Heavy Rescue Operations During Operation Iraqi Freedom

Abstract

Bombing in Baghdad! You have probably heard that often in the past year or so and seen images of people digging through rubble with their bare hands to help those who are trapped in a building partially destroyed by a bomb. But after the bombing of the United Nations compound in the summer of 2003, we knew that something had to be done to protect the force during incidents such as this. We needed to be able to react appropriately in a chaotic situation and turn it into a managed process. The purpose of this article is to show how the 458th Engineer Battalion (Corps)(Wheeled) took a division-directed mission and turned it into a force multiplier for the 1st Cavalry Division.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA596245

Entities

People

  • Adam S. Roth

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Casualties
  • Construction Equipment
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosive Devices
  • Force Protection
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Iraqi-War
  • Low Angles
  • Personnel Management
  • Search And Rescue
  • Security
  • Training
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science