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Some troops have a sixth sense for bombs

Source: LA Times

Oct 28, 2009

Summary

Those who hunted or grew up in tough urban areas excel at finding the roadside devices, a study shows.

Reporting from Twentynine Palms Marine Base, Calif. -- As Marines train to deploy to war zones, there is daily discussion about how to detect and disarm the buried roadside bombs that are the No. 1 killer of Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.