JIEDDO
What is JIDA?
October 02 by Defence IQ PressColonel Richard J. Edwards is the Strategy, Plans and Policy Director on the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency's (JIDA's) coordinating staff, also known as the J5. Through the Office of the Und...
JIEDDO's future sorted: Personnel cut by 90%, but it stays
December 09 by Defence IQ PressThe Pentagon’s Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is to cut 90% of its staff by 2017, according to US Department of Defense documents reported by Military Times. The future of the organisa...
What does the future hold for JIEDDO? Three options on the table...
July 08 by Andrew ElwellPhoto: thebright.com One of the big questions relating to the reorganisation of the Armed Forces following the withdrawal from Afghanistan relates to the future of Joint Improvised Explosive De...
IED Hit Rate Demands More Action Against the Human Network
March 30 by Richard de SilvaMichael Oates, the recently retired director of JIEDDO, has admitted that efforts to counter the IED threat are not working effectively in the provinces of Helmand and Kandahar, where US troops have...
The Insurgents' Artillery: Preempting the IED's Psychological Advantage in the Battlefield
November 22 by Richard de SilvaGeneral Metz enlisted in the US Army in 1966, launching a military career that took him from his birthplace at Elkin, North Carolina, to the directorship of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Def...
