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Old 05-22-2014, 05:30   #4
BryanK
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He should be more worried about foreign entities with agendas rather than worry about less than 1% of the population that chose to defend our American soil. Sure, there will be the occasional wacko, but an MRAP? Also to add, I've been to a lot of classes and briefings throughout my stint in the Army, and I can't recall even one class where we were taught to build IED's. SOF folks, EOD, and Engineers have that knowledge, but your run-of-the-mill conventional support troops do not. Aside from the MRE trick that is

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Pentagon warns that US faces IED threat at home

“It is clear the IED is the primary weapon of choice” for terrorist networks and, as a result, “is one of the enduring operational and domestic security challenges for the foreseeable future,” says Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, director of the Pentagon’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Organization. “The domestic IED threat from both homegrown extremists and global threat networks is real and presents a significant security challenge for the United States.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Militar...threat-at-home
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