Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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. A shattered pole remains from the force of the explosion....
Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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......
Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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......
Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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.The Soldier taping the kicker charge to the top of the pole stands on the shoulders of another Soldier....
Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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.Spc. Sergio Porras, combat engineer, tapes a second block of C-4 explosive to the pole. The lower charge will......
Photo by Cynthia McIntyre | Fort Hunter Liggett Public Affairs Office | 01.24.2018
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. Sequence shows the explosion....
