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Task Force Spartan Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, showcased their ability to rapidly deploy High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers anywhere in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility within hours during AMDEX 21-1. Air and Missile Defense Exercise 21-1, which started Oct. 12, develops and exercises tactics, techniques, and procedures against simulated air, cyber, force protection and missile threats.

United States Army Central - America's land domain experts in the Middle East and Central- and South Asia - postured through enduring forward presence and robust and capable partnerships to protect US national interests in the central region - and capable of rapid transition to command joint and coalition forces to defeat emerging threats.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade takes off from an airfield for a local area orientation flight in the 28th ECAB's area of operations after arriving in the Middle East. These flights ensure 28th ECAB aircrews are properly acclimated and can conduct missions safely during the deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jose Brown)

Our Mission

As Theater Army and Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), USARCENT enables the Joint Force in named operations and partners with regional land forces to build enduring coalitions that CONSOLIDATE gains against Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs), COUNTER Iranian malign influence, and COMPETE against Russia and China; while simultaneously RESETTING the Theater for future operations and READY to prevail in crisis response and contingency operations in support of USCENTCOM.

Recent News

Kuwait Land Forces Director of Military Medical Health Authority Visits U.S. Military Hospital - Kuwait
May 8, 2019 — Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Alameeri, director of Military Medical Health Authority, Kuwait Land Forces, visited the U.S. Military Hospital – Kuwait (USMH-K) at Camp Arifjan May 5, 2019... MORE

Maj. Gen. Ibrahim Alameeri, head of Medical Health Authority, Kuwait Land Forces, walks into the surgical suite of United States Military Hospital-Kuwait, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 5, 2019.

Khabari Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Demonstrates Continued Partnership
May 6, 2019 — A ceremony on May 1, 2019, marked the reopening of a newly renovated facility at Kharabi Crossing, a customs and logistics gateway on the Kuwait-Iraq border used to transport equipment and troops back and forth between the two countries... MORE

U.S. Army Col. Guy Reedy, 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Operational Command Post chief of staff, Kuwait Col. Abdullah Hamed Al-Masamah, Khabari Crossing operations manager, and Jamal Al-Julawi, director general of customs administration cut the ribbon on a newly rennovated facility at Khabari Crossing, Kuwait, April 30, 2019.

Egyptian Ministry of Defense visits Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence
May 6, 2019 — Brigadier General Mohamed Sherif and Brigadier General Hala Ahmed of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense, along with members of their staffs, visited the AMEDDC&S HRCoE to learn about the different programs and see first-hand training and detailed briefings by instructors and subject matter experts... MORE

LTC Steven Kertes, Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Graduate Program Anesthesia Nursing, briefs BG Hala Ahmed of the Egyptian Ministry of Defense on details of the program.

Building Medical Bonds in Bahrain
May 6, 2019 — U.S. Medical Soldiers came to Bahrain to participate in a week long medical subject matter expert exchange with medical professionals on the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), creating a bond through knowledge and shared understanding... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. Tosha Nichols, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, watches as a tourniquet is applied during a medical subject matter expert exchange at the Crown Prince Center of Training and Medical Research in Bahrain, April 15, 2019.

35th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Southwest Asia deployment ends
May 5, 2019 — The 35th Combat Aviation Brigade, Missouri Army National Guard, and the 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army Reserve, completed a transfer of authority ceremony at the Camp Taji Military Complex, Iraq, May 1, 2019... MORE