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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

‘You never know who’s looking at you, when’
December 2, 2021 — If you’ve eaten at the Zone 2 dining facility here, chances are you’ve received a fist bump from Sgt. 1st Class Patrick W. Gowan. The culinary specialist, a Reserve Soldier attached to the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, deployed here in March with the Los Angeles, California, based 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command... MORE

Why I serve: ‘The most rewarding part of the job has been the job of an NCO’
November 30, 2021 — “I always said I want to marry somebody in the military — because both of my parents were in the military and I liked the lifestyle of just always having that family feeling — and my dad was like, ‘you don’t have to marry somebody in the military, you can be in the military,’” the Merritt, North Carolina native said. “I was like ‘oh, I didn’t know that was possible,’ you know, as a little five year old, and so it was kind of always just a plan of mine.” ... MORE

Sgt. Catherine E. Spruill, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to the Fort Bragg, N.C., based 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with her parents, Woody and Sarah, in August before deploying to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. “My parents, I love them to death, they’re such wonderful people,” she said. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Catherine E. Spruill)

Nebraska National Guard NCO Volunteers to Deploy When Her Soldier Asked
November 30, 2021 — The University of Nebraska students – part of the Nebraska National Guard’s Kearney-based 734th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion – are now at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, as part of Task Force Liberty, to assist thousands of at-risk Afghans reach safe haven... MORE

Sgt. Mariah Robinson, left, and Spc. Morgan Miller, pose for a picture with an American flag after a nighttime ruck march in commemoration of Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar.

Robinson and Miller are University of Nebraska students and members of the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 734th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, currently deployed to assist with the Afghan Evacuations Mission Support Element.

Grateful: Now-Settled Afghan Evacuee, Former Interpreter, Gives Thanks to Soldiers
November 30, 2021 — The man, Muhammed, a former interpreter who worked alongside U.S. forces for 16 years, was one of the thousands evacuated from Afghanistan by the Department of State, with assistance from the United States military. In the six-minute video, the former Kabul resident recounted his family’s journey from Kabul to Qatar, to Philadelphia and New Jersey, and eventually to Texas, where the family now resides... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Edgington, the Task Force Liberty Civil Affairs Noncommissioned-Officer-in-Charge, shares a moment with one of Muhammed's daughters during the family's stay at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, before they flew to America. Now settled, the family sent Edgington a video recently, in which Muhammed thanked Task Force Liberty Soldiers and civilians for the work they put in to assist his, along with thousands of other families, reach safety. (Courtesy photo)

The NCO Strategy Continues to Develop as the Army Moves Forward
November 30, 2021 — In 2015, the Army determined it needed to create a specific strategy to set the standards of right and wrong within the noncommissioned officers corps. With this need, the NCO Corps created the NCO Strategy. Six years after the first NCO Strategy was released, the NCO Corps revised the document to make it a better aligned, enduring, and adaptable strategy that will guide the Army into the future... MORE