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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

USARCENT command team travels region to focus on enduring partnership
May 21, 2016 — Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the commanding general of U.S. Army Central, and Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, the command sergeant major for USARCENT, covered more than 16,000 miles in an effort to strengthen the partnership ties with the allied militaries of Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia during a two-week tour of the USARCENT area of responsibility April 18-30... MORE

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the commanding general of U.S. Army Central, discusses ways to strengthen partnership capabilities with Bahraini Maj. Gen. Abdulla Al Nuaimi, the general inspector for the Bahraini Defense Forces at the their Headquarters in Manama, Bahrain, April 28, 2016. The USARCENT command team met with leaders of partner militaries throughout USARCENT’s area of responsibility to continue to build bilateral partnership ties.

There’s no taste like home
May 19, 2016 — As summer begins to heat up, the barbeques start to come out. Soldiers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, got to enjoy some of the first steaks of the summer thanks to an organization called “Feed Our Troops.”... MORE

Maj. Gen. Richard C. Nash, the adjutant general of the Minnesota Nation Guard, and Pat Harris (far-right), one of the founders and organizers of the Feed Our Troops project, participate in a live-radio interview with Minnesota Military Radio during a Feed Our Troops event at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 15, 2016. Nearly 3,700 steak dinners were brought from Saint Paul, Minnesota, for Soldiers of the 682nd Engineer Bn., Minnesota National Guard and U.S. Army Central.

USARCENT hosts leader development forum in Qatar
May 17, 2016 — U.S. Army Central leaders journeyed from the U.S. and across the Middle East to take part in USARCENT’s Leader Development Forum at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, April 25-26... MORE

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, the commanding general of U.S. Army Central, tells his subordinate leaders to take responsibility for developing the next generation of military leaders during USARCENT’s Leader Development Forum on Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, April 26. “We all have a responsibility to mold the future leaders of our Army. It is our task to hold the Army up to the standards by showing the new Soldiers how to do it.”

Kuwait Military, USARCENT partner to counter religious extremism
May 10, 2016 — U.S. Army Central chaplains partnered with members of the Kuwaiti military and Directorate of Moral Guidance and Public Relations in a bilateral, theater security cooperation seminar focused on countering religious extremism May 1-4 in Kuwait City... MORE