Mr. Bob Metz This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Seventh Annual School of the Longhunter - Pricketts Fort

   www.prickettsfort.org/school.h - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/3/2001   Last Visited: 11/1/2002

   Course Instructor: Mr. Bob Metz. Bob is the 1st Sergeant of the Pennsylvania Company of Rangers - Jaeger's Battalion. He is an Allegheny County Police Homicide Detective and is currently working on his Master's in Public Management at Carnegie - Mellon University. He is a Master Sergeant in the Army Reserve assigned to the Training Division of the 99th Regional Support Command, and served on Active Duty with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger). Bob is both Airborne and Ranger qualified and is also certified in Special Forces Demolitions, Jungle Survival, Northern/Artic Warfare and is a qualified Small Group Instructor.
   
   "Sportsman" Gentleman Hunter - Topics to be covered in this session are: The clothing and accessories of the gentleman hunter; winter attire; Hunting Shirts and Great Coats.

2. 2. The danger in Iraq comes homemade

   www.post-gazette.com/pg/04242/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/29/2004   Last Visited: 8/29/2004

   Bob Metz, who helped draw up a a training protocol called "gun truck alley," which prepares soldiers for duty in convoys, the principal targets of IEDs. Metz is an Allegheny County homicide detective who was mobilized with the 99th Regional Readiness Command in Moon in January 2003.
   
   When a bomb explodes during a convoy, he said, the convoy commander has to react fast; in training, he expects the person in charge to formulate a plan within 30 seconds of the initial blast because quick action is crucial.
   
   IEDs are "the most common casualty producing weapon" in Iraq, said Metz, who served with the Army 75th Ranger Regiment and was a trainer at the Ranger school at Fort Benning, Ga.
   
   Each device is unique, but all contain a fuse, a detonator, explosive fill, a power supply for the detonator and a container. The jury-rigged explosive devices have been concealed in everything from ready-to-eat meal boxes to animal carcasses and can be detonated by cell phones, pagers and remote control toys. It could be a hand grenade with the pin pulled placed in a glass filled with mortar. It could be an old shell rigged with a fuse.
   
   The devices are growing increasingly sophisticated, Metz said.
   
   "This time last summer, it was not unusual to see piles of rocks by the side of the road" in Iraq, he said.
   ...
   When a bomb explodes during a convoy, "people with the first name of Sergeant and sir get paid to discern" whether it's just an IED or if it's the prelude to an ambush, Metz said, adding that the commander of the convoy might have about "20 milliseconds" to make that determination.
   
   "It's the low-intensity-conflict weapon of choice," Metz said, largely because it's cheap and accessible.
   
   "If they had an anti-tank missile, they'd use that," he said.
   ...
   It's important to be vigilant and to look vigilant, Metz said. "If you're looking like you're aware, scanning for danger, with an erect posture, you will be less of a target than if you are looking like a slipshod soldier."
   
   That's easier to say in a training class than to do on the roads of Iraq, he said. "You're sitting there in battle armor, in your compartment, going down the road at 50 mph in 120 degree heat -- it's very hard to remain hyper vigilant."
   
   But the risk of IEDs is only going to increase, he said.
   
   When the United States troops arrived last year, the Iraqis "were on their hind heels," Metz said. "Now the people who were running for their lives are coalescing.

3. 3. The danger in Iraq comes homemade

   www.postgazette.com/pg/04242/3 - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/29/2004   Last Visited: 8/29/2004

   Bob Metz, who helped draw up a a training protocol called "gun truck alley," which prepares soldiers for duty in convoys, the principal targets of IEDs. Metz is an Allegheny County homicide detective who was mobilized with the 99th Regional Readiness Command in Moon in January 2003.
   
   When a bomb explodes during a convoy, he said, the convoy commander has to react fast; in training, he expects the person in charge to formulate a plan within 30 seconds of the initial blast because quick action is crucial.
   
   IEDs are "the most common casualty producing weapon" in Iraq, said Metz, who served with the Army 75th Ranger Regiment and was a trainer at the Ranger school at Fort Benning, Ga.
   
   Each device is unique, but all contain a fuse, a detonator, explosive fill, a power supply for the detonator and a container. The jury-rigged explosive devices have been concealed in everything from ready-to-eat meal boxes to animal carcasses and can be detonated by cell phones, pagers and remote control toys. It could be a hand grenade with the pin pulled placed in a glass filled with mortar. It could be an old shell rigged with a fuse.
   
   The devices are growing increasingly sophisticated, Metz said.
   
   "This time last summer, it was not unusual to see piles of rocks by the side of the road" in Iraq, he said.
   ...
   When a bomb explodes during a convoy, "people with the first name of Sergeant and sir get paid to discern" whether it's just an IED or if it's the prelude to an ambush, Metz said, adding that the commander of the convoy might have about "20 milliseconds" to make that determination.
   
   "It's the low-intensity-conflict weapon of choice," Metz said, largely because it's cheap and accessible.
   
   "If they had an anti-tank missile, they'd use that," he said.
   ...
   It's important to be vigilant and to look vigilant, Metz said. "If you're looking like you're aware, scanning for danger, with an erect posture, you will be less of a target than if you are looking like a slipshod soldier."
   
   That's easier to say in a training class than to do on the roads of Iraq, he said. "You're sitting there in battle armor, in your compartment, going down the road at 50 mph in 120 degree heat -- it's very hard to remain hyper vigilant."
   
   But the risk of IEDs is only going to increase, he said.
   
   When the United States troops arrived last year, the Iraqis "were on their hind heels," Metz said. "Now the people who were running for their lives are coalescing.