Security (KUWAIT)
MG Layfield, USA CSTC-A
(Kabul)

MG Rodrieguez, USA MG Durbin, USA

RC Capital RC West RC North RC South ATF RC East CJTF-82

SES
BG Erden BG Satta BG Blotz BG Van Loon

NSE CJSOTF-A TF Phoenix Interagency TF Police

BCT BCT 3RD SFG BG Pritt, Coord Cell
4/82 ABN 3/10 MTN COL HAAS 41st BDE, ORNG
NATIONAL COMMAND COL SCHWEITZER COL NICHLSON
COORDINATION
NATO OPCON
US TACON

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UZBEKISTAN TAJIKISTAN
CONTRIBUTING NATIONS TURKMENISTAN
RC-NORTH
UNITED STATES 26,000 GERMAN LEAD FAYZABAD
UNITED KINGDOM 5,200
GERMANY 3,000
GE KONDUZ
CANADA 2,500
TU
NETHERLANDS 2,200 RC-CAPITAL
ll
TURKISH LEAD MAZAR-E SHARIF NO
ITALY 1,950
FRANCE 1,000 FR NARAY
TURKEY 800 RC-EAST
ROMANIA 750 MAIMANA US LEAD
IT
SPAIN 550 QALA NAW US
RC-WEST METHAR
AUSTRALIA 500 ITALIAN LEAD BAMIAN LAM ASADABAD
BAGRAM
NORWAY 500
CHAGCHARAN KABUL JALALABAD
POLAND 500 HERAT
IT
DENMARK 400 US
US
BELGIUM 300 GARDEZ
NL CHAMKANI
OTHER: 4,300 SP PO
– ALBANIA - AUSTRIA KHOWST
GHAZNI
– AZERBAIJAN - BULGARIA SHINDAND SHARANA
– CROATIA - CZECH REPUBLIC ORUZGAN ORGUN-E
– ESTONIA - FINLAND
– GREECE - HUNGARY DEH RAWOD DEH CHOPAN
FARAH QALAT
– ICELAND - IRELAND TARIN KOWT
– LATVIA - LITHUANIA MUSA QALEH FOB BERMEL
– LUXEMBURG - MACEDONIA GERESHK RO SHINKAY
– NEW ZEALAND - PORTUGAL KANDAHAR
– SLOVAKIA - SLOVENIA
LASHKAR GAH
– SWEDEN - SWITZERLAND SPIN
UK BOLDAK

TOTALS: US
IRAN RC-SOUTH
37 NATIONS UK LEAD CA
47,750 SERVICE MEMBERS
AS OF 20 APR 07
FORCE NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE

PAKISTAN

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UZBEKISTAN

PROVINCIAL TAJIKISTAN FAYZABAD

RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS
LOCATION COUNTRY TURKMENISTAN KONDUZ

RC-NORTH (5):
RC NORTH
MAZAR-E SHARIF
- MAIMANA NORWAY
MAIMANA
- MAZAR-E-SHARIF SWEDEN
- KONDUZ GERMANY POL-E-KHUMRI NURISTAN
- FAYZABAD GERMANY
- POL-E-KUMRI HUNGARY
PANJSHIR

METHAR LAM
RC-EAST (12): ASADABAD
QALA NAW BAGRAM
- ASADABAD USA
- METHAR LAM USA BAMIAN KABUL JALALABAD
-
-
BAGRAM
JALALABAD
USA
USA
HERAT CHAGCHARAN RC EAST
WARDAK GARDEZ
- WARDAK TURKEY
- BAMIAN NEW ZEALAND RC WEST GHAZNI
- GHAZNI USA
- SHARANA USA SHINDAND KHOWST
- GARDEZ USA SHARANA
- KHOWST USA
- PANJSHIR USA QALAT
- NURISTAN USA FARAH TARIN KOWT SHKIN

TYPICAL ORGANIZATION
RC-SOUTH (4): IRAN KANDAHAR
- QALAT USA, ROMANIA
LASHKAR GAH ELEMENT PERSONNEL
- TARIN KOWT NZ, AUSTRALIA COMMAND PAKISTAN 2
- KANDAHAR CANADA ADMINISTRATION 4
- LASHKAR GAH UK, DENMARK,
OPERATIONS 8
SPAIN
RC-WEST (4): RC SOUTH SUPPLY 10
- FARAH USA
FORCE PROTECTION 40
- HERAT ITALY CIVIL-MILITARY OPTNS 15
- QALA NAW SPAIN TRANSLATORS 4
- CHAGCHARAN LITHUANIA CIVILIAN SUPPORT 4
(USAID, DOS, USDA, GOA-MOI)
PAKISTAN
TOTAL ~85

