March 20, 2015
The Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) was founded in 2006, born out of the hastily assembled Army IED Task Force created in 2003 to confront the deadly improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, that US forces were facing in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last week, the Pentagon said that JIEDDO will be renamed and be given a permanent home in the DoD, although for now it is still being funded out of the supplemental overseas contingency operation budget. US Army Lt. Gen. John Johnson, the head of the organization, which is changing to face its future, spoke to Defense News before the announcement.
