Reply #4: Well, his blog doesn't offer more than what you posted but

[genie_weenie]

as an EW officer he's probably talking about countermeasures to IEDs.

Without getting into specifics all dismantling of IEDs is being done by the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Units, which are unfortunately even more overworked than the rest of the troops, remember for Army and USMC EOD units it's been 4+ years of deployments. But, there is NO way any non-EODer is being asked to disarm them.

However, like I mentioned detection is different and there are many platforms for detection and many "ways" of attempting to counter IEDs.