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Oates nominated to lead Joint IED Defeat Organization


Last Update: 11/05/2009 4:38 pm
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Maj. General Michael Oates' next assignment will be to head up an anti-IED group, the Department of Defense announced.

The former 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum commander has also been nominated to receive a third star, making him a Lt. General.

Oates would replace Lt. General Thomas Metz as commander of the Joint IED Defeat Organization.

The nomination needs confirmation by the U.S. Senate.



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