Forensics brings new ways to fight counterinsurgency warfare

A relatively new weapon to combat the enemy is being used in Afghanistan and Southwest Asia. It's been around a little more than a decade and fits into the counterinsurgency warfare necessity of being able to identify who the enemy is by person versus just identifying an enemy organization. Jon Micheal Connor, U.S. Army Public Affairs, reports.

A firearms and toolmark examiner comparing cartridge cases on the Comparison Microscope. (Photo credit: Jon Micheal Connor, Army Public Affairs)