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New Counter-IED Training Center Helps Prepare U.S. Troops, Allies

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Friday, April 17th, 2009

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A new counter-IED training center has opened in Newport News, Va., using up-to-the-minute information to prepare deploying U.S. troops and allies, according to an official. The Joint Training Counter-IED Operations Integration Center (JTCOIC), which opened April 7, is the training arm of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO). JIEDDO is the Defense Department lead to combat IEDs for the services. JIEDDO essentially operates in three areas: training the force, attacking the network and defeating the device. "Our mission…

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