Feature Stories

Exercise Bright Star 2018 Senior Leader Seminar
September 22, 2018
Egyptian armed forces senior leaders listen attentively during the Exercise Bright Star 2018 Senior Leader Seminar at Mohamed Naguib Military Base auditorium, Sept. 17. The seminar was used as a platform the reinforce interoperability with partner nations in the surrounding regions and strengthen existing multilateral relationships.

Simulation Augments Suicide Prevention Training
September 17, 2018
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Breyda Pereyra, the noncommissioned officer in charge of U.S. Army Central's G37 office, speaks with a virtual Soldier avatar in an Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer program designed to simulate a conversation with a Soldier having suicidal thoughts, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 12, 2018. Suicide prevention is an enduring goal of the U.S. Army to ensure the safety and well-being of all Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians, and contractors.

155th ABCT Conducts CALFEX At Exercise Bright Star 18
September 17, 2018
U.S Army Staff  Sgt. Bryan Fox, an infantry squad leader, assigned to Company A, 1st  Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Spartan, pulls security during a rehearsal for a combined live-fire exercise near Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 10, 2018.  The 155th ABCT is in the Arab Republic of Egypt taking part in Exercise Bright Star 18, a multilateral U.S. Central Command training exercise. Bright Star 18 provides an opportunity for U.S. Central Command to pursue better ways to address specific threats to regional security at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels with their Egyptian and other regional partners.

Bright Star Command Post Exercise Pursues Strategic Partnership
September 15, 2018
Soldiers from both the United States and Egyptian armed forces review battle plans during the command post exercise September 10, 2018. The command post exercise was designed to strengthen strategic relationships between multinational armed forces to solve potential real life threats.

CJTF-OIR transitions commanders for defeat-ISIS mission
September 13, 2018
Distinguished visitors render courtesies during the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve transfer of authority ceremony in Baghdad,  Sept. 13, 2018.  The U.S. Army’s III Armored Corps, deployed from Fort Hood, Texas, to areas in Southwest Asia, transferred its command authority to the XVIII Airborne Corps, deployed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  CJTF-OIR is a 79-member global coalition, which works by, with, and through partner forces to defeat ISIS in designated areas of Iraq and Syria, and sets conditions for follow-on operations to increase regional stability.

Exercise Bright Star 2018 Opening Ceremony
September 11, 2018
Members of the Egyptian military band greet the generals and senior military personnel with music as they assemble outside of the Mohamed Naguib Military Base Auditorium for a group photo, Sept. 8, 2018.

U.S. Soldiers mark two months working with Kuwaiti children
September 11, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Mike Lewis, 28th Infantry Division/Task Force Spartan civil affairs NCO plays a highly contested game of Uno with his new friend on Sept. 4th.  For the past two months, TFS soldiers have been volunteering with the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals.

In Kuwait, a father and son reflect on their service
September 10, 2018
U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Paille, middle, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 1109th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, attached to Task Force 22, leads his father, U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andre Paille, a project manager with the 214th Engineering Installation Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard, attached to U.S. Air Force Central, left, and his former college classmate, U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Booth, commander of the 220th Public Affairs Detachment, attached to U.S. Army Central, on a tour of the airfield where he works at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 1, 2018. One of the greatest assets available to the Army are Soldiers and their families who continue a rich tradition of military service.

Patriot missile maintainers keep air defense artillery systems mission-ready
September 6, 2018
Pvt. Jensen Clement (left) and Pvt. Kael Friday conduct equipment services July 6, 2018 during Patriot Maintenance Sustainment Program (PMSP) operations.

74th Engineer Dive Detachment Hosts the First Diver Fitness Challenge
September 4, 2018
U.S. Army Soldiers competing in the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment's Diver Fitness Challenge wade ashore after completing the 200 meter swim event at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, Aug. 31, 2018. The events of the Diver Fitness Challenge are not exercises typically done by Soldiers in the U.S. Army, so they provide a unique opportunity for Soldiers to increase their capabilities by trying new challenges.