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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

U.S. Soldiers Share Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Techniques and Tactics with Kuwaiti Partners
March 7, 2019 — Task Force Spartan CBRN personnel from the Ohio National Guard’s 637th Chemical Company conducted an exchange of information with the Kuwait Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense Command on Feb. 14th, 2019 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait... MORE

Staff Sgt. Dustin Bowshier of the 637th chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear Company is the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge and explains the self-contained breathing apparatus that is worn with the suits for different levels of contamination during the display on the CBRN dismounted reconnaissance equipment on Feb. 14, 2019 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Soldiers from the unit provide a display of layout and equipment with CBRN dismounted reconnaissance equipment to Kuwait Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense Command. The 637th Chemical Company is deployed to Kuwait as the CBRN defense response force for the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Deployment Is Contract Specialist’s Path to Gatekeeping
March 6, 2019 — A Department of the Army civilian with the 408th Contracting Support Brigade deployed to Erbil, Iraq in 2017 so that she could train and mentor soldiers to be better contract specialists. For her, that experience has opened an opportunity to serve in Qatar as a “Gatekeeper.”... MORE

Charlene Wilson, lead contract specialist for the 408th Regional Contracting Center-Qatar’s quality management team at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar poses for a photo Mar. 6, 2019. Wilso was recently named a "Hero of the Week" for her work in US Army Central because of her work in the RCC.

Joint Effort Helps Destroy Unserviceable Ammunition
March 1, 2019 — Service members from six different units and two services joined together to deliver, unload, stage, prep and ultimately destroy nearly three-and-a-half tons of unserviceable ammunition in Kuwait’s Udairi Range complex, Feb. 27, 2019... MORE

More than 6,800 pounds of unserviceable ammunition explodes in the Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 27, 2019. The controlled detonation was organized by the 705th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Task Force Hellhound, Task Force Spartan.

Joint training strengthens Air Force, Army collaboration
February 27, 2019 — Airmen and Soldiers practiced Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield explosives training techniques and procedures Feb. 22, 2019, as part of a joint decontamination training event... MORE

U.S. Army Pvt. Mason Hage (left), 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) regiment, 11th ADA Brigade patriot fire control enhanced operator and maintainer, helps U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rikki Sechrist (right), 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron (ECES) emergency management Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE) specialist, adjust Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear during a joint decontamination exercise Feb. 22, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. U.S. Air Force and Army participants from the 379th ECES and the 1-43rd ADA, shared CBRNE best practices, and tested their response proficiency during the training. The event was the conclusion of a four phase training curriculum. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

Deployed father and daughter reunite
February 26, 2019 — An Army National Guard father deployed to the Middle East was reunited with his daughter, who is also deployed, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Feb. 7, 2019... MORE