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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

Leading Army Reserve cyber talent to Keystone State
January 31, 2020 — Shaping the Army Reserve cyber force is still evolving from refining strategy and methodology to delivering proper talent management for the training of new reserve cyber warriors. The U.S. Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade (USAR-CPB), 335th Signal Command (Theater), located outside the nation’s capital near College Park, Maryland, is making steady strides in grooming a talented cyber force for its Cyber Protection Centers (CPCs)... MORE

Hoosier alum uses university experience to help strengthen military ties in Middle East
January 30, 2020 — He is also the officer in charge of Task Force Spartan - Jordan, a forward command post of Task Force Spartan in Southwest Asia, where he oversees the military partnership between the U.S. Army and Jordan Armed Forces... MORE

Col. Kirk White, officer in charge of Task Force Spartan-Jordan

1st TSC Soldier makes business dreams come true
January 30, 2020 — Sgt. Joshua Vasquez-Sauceda, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, decided early on that he wanted to be his own boss... MORE

Nayely Vasquez-Sauceda and Sgt. Joshua Vasquez-Sauceda, wheeled vehicle mechanic, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, prepare food while working in their food truck, Papi’s Tacos & More, in Radcliff, Ky., on Jan. 23, 2020. Vasquez-Sauceda is currently on terminal leave and will complete his enlistment in the Army on Feb. 19, 2020

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team Soldiers attend Basic Leader Course in Middle East
January 27, 2020 — The first line of the Army noncommissioned officer’s creed says, “No one is more professional than I. I am a noncommissioned officer, a leader of Soldiers.” In order to attain the rank of a noncommissioned officer, Soldiers must attend the Basic Leader Course, where they learn the fundamentals of leadership, readiness and training... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Emilee Austin, 1-150th Cavalry Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, leads Basic Leader Course 20-703 in the reciting of the noncommissioned officer's creed at their graduation ceremony in the Middle East, Jan. 24, 2020. Austin was the honor graduate from her class of over 200 students.

Coalition partners navigate map fundamentals
January 24, 2020 — Cartography, the science or practice of drawing and reading maps, can be dated back to the ancient ages of Before Christ (B.C.) within the Julian and Gregorian calendars. One of the oldest maps discovered is captured on a Babylonian clay tablet entitled Imago Mundi, estimated to have been originated around 2300 B.C. The ancient craft of reading maps has naturally evolved with human advancement, but its foundations have not been lost, it is still very relevant within military operations... MORE