 From Soldiers Radio and Television, this is the Army Now. Service members at Manus Air Base Kyrgyzstan, who prepared to deploy to Afghanistan, received counter-improvised explosive device training. Lead instructor Andre Stover believes learning how an IED is constructed and how they are used in Afghanistan could help save their lives on the battlefield. This training is important because the improvised explosive device is the number one killer in the Afghan Theater of Operation, so we want to make sure that we give soldiers and service members any information we can to help them mitigate the risks associated with that. An Army veteran, Mr. Stover hopes his actions and words will help his brothers and sisters in arms on their deployment. I served 24 years in the military, seen a lot of things happen to service members, so anything that I can say or do that's going to help save someone's life makes it very gratifying for me. The struggles were great. They definitely awakened me, it's brightened my eyes and there's nothing I'm not going to look for right now. That's the Army Now.