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Force Protection Operations

Force Protection Operations. March OPD. React to Unexploded Ordinance Hazards. AWT 093-401-5040. Purpose. The purpose is to familiarize leaders with force protection tactics, techniques, and procedures which have been successful in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

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Force Protection Operations

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  1. Force Protection Operations March OPD React to Unexploded Ordinance Hazards AWT 093-401-5040

  2. Purpose The purpose is to familiarize leaders with force protection tactics, techniques, and procedures which have been successful in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. OPD MARCH 2004

  3. Agenda • References • Force Protection Operations TTP • Summary and Review • Conclusion OPD MARCH 2004

  4. References CALL 03-20 FM 4-01.011 FM 7-98 FM 3-21 FM 71-1 FM 3-19.4 OPD MARCH 2004

  5. Force Protection Operations • Security Operations • Checkpoint Operations • Explosive Hazards • Convoy Operations React to Unexploded Ordinance Hazards AWT 093-401-5040 OPD MARCH 2004

  6. Explosive Hazards • Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) that have failed to function as designed • UXO and IED that have failed to detonate by design (for example: area denial munitions, land mines, and booby traps) OPD MARCH 2004

  7. Explosive Hazards • Three steps to take in reacting to UXO/IED • Recognize the explosive hazard • React to the explosive hazard • Report the explosive hazard OPD MARCH 2004

  8. Explosive Hazards • Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) • Package type • Vehicle borne • Suicide bomber OPD MARCH 2004

  9. Methods of Activation • Command activation--by radio, electric leads, pull wire/mechanical strikers. • Action by the subject/target--trip wire, pressure device, light sensitive device, electric. • Time delay--clock, burning fuse, chemical delay, atmospheric pressure OPD MARCH 2004

  10. Suicide Vest OPD MARCH 2004

  11. Partially Detonated IED

  12. IEDs in OIF/OEF OPD MARCH 2004

  13. Pepsi Can IED

  14. Saddam Poster IED

  15. More IEDs Car Alarm Car Alarm D Cell Batteries Blasting Cap Explosive Charge(s) D cell Batteries Explosive Charge Car Alarm w/ Batteries Firing Wire Firing Wire Electric Blasting Cap Car Alarm D Cell Batteries

  16. IEDs in OIF/OEF

  17. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED)TACTICS, TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES (TTPs) The Basic “No Frills” IED Attack Direction of Traffic Mil/Civ Convoy IED Placed on Shoulder Median Strip Median Strip Median Strip Typical Iraqi 4 lane highway Variation: IED Placed in the Median Strip

  18. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED)TACTICS, TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES (TTPs) The “Broken Down Vehicle” IED Attack Direction of Traffic Stopped fake “Broken Down” vehicle canalizes military traffic into close proximity to IED Median Strip Median Strip Median Strip IED

  19. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (IED)TACTICS, TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES (TTPs) The “Fiendishly Clever” IED Attack Lead vehicle sees fake IED and stops. The convoy stops behind it. Real IEDs on flanks of stopped convoy are then command detonated Direction of Traffic Easily seen Fake IED The Real IEDs Daisy Chained Together Visible Wires Median Strip Median Strip Median Strip

  20. Ambush Technique OPD MARCH 2004

  21. Result of IED/Ambush

  22. Chechnya IED OPD MARCH 2004

  23. Chechnya IED OPD MARCH 2004

  24. Chechnya IED OPD MARCH 2004

  25. Chechnya IED OPD MARCH 2004

  26. OPD MARCH 2004

  27. Chechnya IED OPD MARCH 2004

  28. What Can You do to Mitigate Threat? • Keep Alert: Make yourself a “Hard Target” • Be Prepared for IED Attack Followed by Ambush • Be and Appear Vigilant • Personnel Who Look Ready to Fight Back Make Bad Targets • Bad Guys Wait for the Next Convoy OPD MARCH 2004

  29. What Can You do to Mitigate Threat? • Maintain Convoy Speed when Possible • Maintain vehicle dispersion • Be Extra Cautious at choke points-Iraqi Vehicle Breakdowns-Bridges, one way roads, traffic jams, sharp turns, etc… • If Something Causes the Convoy to Stop, Watch Your Flanks for IEDs (Post Ops) OPD MARCH 2004

  30. What Can You do to Mitigate Threat? • Vests and Helmets Save Lives…Wear Them! • Ballistic Glasses Save Eyesight • Wear Earplugs-Prevents damage to eardrums OPD MARCH 2004

  31. What Can You do to Mitigate Threat? • Rehearse Actions on Contact for an IED • Get Out of the “Kill Zone” Fast • Do NOT Approach the IED • Soldier was Killed Doing this when the IED was Command Detonated as the Soldier “Inspected” It OPD MARCH 2004

  32. Summary The purpose has been to familiarize leaders with force protection tactics, techniques, and procedures which have been successful in Afghanistan and Iraq OPD MARCH 2004

  33. Look Hard, Be Hard “This is about shifting the mindset of soldiers from identifying what they do as a soldier- - ‘I’m a cook, I’m an infantryman, I’m a postal clerk’ - - toward ‘I am a warrior’ when people ask what they do for a living.” BG Benjamin Freakley Commander U.S. Army Infantry Center

  34. U.S. soldiers can use the lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq to successfully secure fixed sites, deter and prevent terrorist attacks, and save lives. Conclusion OPD MARCH 2004

  35. QUESTIONS? OPD MARCH 2004

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