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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

Medics train on bringing everyone home
March 5, 2020 — U.S. Army Maj. Michael Summitt, with 38th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, Indiana National Guard, serves as the medical provider and officer in charge at Joint Training Center-Jordan’s (JTC-J) Troop Medical Clinic. He has served a total of 33 years in the military, 22 of which were as an enlisted combat medic. In the civilian sector, he works in the radiation oncology department at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis, Ind., so he is no stranger to the medical profession. Summitt expressed the importance for his enlisted medics to be his “eyes and ears” with patients, explaining that medical personnel are never a finished product and there is always room for improvements... MORE

U.S. Army combat lifesavers and a U.S. Marine transport a moulaged Soldier, with 113 Financial Management Support Detachment, 101 Airborne Division, into the Troop Medical Clinic during a Massive Casualty Exercise at Joint Training Center-Jordan in January. We still have the greatest Army in the world. We serve the people of the United States and we are going to protect them with our lives if that is what it comes to. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shaiyla B. Hakeem)

Father and son complete Norwegian Foot March together while deployed
March 4, 2020 — Although going on deployment generally means family separation, for one 1st Theater Sustainment Command Soldier it means more time together... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Benjamin Brumfield, human resources systems division chief, 14th Human Resources Sustainment Center, 1st TSC, and his son, Spc. Jonathan Brumfield, information technology specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, wear their 25-pound rucksacks during the Norwegian Foot March Feb.17, 2020 at Camp Arifjan. (Contributed)

U.S. Army Central Command Surgeon Talks COVID-19 Protection Measures
March 4, 2020 — As the COVID-19 Coronavirus continues to spread, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Army Central, are taking active measures to ensure U.S and Coalition personnel in their area of responsibility are educated about and protected from the COVID-19 virus... MORE

Spotlight on the 1st TSC Surgeon Cell: This is my Squad
February 27, 2020 — FORT KNOX, Ky. – Army organizations rely on teams to work effectively to accomplish tasks and objectives. For the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) surgeon cell, having a cohesive team that supports each other is essential to accomplishing the mission... MORE

The 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) surgeon cell gathers for a photo outside their office in the 1st TSC headquarters building, Feb. 20, 2020. Left to right: Lt. Col. Elizabeth Duque, command surgeon, 1st TSC, Maj. Tosha Nichols, environmental science engineering officer (ESEO), Master Sgt. David Phillips, surgeon noncommissioned officer-in-charge (NCOIC), and Adrian Cano, medical readiness technician. (Capt. Keith Sanders, medical operations officer, is not pictured). (U.S. Army photo by Wendy Arevalo)

Troops echo history, play baseball
February 26, 2020 — Batter-up! U.S. Army Soldiers, with 655 Regional Support Group (RSG), 316 Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (ESC), 377 Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), donned their gas masks and participated in an improvised game of baseball Feb. 12, 2020 at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to prepare for chemical warfare during WWI... MORE