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.
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.

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Third Army announces NCO of the Year
June 29, 2011
Maj. Gen. Peter M. Vangjel, Third Army Deputy commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. John D. Fourhman, Third Army senior enlisted advisor, presents the Army Commendation Medal to Sgt. Jared Lee Martin, a Hendersonville, Tenn., native, after being named Third Army Non-commissioned Officer of the Year 2011. Martin who serves as a lead technician with the 160th Signal Brigade, 335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional), will represent Third Army during the U.S. Forces Command Non-commissioned Officer of the Year competition at Fort Hood, Texas.

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