Comments on: That Would Have Been Nice to Know Before I Got on the Helicopter…. http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/ Geckos in Paradise, urk, no make that Salt Lake City. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:22:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Dave Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:03:02 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-23 Bill: Nameing the robots is actually pretty common. One of the ANDROS robots here is named Kenny (after the South Park character), I'm fairly certain it's because it was blown up a couple of times in the past. When I was stationed at McGuire in New Jersey we had 4 ANDROS robots, two large and two small, the large ones were Sylvester and Coyote and the small ones were Tweety and Road Runner. As for "nose art", I haven't seen any, altough I hear a couple of the 'bots up a Manas, Kyrgyzstan has been decorated with Autobot and Decepticon symbols from "Transformers". No word on how they get along. Maureen: Yeah, we teach a class called Explosive Ordnance Recon every month or so. We could just as easily entitle it "How Not to Get Blown Up", it is designed to give personnel in the <a href="http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/a/00475.html" rel="nofollow">AOR</a> a basic skill set which will allow them to identify and report hazardous ordnance and IEDs as safely and efficiently as possible. One of the things we stress is to be as specific/detailed as possible in the initial report of the item and its surroundings. As you can see it doesn't always take! Bill: Nameing the robots is actually pretty common. One of the ANDROS robots here is named Kenny (after the South Park character), I’m fairly certain it’s because it was blown up a couple of times in the past. When I was stationed at McGuire in New Jersey we had 4 ANDROS robots, two large and two small, the large ones were Sylvester and Coyote and the small ones were Tweety and Road Runner. As for “nose art”, I haven’t seen any, altough I hear a couple of the ‘bots up a Manas, Kyrgyzstan has been decorated with Autobot and Decepticon symbols from “Transformers”. No word on how they get along.

Maureen: Yeah, we teach a class called Explosive Ordnance Recon every month or so. We could just as easily entitle it “How Not to Get Blown Up”, it is designed to give personnel in the AOR a basic skill set which will allow them to identify and report hazardous ordnance and IEDs as safely and efficiently as possible. One of the things we stress is to be as specific/detailed as possible in the initial report of the item and its surroundings. As you can see it doesn’t always take!

]]> By: Maureen http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Maureen Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:04:52 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-20 Ah yes, "educating the customer". They obviously hadn't a clue what info you needed to do the job correctly. Sounds like the non-EOD folks need a list of "helpful hints" to provide when calling these things in. Think they'd read it? I would, if it were my backside on the line, but that's just me. Ah yes, “educating the customer”. They obviously hadn’t a clue what info you needed to do the job correctly. Sounds like the non-EOD folks need a list of “helpful hints” to provide when calling these things in. Think they’d read it? I would, if it were my backside on the line, but that’s just me.

]]> By: Bill http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Bill Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:13:45 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-18 Was wondering whether you named and/or "nose arted" your robots? Was wondering whether you named and/or “nose arted” your robots?

]]> By: Bill http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Bill Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:21:14 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-17 Good thing that some steam roller didn't go cartwheeling through the air in a spray of hot asphalt. Although, I guess from the "wires comming out" it was intended for manual triggering. Good thing that some steam roller didn’t go cartwheeling through the air in a spray of hot asphalt. Although, I guess from the “wires comming out” it was intended for manual triggering.

]]> By: Dave http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Dave Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:35:59 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-15 The road was probably paved by one of the various reconstruction teams in the area. We do interact on a fairly steady basis with the locals who are usually quite welcoming and helpful. Except for the guys trying to kill us of course. They're not very nice. The road was probably paved by one of the various reconstruction teams in the area. We do interact on a fairly steady basis with the locals who are usually quite welcoming and helpful. Except for the guys trying to kill us of course. They’re not very nice.

]]> By: Bill http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Bill Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:05:02 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-13 That's interesting. Who paved the road? Nice of the locals to clue you in. Do you interact with the locals a lot? How would you gauge the general feeling toward our forces? That’s interesting. Who paved the road? Nice of the locals to clue you in. Do you interact with the locals a lot? How would you gauge the general feeling toward our forces?

]]> By: Dave http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Dave Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:32:41 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-12 Actually, that one I can answer since it won't require any specific info. The really amusing part is that the IED was there before the road was paved...it was found later by some locals who happened to notice wires comming out of the road embankment and reported it to U.S. forces. The U.S. forces pinpointed it with some mine detection equipment. Actually, that one I can answer since it won’t require any specific info. The really amusing part is that the IED was there before the road was paved…it was found later by some locals who happened to notice wires comming out of the road embankment and reported it to U.S. forces. The U.S. forces pinpointed it with some mine detection equipment.

]]> By: Bill http://www.explodinggecko.com/archives/6/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bill Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.explodinggecko.com/?p=6#comment-10 I know you probably can't answer this, but just in case, how did they get the IED under a paved road? Tunnel in from the side? Also, how were our troops able to detect it there? I know you probably can’t answer this, but just in case, how did they get the IED under a paved road? Tunnel in from the side? Also, how were our troops able to detect it there?

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