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The 579th Engineer Detachment (Forward Engineer Support Team - Main) spent
the past two days learning more about terrorism from a global perspective and
domestic outlook during their weeklong Individual Training Awareness Class
(INTAC).
“International terrorist groups are not a part of domestic terrorism,” said course
instructor Chris Kozlow, who taught the domestic portion of the class.
“There’s a larger mosaic of different actors that are involved here,” he said. “Because I think
the danger always is that you get so focused on specific missions and a specific part of a
specific country that it’s often difficult to have time, frankly, when you’re doing that work to
see the interrelationships.”
Ocie Williams, the FEST-M supply technician, knows that he will not be deployed to locate
terrorists, but he does know how the information will apply to him and the rest of his team.
“In the time of war, you can’t be ignorant to your surroundings, much less have a closed
mind,” he said. “You have to be observant and willing to listen and try to understand every
new aspect that comes your way because you never know when some of it, any of it, will
become useful. Everything has a purpose.”
A display of a suicide vest hangs in This story is part four in a special report of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M)’s
the classroom of the Individual
Terrorism Awareness Class (INTAC). Individual Terrorism Awareness Class (INTAC) training in Winchester, Virginia. Mark Abueg
(Photo by Mark Abueg) is the FEST-M public affairs officer.