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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.

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Staff Sgt. Eric Smith, G3 training noncommissioned officer, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, instructs Soldiers from the 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 3rd Medical Command, 401st Army Field Support Brigade, and the 304th Sustainment Brigade on the grader requirements for the Army Combat Fitness Test at the Area Support Group-Kuwait Field Oct. 6, 2020 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Smith and the 1st Theater Sustainment Command are responsible for ACFT familiarization and grader validation during the month of October ensuring readiness for the Army units currently serving at Camp Arifjan. (U.S. Army Photograph by Spc. Andrew E. Figueroa)

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Reinforcing partnerships through quarterly MEDEVAC meeting
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U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ron Wells, the commanding surgeon for Area Support Group- Kuwait presents Kuwait Army Col. Waleed Malalla, the director of the Kuwait Armed Forces Hospital and the acting chief of medical services, with a certificate of appreciation after a Medical Evacuation meeting hosted, for the first time, at KAFH, March 5. This meeting is one of many partnership events that U.S. Soldiers, Airmen and Kuwaiti soldiers and airmen participate in together. Practical exercises such as mass casualty events and medical evacuations are the stepping stones used to elevate the partnership.

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Lt. Col. Lindsay Matthews, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Central, observes her new unit during her change of command ceremony held at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Victor Everhart Jr.)
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Life as an Army Mariner
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Junior Officers visit Historic Kuwaiti Site
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Junior officers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, toured the Al Qurain Martyrs’ museum and the Kuwaiti Towers, Jan. 20, 2017 as part of the junior officer’s leadership professional development at U.S. Army Central. The U.S. Army officers learned about the historic significance of that site, the role the U.S. played, and the importance of the Kuwaiti people’s perseverance.

New munitions replace cluster bomb rounds that pose danger to civilians
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