U.S. Army Pvt. Jamie L. Gack of Brainerd, Minn., a

U.S. Army Pvt. Jamie L. Gack of Brainerd, Minn., a “sweeper” with Route Clearance Package 36, Task Force Bastogne, checks a field for hidden improvised explosive devices near Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province Oct. 23. The RCP’s parent unit, the 161st Engineer Company, has a 90 percent success rate when you compare the number of IEDs discovered to those that detonate.