DEFENSE FORENSICS Additional Planning and Oversight Needed to Establish an Enduring Expeditionary Forensic Capability (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503184213)

Improvised explosive devices have caused numerous injuries and fatalities among U.S. and coalition forces while carrying out operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. To mitigate this threat, DOD has taken a number of actions, such as deploying its expeditionary forensic capabilities. In 2003, DOD established the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cells to provide technical intelligence on improvised explosive devices and render safe these devices and other combustible materials so that they can be forensically analyzed to obtain, among other things, latent fingerprints of the individuals responsible for manufacturing and placing the devices. In 2006, DOD further expanded its use of expeditionary forensics by establishing the joint expeditionary forensic facilities to analyze materials, such as ammunition and clothing items collected on the battlefield, to help identify enemy combatants through latent prints and DNA analysis, among other things.

Author: Government Accountability Office
ISBN-10: 1503184218
ISBN-13: 9781503184213
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2014
Pages: 34
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.07d