on this mission, brad will drive, chase mans the gun and the robot, and the chief leads. this village is not very friendly. there has been some talk about them wanting to his this town. has not happened yet. just keep your eyes open. yep. you can tell who likes you and who don t like you. got that look. several miles away from the town, the convoy approaches the site of the suspected ied. this area is known for ieds.
in the village, the convoy finds a narrow bridge blocking their path to the bomb site. i am going to dismount. rather than risk driving over the bridge, ricky decides to make the dangerous trip on foot. i will be back and we ll get a game plan. in hostile territory, an eod tech is always accompanied by an army escort and interpreter. it s a long walk for ricky knowing not everybody in the village is on his side. and the road is rumored to be littered with ieds. only the taliban knows where they are. so ricky cautionly leads the way