Feature Stories

The hidden weight of the Purple Heart
August 15, 2022
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. James K. Bodecker and members of his unit, 1/506 Infantry, 4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, while deployed to Combat Outpost Corregidor, Ramadi, Iraq.

U.S. Army Central conducts key leader engagements in Tajikistan
August 15, 2022
Maj. Gen. Wendul Hagler, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Central, discusses humanitarian mine removal training with Col. Sulaimon Qodirzoda, head of Tajikistan's Regional Explosive Hazards Training Center, May 25, 2022

U.S. military women show support at historic Lebanese graduation
August 2, 2022
Women from the U.S. Navy, Army National Guard and Air Force attend a graduation ceremony at the Lebanese Army Military Academy in Fayadiyeh, Lebanon, Aug. 1, to support the first group of women who graduated from the academy and into the field of combat arms.

U.S. Army Central leadership tours ARCENT AOR
July 28, 2022
Lt. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, who assumed command of U.S. Army Central July 7, 2022, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jacinto Garza, met with the Soldiers of Task Force Liberty at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.

Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank Assumes Command of U.S. Army Central
July 11, 2022
U.S. Army Central's Senior Enlisted Advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. J. Garza, escorts the colors during USARCENT's change of command ceremony at Patton Hall's Lucky Park, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., July 7, 2022.

Chief of Israeli Ground Forces visits U.S. Army Central's Patton Hall
July 6, 2022
Brig. Gen. Matthew L. Eichburg, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Central, welcomes Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadaie, Chief of the Israel Ground Forces, to U.S. Army Central Headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base, June 30, 2022. (U.S. Army Central photo by Diamante Byrne) (This photo has been altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges).

U.S. Army Central celebrates Army's 247th birthday with ceremonial cake-cutting
June 14, 2022
U.S. Army Central Celebrates Army's 247th Birthday With Ceremonial Cake-Cutting.

(Left to Right)  USARCENT Commanding General, LTG Ronald Clark, LTC Kenneth Boes, SPC Archie McParland, and CSM Carlos Evans cut the cake during a ceremony at Patton Hall.  The cake was cut using a replica M1913 Patton Sword, designed by then-2nd Lt. George Patton.

U.S. Army Central memorializes remarkable Red Ball Express
June 8, 2022
In this undated photo, a U.S. Army Soldier poses next to a sign indicating the Red Ball Express route. The 82-day operation was a critical logistics effort during WW II to supply the First and Third Armies as they advanced across France.  At its peak, the Red Ball Express delivered 12,500 tons of supplies per day.

Arkansas State University alumni pose outside of U.S. Army Central's Patton Hall
May 9, 2022
U.S. Army Central's Deputy Commanding General and two others from ARCENT pose as Arkansas State University alumni.

Former Soldier witness to Buchenwald concentration camp
April 29, 2022
Photo of guard tower overlooking crematorium building at Buchenwald concentration camp