IED—Military trying on bomb-proof underwear for size
The U.S. may have pulled out of Iraq and be drawing down in Afghanistan, but deployed troops continue to face a mounting threat posed by improvised explosive devices. An abundance of money, research, development and brain power have gone into finding ways to protect service members from IEDs, including in ways you might not immediately consider. According to Navy Cmdr. Jack Downes, integration branch chief of the Joint IED Defeat Organization, the military is making strides in developing special underwear to “protect pelvic-region function.”
