Huskies a hit at Hohenfels

Training base gets two mine-detecting vehicles equipped with latest upgrades By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, July 26, 2008 HOHENFELS, Germany — The Husky mine-detecting vehicle has debuted in Europe at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, which took delivery of two machines last month. The vehicles, which fire electrical pulses to detect metal in buried mines or roadside bombs, will be used to prepare engineers for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the vehicles are widely used. The new arrivals at the readiness center are the first based in Europe, according to Maj. Damon Knarr, who helps train engineers at Hohenfels. Engineers at the center for pre-deployment exercises will use the Huskies to practice route-clearance missions and will learn how to maintain the machines, he said. Jay... [read full story]