This is an optimal-sized area for a sweep team to clear at one time. The OIC assigns squad-size sweep teams to each section. The squads clear their assigned sections using the sweeping techniques discussed earlier in this chapter. As the sections are cleared, they are marked for safety and control purposes. This process is continued until the entire area is cleared.
Progress is reported to the company team commander as required.
In many cases, they are also employed by terrorists against allied forces or the host-nation populace. In these cases, the threat increases because of the improvised methods in which the mines were emplaced. In conventional emplacement of mines, a pattern emerges from the emplacing force's doctrine, and the threat can easily be reduced by using this knowledge. There is less pattern in the case of improvised mining methods, and this makes detection and removal very difficult. Improvised mining has many different employment techniques.