Executive Summary
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JP 3-15.1
targeting program, C-IED operations integration center,
C-IED training teams, and the technical escort detachment.
(U) The C-IED task force
coordinates the overall
conduct of C-IED
operations through the
JTF J-3.
(U) The mission of the C-IED task force is to enable and
support the coordination of the JTF’s C-IED operations to
create the conditions that will deny the IED cells’ freedom
of action, reduce the IED cells’ effectiveness, and lower
overall IED activity to a level commensurate with the HN
security forces’ capabilities. It does so by commanding and
controlling specialized C-IED forces as well as
coordinating and synchronizing JTF-level C-IED
operations, intelligence, technology and training initiatives
throughout the operational area.
(U) C-IED Task Force
Staff Functions.
(U) One of the most complex challenges in organizing the
C-IED effort is in gathering, analyzing, and disseminating
information that is relevant to each echelon of the
command, from the brigade combat teams that must stay
current on the latest adversary IED TTP, to the command
that is organizing the fight to defeat the IED supporting
infrastructure.
(U) C-IED Task Force
Support to the Maneuver
Units.
(U) The planning and conduct of C-IED operations is a
multi-echelon effort that must be closely coordinated and
integrated. The C-IED task force plays a critical role in this
effort by attaching specialized C-IED support teams to the
land component’s subordinate divisions, maneuver
brigades, and battalions. These C-IED support elements
are designed to assist the maneuver unit in the planning,
coordination, and integration of its immediate C-IED
operations and act as a liaison to the C-IED task force. The
C-IED support element also coordinates the unit’s IED
infrastructure targeting efforts.
(U) Multinational
Considerations.
(U) In multinational operations, many of the participants do
not have the trained and deployable EOD units, C-IED
technologies, and exploitation capability required to protect
their forces and take the fight to the enemy. When
participating in a multinational operation that is facing a
significant IED threat, the US CJTF may be called upon to
provide our partners with a variety of C-IED support.
(U) C-IED Task Force C-
IED Working Group.
(U) When the CJTF establishes a C-IED task force, the
responsibilities of the JTF J-3’s C-IED working group will
normally transfer to the C-IED task force. When the
C-IED task force commander establishes the working
group, it will be responsible for identifying command-wide