Spartan engineers conduct demo range

Photo By Spc. Robert Winns | Soldiers of 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, take cover from shrapnel behind a blast blanket while conducting an urban breach during live demolition training May 4, 2017 at Fort Stewart, Ga. The training was an opportunity for leaders and Soldiers throughout the battalion to engage in realistic training on timber cutting, steel, shape and water impulse charges. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Robert Winns/ Released)  

FORT STEWART, GA, UNITED STATES

05.04.2017

Story by Spc. Robert Winns 

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs

FORT STEWART, Ga. - Combat engineers with the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division certified on a demolition range at Fort Stewart, Ga., May 4, 2017.

During the three day range, sappers integrated demolitions into their mobility, countermobility and survivability skills; techniques that involved timber cutting, steel charges, shape charges and water impulse charges.

“With the brigade transitioning to an armored brigade, our role as combat engineers will be larger,” said 1st Lt. Martin Mudd, executive officer of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. “We’re going to be needed on a larger scale.”

Timber cutting allows the engineers to clear trees for armored vehicles to pass through said Sgt. Michael Frizzell of Alpha Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. It also creates obstacles for enemy forces.

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“Combat engineers are the main effort on breaching.” he said. “We are also trained to work hand in hand with our infantrymen. We blow the door and they clear the room. It’s a team effort.”

Frizell stated that they don’t get to use live explosives often, so conducting this demolition range was a great opportunity to experience realistic hands on training and improve the battalion’s overall combat readiness.

• Date Taken: 05.04.2017
• Date Posted: 05.10.2017 16:54
• Story ID: 233367
• Location: FORT STEWART, GA, US