A safe way paved for troops

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Searching for IEDs
Soldiers travel at less than 1 mph to clear roads.


A safe way paved for troops
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Apr 5, 2008 7:25:23 EDT

BAGHDAD — Soldiers with the 84th Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, roll outside the gates of Camp Liberty each day in their odd-looking collection of vehicles equipped with mechanical arms, blower cones and mine rollers.

Then they drive, at less than 1 mph, for up to eight hours combing the urban landscape for signs of buried bombs.

Remaining alert is critical to this dangerous job, but the work can be mind-numbingly boring.

“It gets really monotonous and really old quick,” said Staff Sgt. Raymond McGrew, who is in charge of a crew that rides in a Stryker vehicle with a plow affixed to the front.

“When we see something, we call it out and make sure everybody’s tracking and everybody’s awake,” he said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/army_routeclearance_040508w/

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