DOMEX 25.2 receives 12 students from 5 nations

• Document and Media Exploitation, Collection and Processing in Support to Attack the Networks (DOMEX) training combines innovation and realism to strengthen the skills of future subject matter experts.
• In this 2025 second iteration, the course was released with a new structure.

From 27 October to 14 November, the second iteration of the DOMEX course was held at the C-IED COE premises and at San Marcial Division Headquarters in Burgos. Opened by the COE Deputy Director, the American coronel Christopher Bartos, the course has gathered 12 students from 5 nations, belonging to different armies and law enforcement agencies.

The purpose of this training is to enhance level 1 (tactical) technical exploitation skills, mainly in disciplines related to document exploitation (DOCEX), electronic media exploitation (MEDEX), cellular phones exploitation (CELLEX) and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) exploitation, when they are used as vectors for improvised explosive devices.

The new course structure is aimed at providing a better training, both to the personnel in charge of collecting and preserving the material, as well as to the personnel in charge of the technical exploitation of said material. With this goal, the training has been extended to three weeks: two weeks for operators and a third one for analysts.

Both phases can be requested individually, but it is highly recommended to participate in both, in order to have a more thorough training in DOMEX.

During the operators’ phase, the first week was dedicated to theoretical and practical sessions taught by military and civilian experts at the COE premises. On the second week, the group travelled to Burgos, where instructors created realistic scenarios where students had the chance to put into practice what they had learnt during the first week.

Back in Madrid, the third week was dedicated to the analysis of data and metadata from the items collected in the previous phase. Sessions focused on the importance of DOMEX for the intelligence personnel, on the analysis of the language used to obtain valuable information about human networks, and on the use of advanced software to analyze data and metadata.

With this updated programme, students finished their training with deeper technical knowledge and a larger number of completed practical exercises, which means that their instruction on the role of DOMEX in the fight against IED is much more comprehensive.