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tactical minefield

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A minefield that is employed to directly attack enemy maneuver as part of a formation obstacle plan and is laid to delay, channel, or break up an enemy advance, giving the defending element a positional advantage over the attacker.


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For example, what would normally be the battalion's communications section now manages the MEIOCC's tactical minefield database systems, Porter said.
There are also other geospatially enabled tools available to engineers, to include the Tactical Minefield Database (TMFDB), Mobile Command System-Engineer (MCS-E), High-Volume Map Production (HVMP) System, Theater Geospatial Database (TGD), and emerging handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) that use embedded geospatial software.
Training included tracking mines and explosive hazards with the Tactical Minefield Database (TMFDB) System, MICC operations and procedures, mine awareness instructor training, engineer-specific instructor training, United Nations demining operations and standards, information collection and analysis, incident investigation, an overview of mine detection dogs, and other topics to enable them to conduct their mission.
 
 
 
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