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UZBEKISTAN

RC-NORTH TAJIKISTAN FAYZABAD

PRT PROJECTS $31,704,000
TURKMENISTAN
OTHER PROJECTS $170,380,000 KONDUZRC-CAPITAL
MAZAR-E SHARIF
TOTAL $202,084,000
PRT PROJECTS $10,764,000
MAIMANA RC-NORTH OTHER PROJECTS $52,654,000
POL-E-KHUMRI
TOTAL NURISTAN
$63,418,000

PANJSHIR
RC-WEST
METHAR LAM
PRT PROJECTS $165,804,000 ASADABAD
OTHER PROJECTS $72,438,000 QALA NAW BAGRAM
RC-CAPITAL
TOTAL $238,242,000 BAMIAN KABUL JALALABAD
HERAT CHAGCHARAN
WARDAK GARDEZ
RC-WEST GHAZNI
RC-EAST
SHINDAND KHOWST
SHARANA

QALAT
FARAH TARIN KOWT SHKIN

IRAN KANDAHAR
LASHKAR GAH RC-EAST
PAKISTAN
PRT PROJECTS $285,385,000
OTHER PROJECTS $228,812,000
RC-SOUTH TOTAL $314,197,000
RC-SOUTH
PRT PROJECTS $110,001,000
OTHER PROJECTS $119,531,000
TOTAL $229,532,000
PAKISTAN

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AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION
AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND - ARTF

• THREE MAIN AREAS:

1 - RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2 - INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / IMPROVEMENT
3 - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & CAPACITY BUILDING

• COALITION PARTNERSHIPS
UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS
UNITED STATES NORWAY
EUROPEAN COMMISSION SWEDEN
GERMANY OTHERS
CANADA

• EXPENDITURE BY SECTOR:
1 - RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2 - INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / IMPROVEMENT

3 - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & CAPACITY BUILDING

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AFGHANISTAN RING ROAD

10
14
17
Donors, Estimated Cost
19 Pul
-i-khumri 1 USA, $260M
15
20 Doshi Bazarak 2a USA, $216M
12
16 2b Saudi, $61M

9 21 Kabul 2c Japan, $62M

13 5
Herat
3 Japan, $34M
7 11 Jalalabad
B
6 4 ADB, Kuwait, $25M
C 5 EU, € 64 M
Pakistan
Iran 6 Pakistan, $25M
D 7 Iran, $43M
2a
India, $84 M
1 8 -
E
Dilaram 9 Iran, Saudi, ADB, -Unfunded
2b
Kandahar
2c F 10 ADB, $70M; $20M JFPR
3
8
11 Non - Funded
4
12 WB, $70M
Spin Boldak 13 Italy, € 36M
14 WB, $30M
15 IDB , WB, $10M
16 WB, $5M
17 USAID, $105M; WB $35M
9 Provincial Roads
18 USAID $270M

19 20 ADB, $135m for both

21 Spain, $62 M
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AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS STORIES

AGRICULTURE
• THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 28,000 MICRO-LOANS GIVEN OUT FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
• AT LEAST 140 FARM MARKETS HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED
• SINCE 2004, THERE HAS BEEN A 40% INCREASE IN CEREAL PRODUCTION, AND A 46% INCREASE IN
WHEAT PRODUCTION

ECONOMICS
• AFGHANISTAN ECONOMY VALUED AT $2.4 BILLION IN 2002; $7.3 BILLION IN 2006, AND PROJECTED TO
RISE TO $8.8 BILLION IN 2007
• PER CAPITA INCOME HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2001
• US PORTION OF THE KANDAHAR-HERAT HIGHWAY HAS REDUCED TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN THOSE
TWO MAJOR CITIES FROM 10 HOURS TO 4.3 HOURS

EDUCATION
• THE US HAS HELPED PRINT MORE THAN 48 MILLION TEXTBOOKS AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 42
MILLION
• MORE THAN 50,000 TEACHERS HAVE BEEN TRAINED. AT LEAST 65,000 TEACHERS REGULARLY LISTEN
TO A RADIO TEACHING PROGRAM THAT AIRS DAILY
• AT LEAST 5 MILLION STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED, A 500%INCREASE SINCE 2001. OF THESE, 40%
FEMALES

HEALTH CARE
• AT LEAST 80% OF THE POPULATION HAS ACCESS TO BASIC HEALTH CARE
• MORE THAN 500 HEALTH CLINICS HAVE BEEN BUILT AND SERVE 340,000 PATIENTS PER MONTH,
REACHING APPROXIMATELY 7.4 MILLION CITIZENS
• SINCE 2004, FULL IMMUNIZATION FOR CHILDREN 1–2 YEARS OF AGE HAS INCREASED 150%, TO 37% OF
THE POPULATION

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AFGHANISTAN CHALLENGES

• SECURITY:
– TALIBAN RESURGENCE IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES
– PROFESSIONALISM OF THE AFGHAN ARMY
– LOCAL POLICE CORRUPTION
– PAKISTAN BORDER CONTROL: MOVEMENT OF TALIBAN & CLASHES W/PAKISTAN

• IROA (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN) GOVERNANCE:

– CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY
– CORRUPTION OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
– EXPANDING NATIONAL INFLUENCE TO REMOTE PROVINCES
– GOVERNMENT REVENUE COLLECTION

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
– POPPY ERADICATION
– FINDING ALTERNATE PROFITABLE CROPS
– ILLICIT DRUG TRADE

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WHAT THE COALITION FORCES ARE UP

AGAINST…

…IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDs) AND

“SNIPER” THREAT

AND HOW WE PROTECT THE MOST PRECIOUS

ASSET… SOLDIERS

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IED MAIN COMPONENTS

POWER
SOURCE SWITCH

INITIATOR

MAIN
CASE CHARGE

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CONCEALMENT / EMPLACEMENT

ELEVATED CURBS AND

ON LIGHT BARRIERS EFPs
POLES AND
PLACED IN
BEHIND
THE ROAD DRAINAGE
ROAD SIGNS
CULVERTS

TRASH,
SAND
BAGS,
CONCRETE

VEHICLES PLACING RC
(VBIED) – ANTENNA
STATIC OUTSIDE OF
AND CREW BUBBLE
MOBILE TTPS

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VEHICLE BORNE IED DAMAGE

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SUICIDE VEST IED

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“SNIPER” THREAT

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COALITION COUNTER IED EFFORTS

COALITION PARTNERS ARE PART OF THE C-IED FIGHT:

• ALL PATROLLING AND SEARCH OPERATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO C-IED EFFORT
• COALITION PARTNERS PROVIDE SPECIALIST C-IED FORCES
• COALITION EOD EFFORTS TO REMOVE UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE (UXO) AND
EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR (ERW) INTERDICT MUNITIONS SUPPLY TO THE
BOMB BUILDERS
• COALITION REPRESENTATION ON JOINT IED DEFEAT ORGANIZATION STAFF
• US AND COALITION EQUIPMENT / POLICY EFFORTS:
– NATO C-IED PUBLICATION
– US / COALITION COMPATIBLE CREW SYSTEMS

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REF COUNTER IED EFFORT…EXAMPLES

CYCLONE
POWERFUL AIR BLOWER USED TO REMOVE DEBRIS AND
OTHER OBJECTS THAT MAY CONCEAL IEDs

BALLISTIC FACE SHIELDS

DESIGNED TO DEFEAT THE HANDGUN ROUNDS
AND BOMB FRAGMENTATIONS

PACBOT ROBOT
MARCBOT ROBOT
TACMAV

30% FASTER, GRIPS 3X STRONGER,

AND LIFTS 2X ITS PREDECESSOR
IDENTIFIES POSSIBLE IEDs

21 INCH TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

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OUR SOLDIERS…OUT FRONT FOR FREEDOM

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WARRIOR ETHOS

I WILL ALWAYS PLACE THE MISSION FIRST

I WILL NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT
I WILL NEVER QUIT
I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN COMRADE

THIS IS HOW OUR AMERICAN SOLDIER VIEWS LIFE

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OPERATIONS UPDATE

*****DRAFT *****
WELCOME FOREIGN ATTACHÉ VISITORS

29 MAY 07

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