A dangerous job.
The too-often deadly job of searching for hidden "improvised explosive devices" along the roads and trails of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, is a daily duty for U.S. Marines there. NPR's Tom Bowman, who is with some of those Marines, just got off the phone with Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep.
As Tom reports, the Marines know that those IEDs have killed more than 30 of their buddies in recent months — and wounded many more. They aren't eager to go out looking for more, but do the difficult job every day.
Here's a clip from their conversation. It begins with Steve:
We hope to have better quality audio from Tom's side of the conversation after he and producer Graham Smith are able to send the recording they made on the ground in Helmand.
Much more from the discussion is due on Thursday's broadcast of ME. Click here tto find an NPR station near you.
Graham, you might recall, sent us a report last week on the Marines' search for IEDs.
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