Combined Joint Task Force Paladin fabricator Trace Yates splices wires for an improvised explosive device pressure plate trigger training aid at the CJTF Paladin Fabrication Shop on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 20. The ball bearings and inert blasting caps are also used to replicate various IED devices found on the battlefield. The fabrication shop has produced more than 17,000 training aids for use by warfighters throughout Afghanistan since 2009. (Photo by Ed Drohan, Combined Joint Task Force Paladin Public Affairs)