Counter IED Response Tactics

You do not get a second chance around an improvised charge. Distance and hard cover keep you alive. This piece shows the exact decisions that matter in the first minute and the posture that prevents new casualties. It covers cordon control radio discipline stand off cover selection pattern recognition for secondary threats and handoff to EOD without drama.

Control the scene or the scene controls you. Push people out to safe ground and deny movement back in. Hold discipline until the device team takes custody.