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    Ready for the Boom [Image 5 of 6]

    Ready for the Boom

    FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA, UNITED STATES

    01.24.2018

    Photo by Cynthia McIntyre 

    Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office

    Staff Sgt. Daron Dowell unspools
    the detonator cord attached to the
    shock tube, which sends a pressurized
    spark to the M23 blasting cap
    to set off the explosion.A Company, 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, train at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., for an abatis demolition to fell trees. Power poles stand in for trees and are rigged with C-4 explosive to fall in a cross-cross pattern to block a road. Staff Sgt. Daron Dowell unspools the detonator cord attached to the shock tube, which sends a pressurized spark to the M23 blasting cap to set off the explosion.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 01.24.2018
    Date Posted: 07.06.2018 18:08
    Photo ID: 4538891
    VIRIN: 180124-O-AP697-781
    Resolution: 2784x1856
    Size: 2.78 MB
    Location: FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA, US

    Web Views: 45
    Downloads: 6

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