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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

Regional Solutions Needed to Address Middle East Security, General Says
April 27, 2021 — The two most urgent threats in the Middle East in the coming years will most likely be the proliferation of cheap and capable unmanned aerial vehicles used by extremist groups, as well as humanitarian crises, the U.S. Central Command commander said... MORE

1st TSC Soldiers successfully precision-airdrop GPS-guided pallets in Kuwait test
April 27, 2021 — Soldiers deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command's logistical support of U.S. Central Command airdropped four pallets April 22 within 75 meters of the target here in a critical test of sustainment capabilities... MORE

Riggers of the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, based 151st Quartermaster Company, deployed the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of 1st Theater Sustainment Command, work to recover one of four Joint Precision Air Delivery System, or JPADS, units used to air drop four bundles at the Camp Buehring, Kuwait, drop zone. The black device rigged between the parafoil and the payload is the Modular Autonomous Guidance Unit, or MAGU, which uses the lines of the chute to steer it to its programmed target.

Deployed club lifts 70k pounds to boost morale, do good
April 27, 2021 — When Sgt. Stephen Bruckno arrived in the Middle East, he noticed the 1000-pound club at Camp Buehring’s Scorpion Gym was suspended due to COVID-19 precautions. Knowing the positive impact events like that have on Soldiers, he hatched an idea to organize a virtual 1000-pound club himself... MORE

While deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield, U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Bruckno organized a virtual 1000-pound lifting club to help boost the morale of Soldiers as many activities were canceled or altered due to COVID-19 precautions.

West Virginia Guardsmen Cross Paths While Deployed
April 26, 2021 — Camp Buehring, KU – For many Soldiers, going on an overseas deployment means leaving behind their friends and families for extended periods of time – but not always. For two West Virginia Army National Guardsmen, their paths happened to cross while deployed. They also happen to be father and son... MORE

Spc. Tyler Goldsberry (left), 2nd General Support Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment and chief warrant officer Craig Goldsberry (right), 111th Engineer Brigade, son and father respectively, pose for a photo in Kuwait, April 2021. The two are currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield; and although assigned to different units, their deployment timelines overlap by nearly two months allowing for a long-awaited reunion between this father and son duo.

1st TSC DCG tours ammo offload, on load operations at Kuwait's Port Shuaiba
April 24, 2021 — PORT SHUAIBA, Kuwait--The deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command observed onload-offload operations of ammunition here April 24. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Justin Swanson, who is also the commanding general of the Army Reserve's Indianapolis-based 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), had the opportunity to tour the port and observe the Soldiers of the 595th Transportation Brigade (SDDC) and the 1185th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion conduct the port operations... MORE