EOD―Explosive Ordnance Divisionの存在については皆さんよくご存知だと思います。以前にも、当ブログで装具がかなり特徴的な192nd Ordnance Divisionについての記事を投稿しました。彼らはRanger等に付随するEODだそうですね。ではグリーンベレー、特にCIFではどうなのでしょうか。
CIFの場合、レンジャーのように同じ陸軍からEODを引っ張ってくるのではなく、海軍EODをチームに加えます。
In addition, USN EOO forces are assigned to special contingency operations at sea and ashore (Naval Special Warfare [NSW] and Commanders In-Extremis Force [CIF]) [2]陸海空海兵の4軍共同で発表の書類より引用。NSWとCIFに随伴するとの記述がある。では次に、具体的にどのような役目をEODは行っているのでしょうか。
The USN EOD mission is to support national security strategy by providing forces capable of
conducting land and underwater detection, identification, render safe, recovery, field evaluation,
and disposal of explosive ordnance. [2]
ざっと訳すと、「海軍EODの任務は、地上と水中における（爆発物の）検出・同定・安全の確保・修復・場の判定・爆発物処理を行う部隊を(NSWやCIFに）供給することによって、国の安全戦略を支援することである。」という感じでしょうか。SFの中には爆発物処理のスペシャリストが存在しないので海軍から派遣されている、というふうです。同じような理由で、Fused Responseのような規模の大きな訓練には、18Dよりさらに上の資格を持つPJが派遣されてくる…ということのようです。
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| Special Forces personnel conduct a training exercise during Fused Response 2014. The exercise, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by Special Operations Command South, aims to improve interoperability, tactics, and training techniques between U.S. SOF and Belize Defence Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Elisandro T. Diaz/Not Reviewed) |
では、実際にCIFに混じっているEODの画像を少し挙げてみることにしましょう。
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Special Forces personnel conduct a training exercise during Fused Response 2014. The exercise, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by Special Operations Command South, aims to improve interoperability, tactics, and training techniques between U.S. SOF and Belize Defence Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Elisandro T. Diaz/Not Reviewed)
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| Special Forces personnel conduct a training exercise during Fused Response 2014. The exercise, sponsored by U.S. Southern Command and executed by Special Operations Command South, aims to improve interoperability, tactics, and training techniques between U.S. SOF and Belize Defence Forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Elisandro T. Diaz/Not Reviewed) |
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| U.S. Special Operations personnel make a tactical assault during an urbanized terrain demonstration for the Joint Civilian Orientation Course at Panzer Kaseme, Special Operations Command Europe in Stuttgart Germany, Sept. 25, 2008. JCOC is the oldest existing Pentagon outreach program, having been held 75 times since its inception in 1948. A Secretary of Defense sponsored program, JCOC is reserved for American leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and national defense. JCOC 76 participants will visit the European Command?s area of responsibility over the 8-day period from Sept. 19th-26. JCOC participants attend briefings by senior military and civilian officials followed by hands-on experience observing exercises, participating in training and interacting with troops stationed across the globe who are engaged in our nation's commercial, diplomatic, humanitarian and military interests in locations that may be unknown to many Americans. |
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| Special Forces Soldiers secures, the outside of target building, where a known Person of Interest is hiding out during a kill or capture training mission, Germany, 23 Feb 2010. (U.S. Army Photo by: SFC Silas Toney) |
こちらはN1というコールサインです。Kifaruの独特な背負い物が目を引きます。
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| On 15 Feb 2010, Special Forces Soldiers exit a building after clearing it. This is rehearsal for a night reconnaissance training mission in Germany. (U.S. Army Photo by: SFC Silas Toney) |
Crye CAGE Armor Chassisを着たこの隊員もN2なのでEODだとわかります。この訓練では、CIFチームはCJというコールサインのチームとCKというコールサインの2チームで構成されているようなので、EODは基本的に1チームに一人の割り振りだということがわかります。
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| A U.S. Army Special Forces team assaults a building during a close quarters battle demonstration for Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa in Baumholder, Germany, March 9, 2015. The ability to rapidly secure buildings allows Special Forces teams to complete a variety of missions ranging from hostage rescue to the suppression of enemy forces in an urban environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Sgt. Paul Peterson/Released) |
結論としては、CIFチームはEOD等色々なスペシャリストから成っている、という話でした。
ドイツの独りブラックメタルです。いい感じにメロウでクオリティが高いと思います。
参考文献
[1] http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2011jointmissions/WednesdayTurner.pdf（2016年12月3日確認）
[2] http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCRP%203-17.2C%20%20EOD%20MTTP%20for%20Explosive%20Ordnance%20Disposal%20in%20a%20Joint%20Enviroment.pdf（2016年12月3日確認）
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JCOC PARTICIPANTS VISIT STUTTGART, GERMANY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PHOTO ESSAY<http://archive.defense.gov/PhotoEssays/PhotoEssaySS.aspx?ID=965>（2016年12月3日確認）
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