Soldiers from the US 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and the Royal Thai Army are practicing jungle-based counter-improvised explosive devices (IED) techniques during a week-long exercise in Thailand, the US Army said in a press release on Monday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th February, 2019) Soldiers from the US 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and the Royal Thai Army are practicing jungle-based counter-improvised explosive devices (IED) techniques during a week-long exercise in Thailand, the US Army said in a press release on Monday."The training includes identifying, assessing and marking IEDs in a jungle environment," the release said. "The culminating event is a combined US and Thai dismounted platoon lane that requires the Soldiers to react to IEDs."
The Army explained that the soldiers are shown a static display of IEDs from the local region and rotate among three different practical exercises.
The exercises include IED identification lane from zero to 200 meters, identifying objects while walking through a jungle trail and a culminating event involving an integrated Thai and US platoon, the release said.
The exercise named Hanuman Guardian is taking place at Nimman Kolayut base in Thailand from January 29 through February 6, the release added.
