RPA Eye in the Sky Watches Da’esh Fighters

06/07/2016
06/07/2016: A Coalition unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) observes two Da’esh fighters emplacing an improvised explosive device (IED) near the town of Doudyan, Syria, this information was used to report threat locations back to friendly forces. The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the Daesh…

Operation Black Sand

09/29/2011
09/29/2011: This video shows how U.S. Marines with Route Clearance Platoon, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (2D CEB) remove an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on their way back to Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan on August 13, 2011. After Operation Black Sand ended, it was up to Route Clearance platoon to find and…