Published: March 10, 2010

PHOTOS: Engineers Learn Explosives Safety

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Marine combat engineer leadership from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion Bravo Company, South Bend, Ind., instruct junior enlisted Marines on importance of safety while using explosives during a training exercise Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)

Marine combat engineers from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Bravo Company, South Bend, Ind., clear concertina wire obstacles at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center during a training exercise by using an explosive device at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)

Marine combat engineers from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Bravo Company, South Bend, Ind., observe a smoke cloud as it bellows towards the sky after they detonated an explosive device during a training exercise at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. The explosion created a crater about 25 feet wide, and eight feet deep, which 18 Marines used as cover for their next mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Will Hill)