Improvised Explosive Device.. pretty much a cheap crude bomb made from whatever explosive materials these guys can find. Old artillery shells, land mines, RPG's, etc.

Ah - so the whole Iraqi / terrorist / Islamic / Afghani / Oklahoma City arsenal, basically.

Improvised Explosive Device as someone else said

Another one you will see is

VBIED - Vehicle Borne IED - aka "car bomb"

And yeah, I'm quite sure the Michael is seeing thing he is NOT talking about - it's called Operational Security, and if he does talk about them he 1)Puts his own life at risk, and 2)He won't be invited to a lot of the places he goes. You have to me amazed at what he does - he basically runs around AS a soldier, without being one, and exposes himself to the very same risks as the guys on the "cutting edge" :mg:

Yeah, the guy def. has my utmost respect

Motorola can't be happy about this.

He reminds me of the WW II and Viet Nam combat photographers. Shame there were no Blogs back the but they have written books. Somehow books don't have the almost realtime intimacy that a blog does. I'm betting on Scan Eagle or one of it's kin. I've seen footage of what they can see from the air at night and it's amazing.
The people on the ground have no idea it's up there watching everything they do while they think they are under the cover of darkness...everything. :mg:
Hello, young lovers, where ever you are...... :blush:

bruce, ever read "We were solders once and young?" by Joe Galloway and Lt. Gen. (ret.) Hal Moore? I saw the movie first then read the book. the movie and the book shook hands very well only with a few exceptions. A very good read. I highly recommend it.

Yes. :thumb:

I like seeing my tax dollars put to good use.

improvised explosive device,
In the millatary you shorten every thing ,
ever hear the word ASAP , as soon as possible

I got a nice "thank you" card from Michael Yon today. :)

Well done! All around!

I just read Michael's latest report from Mosul and WOW, is it amazing...

it's long, but worth every minute you spend:

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

Another trigger
 

Note the message on the screen.

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