FM 3-34.22 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

Appendix D
Clearance
company
Engineer
squad
(canine)
EHCC
Note. EOD personnel have specialized capabilities. Proper coordination and planning by the
EOD staff cell is imperative to employ these capabilities at the right time and place. (See
FM 4-30.16 and FM 4-30.51 for more information on EOD capabilities.)
Table D-1. Selected units involved in clearing operations
Unit Mission Capabilities/Planning Factors
Geospatial
engineering
team
� Conducts
detection and
neutralization
of EHs along
routes and
within areas in
support of BCT
operations
� Performs EH
search and
detection in
support of
route and area
clearance
� Establishes
and maintains
an EH
database
� Conducts
pattern
analysis
� Investigates
mine and IED
strikes and
UXO hazard
areas
� Provides
technical
advice and
TTPs on the
mitigation of
EHs
� Provides
terrain analysis
and geospatial
support to the
field
� Provides training readiness and oversight of assigned route and
area clearance platoons
� Provides C2 for three to five route, area, or Sapper platoons,
operating as an engineer team in the execution of route or area
clearance missions
� Clears 255 kilometers of two-way routes per day (three routes of 85
kilometers each)
� Clears 2 acres per day (two 1-acre areas)
� Detects metallic and nonmetallic mines (both buried and
surface-laid) and other EHs
� Conducts minefield extraction, combat patrols, building searches
(disruptive and nondisruptive), vehicle searches, and cave
clearances
� Searches open areas, fields, woods, hedgerows, and
embankments
� Proofs along roads, tracks, and railways
� Provides EH battle tracking in theater
� Establishes, maintains, and shares the EH-tracking database within
the JOA
� Consolidates and conducts an analysis of requests for
modifications to the JOA UXO supplemental list
� Provides training updates to field units
� Coordinates the employment of EHTs
� Coordinates site evaluations and strike incident investigations (four
sites simultaneously) or conducts unit training (four sites
simultaneously)
� Assists ISR planners with EH pattern analysis and intelligence
collection management
� Provides updated TTP and guidance for clearing operations.
� Performs geospatial pattern analysis for tracking and locating IEDs
� Provides geospatial input for the IPB process
D-2 FM 3-34.22 11 February 2009