Borders honored with other Gold Star families at state service - Coshocton Tribune
26 May 2012, 6:23 am
An improvised explosive device detonated and killed Raymond and a U.S. Army soldier, Staff Sgt. Jorge M. Oliveira, 33, of Newark, N.J. The families of 23 military personnel whose lives were lost in the past year were invited by Gov. John Kasich ...

Shades of Guilt in One Soldier’s Purple Heart - New York Times Blogs
26 May 2012, 12:32 am
During a foot patrol in the city of Baquba, my boot caught a tripwire and ignited an improvised explosive device, or I.E.D., just yards behind me. I was immediately medevacked to Iraq’s theater hospital. In and out of consciousness in the ...

CACI Awarded Prime Position on $900 Million Multiple-Award Contract to Support Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 10:45 pm
The Wexford Group International, a wholly owned company of CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI), announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM ...

Injured Marine welcomed home in Gainesville - MyFox Atlanta
25 May 2012, 9:41 pm
Pfc. Sean Adams, 19, stepped on an improvised explosive device while on patrol back in February. The IED left him without legs, a left thumb and right pinkie finger, He has been recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center ever since. "It feels great to ...

Corporation awarded contract to kill roadside bombs - Dayton Daily News
25 May 2012, 6:20 pm
Improvised explosive devices have killed 13 U.S. troops in Afghanistan this month alone, the Defense Department said. Northrop “could bring together all the skills that would be needed for a complete IED solution,” defense analyst Loren Thompson ...

Oregonian medic wounded in Afghanistan - Oregonian
25 May 2012, 5:23 pm
A Springfield resident and a 2010 graduate of George Fox University in Newberg was being transferred Friday to an Army hospital in San Antonio to be treated for burns and wounds suffered when she was caught in a blast from an improvised bomb in Afghanistan.

Boy, 16, charged with exploding bottle bombs in Aberdeen - Baltimore Sun
25 May 2012, 1:48 pm
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the explosion of two improvised bottle bombs in an Aberdeen Dumpster, according to state fire marshals. Aberdeen city police originally responded to the first block of East Bel Air Avenue for ...

Flashlight Bomber Possibly Responsible for Third Device, Donated to Phoenix Salvation Army - Phoenix New Times
25 May 2012, 11:04 am
The dolt dropping off improvised explosive devices around Glendale in the form of flashlights may have delivered his third yesterday -- this time in Phoenix. Someone dropped a flashlight in the donations at a Salvation Army in Phoenix yesterday ...

Guardsmen injured in Afghan attack - Niles Daily Star
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Two roadside bombs, also known as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), exploded as the convoy was traveling through northern Afghanistan. Spc. Eric Lund, 29, of Ludington, was injured while in the gun turret of the first vehicle. The first IED ...

UW grad serving with JBLM unit killed in Afghanistan - KING-5
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
Travis A. Morgado, 25, of San Jose, Calif., died May 23 in Zharay, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his patrol with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment ...