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Engineer 41 January–April 2014 effectively. Electronic warfare equipment was also pushed to the route clearance companies through the efforts of the EHT senior NCO. Through his actions and connections, the EHT established an unprecedented link between tactical units and theater solutions. Though nondoctrinal in nature, the result was clearly benefcial. Way Ahead A fter 5 years of struggling to establish and employ a truly doctrinal team, the Army has charted a very . simple . way ahead. The EHT ceases to exist in the Regular Army or the Reserve Component in 2016. This means that the frst doctrinally manned EHT will also be the fnal team deployed to combat. However, the authors of this article strongly agree with the decision to end the EHT concept. The EHT was designed to close the gap between EOD Sol- diers and engineers at the tactical level. That vision never came to pass. However, while the doctrinal vision for the team may have never found true value in its employment, the men and women who participated in this long proof of concept clearly did bring value to the theaters where they served. As the Army closes the book on EHTs over the next few years, it ends a concept that has been challenged since the day it was frst envisioned. The concept was employed on multiple battlefelds in two wars but never closed the opera- tional gap it was created to fll. It is with a sense of relief that the authors close the fnal chapter on this small piece of U.S. Army history. Endnotes: 1 Glen A. MacDonald, "Explosive Hazards Team: Concept, Employment, and the Way Ahead," Engineer, September– December 2009, pp. 18–22. 2 Field Manual 3-34, Engineer Operations, 4 August 2011. Major MacDonald is the plans offcer for the 130th Engi- neer Brigade. He is a graduate Level Educa- tion and the basic and advanced engineer offcer courses. He holds a bachelor's degree in fne arts the University of Connecticut, degree in public policy - tion, and degree in legislative Washington University, Washington, D.C. of the 15th Engineer - ing He is a graduate of the ordnance basic offcer leader course and explosive ordnance disposal training. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting - First Lieutenant Rose is the knowledge offcer for the 130th Engineer Brigade, deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedo is a graduate of the basic engineer offcer and engineer explosive ordnance clear- ance agent courses. She holds a bachelor's degree in cultural University of California at Santa Barbara. checklist developed during planning are tools that facilitate the incorporation of the breaching tenets and should be used during execution. The engineer platoon leader or engineer company commander provides input into the ESM, the decision support matrix and template, and execution check- list. Battalion operations offcers and task force engineers ensure that a proper CAR addressing the breaching tenets is conducted. The CAR addresses engineer assets with task and purpose; primary and secondary methods of breaching and proofng; graphic control measures and triggers that facilitate synchronization; marking technique; and scheme of maneuver for the breach, support, and assault forces. The fve breaching tenets are vital for the combined arms breach. If not incorporated into the planning and rehearsal process, the maneuver task force will struggle, or even fail, to implement them during execution. Endnotes: 1 ATTP 3-90.4, , 10 August 2011. 2 Ibid. 3 ATTP 5-0.1, and Staff Offcer Guide, 14 September 2011. 4 ADP 5-0, The Operations Process, 17 May 2012. 5 ATTP 5-0.1, and Staff Offcer Guide, 14 September 2011. 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid . 8 bid. ATTP 3-90.4, , 10 August 2011. ATTP 5.0-1, and Staff Offcer Guide, 14 September 2011. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 3-0, Unifed Land Operations, 16 May 2012. ADP 5-0, The Operations Process, 17 May 2012. Lieutenant Colonel Law is a core instructor at the Learning at the General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He is a graduate of the Engineer Offcer Basic Course, the Engineer Captains Career Course, the Co bined Ar s Service at CGSC. He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering Utah State University, a degree in geology and geophysics the University of Missouri– Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology), EN McDonald.1.indd 44 3/12/2014 1:28:48 PM