TOPIC: Mine and Booby Trap Awareness.
DISCUSSION: Mine and booby trap education for soldiers deploying to foreign countries is one of our greatest challenges. There are over 2,700 different types of mines and fuse combinations in the world today. Land mines and booby traps are a constant threat during peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations.
LESSON(s):
- All soldiers need to know how to identify, mark, and report the presence of minefields.
- Expect constant changes in local mine warfare techniques.
- Never attempt to disarm a land mine; report its location through your chain of command.
- Do not move over the most obvious and easiest ground without first checking it for mines.
- Never pull, or cut any wire, taut or slack, without first examining both ends. It is preferable that you do not touch the wire while examining it.
- In convoys, the lead vehicle should proof the route of march. Use sand bags, flak vests, steel plates, or lumber to protect crew. Limit the number of personnel in the vehicle.
- A mine or suspicious object immediate action drill is: WARN THOSE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, DETERMINE LIMITS OF THE MINEFIELD, MARK THE LIMITS OF THE MINEFIELD, REPORT TO HIGHER, and AVOID. In areas which may be mined, always move with eyes open and treat with suspicion any object, natural or artificial, which appears out of place in its surrounding. If a soldier is wounded from a mine, use the following casualty immediate action drill. One person clears a route to the casualty. LOOK, PROBE, DETECT. Clear the area immediately around the casualty. Administer essential first aid. Remove the casualty from the minefield using a cleared route. Administer additional first aid. Evacuate the casualty as soon as possible.
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