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The 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade, Special Troop Battalion, Alpha Co.--"The Annihilators"--let me ride along in their convoy this week as they went hunting for IEDs.

They found two. I was with 'em when they found the first one.

I was in a Buffalo, a heavily armored Hummer-on-steroids that protects soldiers better than most any other rig in Iraq or Afganistan. About 28 tons of protection.