Author: Tom

Exercise Blue 17

Equipment
Long rope to mark boundary / 4 medium ropes	3 poles/ broom handles / A ‘bomb’

Time Limit	Area Required	Preparation Time
10 minutes	Small	5 minutes

Construct a crude square about 5-6m on each side.
Place the ‘bomb’ in the centre of the square.

Listening Device

Exercise Blue 17

I will read the following exercise to you twice. On the first reading listen carefully, you may take notes on the second reading and have the opportunity to ask questions. Are you ready?
While out on a patrol, you have come across a device which is thought to be a mine, or a bomb. Either way, it is very suspicious, and could easily be a booby-trapped device. You have radioed base, and they inform you that if it is a bomb, it will be ticking VERY quietly. / Your task is to suspend a microphone over the device for 5 minutes to listen to the bomb, and detect whether or not it is ticking. / As a precaution, NO-ONE is allowed within the confines of the marked area, in case it detonates the device, which your bomb disposal team is very eager to examine. / You have 15 minutes to arrange to collect the sound reading, before you must radio the answer back to base, and get further instructions.
You have 3 minutes from the end of this briefing to brief your team and then 15 minutes to complete the task. / Have you any questions? / (answer by re-reading the relevant part of the briefing) / Check understanding: / What must you do to the device? (Suspend microphone) / Who is allowed inside the area? (Nobody)

Listening Device

OUTLINE - STAFF EYES ONLY

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CADET BRIEF

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