Airborne combat engineers train to breach wire obstacle

1 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team briefs his engineers on a breaching mission using a dirt mockup of the battlefield July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In spite of the 105-degree weather, the soldiers trained... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

2 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A combat engineer throws a grappling hook to clear a potential mine field before advancing during a field training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratrooper and his first sergeant observing at right belong to 1st Brigade Combat Tea... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

3 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A combat engineer tosses a smoke grenade over a wire obstacle he and his fellow 82nd Airborne Division engineers will breach during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The smoke will give the paratroopers cover from enemy fire as ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

4 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Using a smoke grenade as cover, a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team clears potential mines leading up to a wire obstacle with the aid of a grappling hook during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg,... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

5 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team clears potential mines leading up to a wire obstacle with the aid of a grappling hook during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Engineers routinely breac... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

6 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team cuts through a wire obstacle during a live-fire training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Observing and mentoring at left is the company’s senior enliste... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

7 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team cuts through a wire obstacle during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In spite of the 105-degree heat, the paratroopers trained throughout the ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

8 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team cuts through a wire obstacle during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. In spite of the 105-degree heat, the paratroopers trained throughout the ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

9 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – After breaching a wire obstacle, a team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team marks a safe path of travel for advancing troops during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Infantrymen know to ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

10 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – After combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team have breached a wire obstacle, their fellow engineers move forward along the red-staked safe path of travel during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

11 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – After breaching a wire obstacle, a team of combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team moves to cover to establish a firing position during a live-fire training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Engineers rou... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

12 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team throws a smoke grenade to provide cover as he and fellow engineers move forward to establish a firing position during a training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

13 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team fire on an enemy position during a live-fire training exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The engineers must be familiar with infantry tactics, as they are routinely ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

14 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Second Lt. Zachary Rozar, a combat engineer platoon leader with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, coordinates fire with teams of machine gunners on his right flank during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Hi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

15 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team clears a jammed M249 machine gun during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. After breaching a wire obstacle, the paratroopers are laying down a base of f... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

16 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Combat engineers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team lay down a base of fire on an enemy position during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers trained all day and into the night in spite of 10... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

17 / 17 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spent shell casings pile up next to a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team who is manning an M240-B machine gun during a live-fire exercise July 21, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Machine gunners provided covering fir... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Airborne combat engineers train to breach wire obstacle

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