WEBVTT 00:00.109 --> 00:03.109 My name is Sar First Class Daniel Hart , 00:03.349 --> 00:06.000 and I'm with , uh , Bravo Company 572 00:06.000 --> 00:09.310 Bev in the '86 IBCT . Today we're , 00:09.479 --> 00:12.199 uh , we're having a demo range . The 00:12.199 --> 00:16.000 intent on this one is to train the 00:16.000 --> 00:18.950 infantry on what the engineers do . Um , 00:19.159 --> 00:21.559 so our engineers normally , uh , are 00:21.559 --> 00:24.479 there to , uh , reduce obstacles or 00:24.479 --> 00:27.030 breach , something like that . Uh , so 00:27.030 --> 00:30.569 the Battalion commanders intent 00:30.569 --> 00:32.791 here is for them to learn what we do in 00:32.791 --> 00:34.902 case we go down , especially if there 00:34.902 --> 00:36.958 is a complex breach . There's a very 00:36.958 --> 00:39.090 high , uh , mortality rate for 00:39.090 --> 00:42.029 engineers doing a breach , um , so it's 00:42.029 --> 00:43.696 important for the infantry to 00:43.696 --> 00:46.250 understand how to do what we do . So 00:46.250 --> 00:48.528 these guys are gonna be learning about , 00:48.540 --> 00:51.279 um . Kind of crawl , walk , run . We're 00:51.279 --> 00:53.279 building all of our stuff here . So 00:53.279 --> 00:55.612 they're building all their charges here , 00:55.612 --> 00:57.779 uh , pulling M19s first , priming deck 00:57.779 --> 01:00.819 cord , or excuse me , priming C4 . Then 01:00.819 --> 01:03.041 we'll have them prime their urban urban 01:03.041 --> 01:05.041 breecher charges . Uh , we've got a 01:05.041 --> 01:06.986 donut charge , linear charge , and 01:06.986 --> 01:09.097 water impulse charge . We got a bunch 01:09.097 --> 01:11.430 of those today . Uh , once they do that , 01:11.430 --> 01:13.486 then they'll be priming their brazer 01:13.486 --> 01:15.597 charge , which is pretty much what we 01:15.597 --> 01:17.597 use to breach wire obstacles . Uh , 01:17.597 --> 01:19.819 it's kind of an improvised charge . And 01:19.819 --> 01:22.050 once they're done with all of that , 01:22.500 --> 01:24.769 our guys will prep a deliberate road 01:24.769 --> 01:26.769 crater charge . So it's pretty much 01:26.769 --> 01:28.825 when you know that there's a road so 01:28.825 --> 01:31.047 wide , we need to destroy it so nothing 01:31.047 --> 01:32.991 can get passed . So that'll be the 01:32.991 --> 01:34.936 cherry on top for today . But once 01:34.936 --> 01:36.936 they're , they're here building the 01:36.936 --> 01:39.047 charges this morning , this afternoon 01:39.047 --> 01:41.158 we'll go down range and start popping 01:41.158 --> 01:43.213 M81s . There are 4 nationals working 01:43.213 --> 01:45.436 with us . We have the , uh , Macedonian 01:45.436 --> 01:47.602 EOD . We're tracking about 5 Austrians 01:47.602 --> 01:49.713 and soldiers from Montenegro that are 01:49.713 --> 01:52.010 here , and they'll be learning 01:52.010 --> 01:54.121 everything that the infantry is , and 01:54.121 --> 01:55.954 then at the end of the day , our 01:55.954 --> 01:58.177 engineers will get to do the deliberate 01:58.177 --> 01:57.849 rogue crater , which they've never done . 01:58.769 --> 02:02.569 Uh , packing over 400 to 500 pounds of 02:02.569 --> 02:04.569 explosives , so it should be a good 02:04.569 --> 02:06.791 shot . It's very important to work with 02:06.791 --> 02:08.791 your , uh , national counterparts . 02:08.791 --> 02:11.069 It's good like to be working with them , 02:11.069 --> 02:13.402 um , and then just understand what's Uh , 02:14.740 --> 02:17.759 Just learning like the TTPs . Like 02:17.759 --> 02:19.926 between the different countries really 02:19.926 --> 02:22.148 helps us out . They know different ways 02:22.148 --> 02:22.000 of doing things . We know different 02:22.000 --> 02:24.056 ways of doing things . So when we do 02:24.056 --> 02:26.167 get together , we can learn from each 02:26.167 --> 02:28.056 other . I think that's one of the 02:28.056 --> 02:30.056 biggest parts of it . The food that 02:30.056 --> 02:32.278 they're here on the demo range , we get 02:32.278 --> 02:34.611 to share this experience with them . Uh , 02:34.611 --> 02:36.722 they've helped us a lot too , so just 02:36.722 --> 02:38.944 being out here , we're able to do a lot 02:38.944 --> 02:41.056 more here at this particular training 02:41.056 --> 02:43.222 range than we would be able to back in 02:43.222 --> 02:45.278 the states . So this is just a great 02:45.278 --> 02:47.333 opportunity to train , uh , with our 02:47.333 --> 02:49.759 foreign partner nations and , uh . Yeah , 02:49.869 --> 02:52.091 we're really looking forward to it . So 02:52.091 --> 02:55.229 my favorite part of training so far has 02:56.080 --> 02:58.759 probably been watching our engineers 02:58.759 --> 03:00.600 teaching other people , like our 03:00.600 --> 03:03.679 younger Joe's teaching , uh , the 03:03.679 --> 03:05.512 infantry or people that don't do 03:05.512 --> 03:07.568 explosives how to do that and really 03:07.568 --> 03:09.623 kind of stepping up . So I feel like 03:09.623 --> 03:12.000 you learn , you learn more when you 03:12.000 --> 03:14.369 have to teach something . So seeing 03:14.369 --> 03:16.425 them do that , I think was fantastic 03:16.425 --> 03:18.639 and then of course , going down range 03:18.639 --> 03:21.240 and actually doing urban breaching with 03:21.240 --> 03:24.050 them , uh , you don't get a lot of 03:24.050 --> 03:26.320 chances to do this stuff . So to be 03:26.320 --> 03:29.309 able to do this stuff here . With the 03:29.309 --> 03:32.550 infantry down range , I mean , what's 03:32.550 --> 03:34.717 not to love about explosives ? It's uh 03:35.229 --> 03:37.396 Door breaching , you're right there up 03:37.396 --> 03:40.029 on the wall , ready to go right through 03:40.029 --> 03:42.085 the breach right there . It's , it's 03:42.085 --> 03:44.196 fantastic . The best part of training 03:44.196 --> 03:46.362 I'm looking forward to are two shots , 03:46.362 --> 03:48.640 and that's the deliberate rogue crater , 03:48.640 --> 03:50.862 because we've never been able to blow , 03:50.990 --> 03:53.300 uh , this amount of explosives before 03:53.300 --> 03:55.522 on the states . Normally we're set down 03:55.522 --> 03:58.210 to about 40 pounds or so . And same 03:58.210 --> 04:00.377 with the shape charges . So here to be 04:00.377 --> 04:03.100 able to blow all of the , uh , all this 04:03.100 --> 04:05.210 the crater charges at once , really 04:05.210 --> 04:07.543 looking forward to that , and then also . 04:07.860 --> 04:10.679 Getting into that tank . Uh , a couple 04:10.679 --> 04:12.735 of improvised charges , we're really 04:12.735 --> 04:12.839 looking forward to that .