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Jordan, US train on heavy-duty weapon system
December 29, 2019 — U.S. Army Soldiers with Charlie Company,1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252 Armor Regiment (1-252 AR), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) known as, “Old Hickory,” North Carolina Army National Guard (NCANG), in collaboration with Military Engagement Team-Jordan (MET-J), 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), Arizona Army National Guard (AZANG), conducted a two-week Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) on the BGM-71 Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wireless-guided (TOW) Weapon System with the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) at a base outside of Amman, Jordan in December 2019... MORE

A Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army soldier looks through the scope of a BGM-71 Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wireless-guided weapon system during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with U.S. Army Soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252 Armor Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, “Old Hickory,” North Carolina Army National Guard, coordinated by Military Engagement Team-Jordan,158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Arizona Army National Guard, outside Amman, Jordan, in December 2019.

North Carolina National Guard Soldier Spotlight from Kuwait
December 27, 2019 — The North Carolina National Guard spotlights U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Meredith Kiser, a combat medic in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, deployed for Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Meredith Kiser, a combat medic in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, is recognized after being presented a general officer coin by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Ellis, commander of Task Force Spartan and the 38th Infantry Division, Indiana National Guard at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 27, 2019 for her outstanding work during a recent command inspection of the unit's combat medic training program.

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team mail clerks distribute connections from home
December 25, 2019 — They come in all shapes and sizes. Some have handwritten messages on the outside, others have decorative tape or drawings. Whether a padded envelope or heavy cardboard box from a shipping company, it's not the outside that matters to Soldiers, but the contents and its thoughtfulness within... MORE

U.S. Soldiers who serve as mail clerks in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, sort and load packages at the Camp Buehring post office in Kuwait on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2019. The unit is comprised of more than 4,000 Citizen-Soldiers from the North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia National Guard deployed to the Middle East to support Operation Spartan Shield. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Cindi King)

Patient Admin Supports World-Wide Soldier Mobility
December 23, 2019 — The U.S. Military’s ability to provide world-class, immediate life-saving care and transportation for Service Members across the globe is preeminent and always improving. Col. Richard Bailey, 3D Medical Command (Deployment Support) (FWD) Commander stated, “We are here to fulfill the promise given to every Soldier, Sailor, Marine and Airman that if they deploy in the service of our great nation and become injured or ill they will receive world-class medical care.” Maintaining patient records and administrative data across multiple military hospitals, countries and Services is a complex yet critical component to care that prior to now was without standardized processes for patient administration or movement in the CENTCOM area... MORE

Capt. Felicia Gilliand worked with liaisons from Canada, Romania, and Australia who wrote their own SOP's explaining how the US can facilitate moving their Service Members. “This SOP also covers troop movement to a US Role IV facility and steps to get service members to their home country, said Gilliland, adding, “These small intricacies of PAD downrange can be the difference between life and death of a patient.”

Serious about sanitation, prevention
December 15, 2019 — Without regard to its appearance, Soldiers must be ready and capable to conduct the full range of military operations to defeat all enemies regardless of the threats they pose. According to a 2010 public health report from the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health, “Influenza and pneumonia killed more American Soldiers and Sailors during the war [WWI] than did enemy weapons.” The pandemic was said to have traveled with military personnel from camp-to-camp and across the Atlantic at the height of WWI, September through November 1918, infecting up to 40 percent of Soldiers and Sailors. In this instance, the enemy came in the form of a communicable disease... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Shelby Vermeulen (center), with 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, 96th Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, works through the steps of water purification during a Field Sanitation Team Certification Course held from Dec. 9 to Dec.13, 2019 at Joint Training Center-Jordan. Soldiers must be ready and capable to conduct the full range of military operations to defeat all enemies regardless of the threats they pose. (U.S. Army photo by Shaiyla B. Hakeem)

Coordination and continuty key to military assistance program
December 13, 2019 — Building relationships in Southwest Asia require in-person meetings, growing knowledge, continued partnerships and security cooperation. "Continuing our relationship with the Royal Jordanian Air Force was our main focus with this visit. In the future, we will be coordinating efforts and sharing knowledge, leading to a continuous, consistent relationship deepening relationships within both forces," said Col. Mark Brozak, Task Force Spartan Aviation Director... MORE

Coordination and continuity key to military assistance program

2019 Contracting Symposium brings Contracting Soldiers together to better serve the Warfighter
December 11, 2019 — Camp Arifjan, Kuwait – U.S. Army contracting soldiers and civilians gather on how to best support the warfighter. Soldiers from the 408th Contracting Support Brigade hosted the 2019 Contracting Symposium at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait early December, 2019, bringing contracting professionals from all over the Army to meet with senior leaders and share thoughts on how best to support the warfighter on the front... MORE

U.S. Army contracting soldiers and civilians gather on how to best support the warfighter. Soldiers from the 408th Contracting Support Brigade hosted the 2019 Contracting Symposium at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait early December, 2019, bringing contracting professionals from all over the Army to meet with senior leaders and share thoughts on how best to support the warfighter on the front.

Syrian Logistics Cell – Supporting the Warfighter
December 10, 2019 — The 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), the Syrian Logistics Cell (SLC), located in Erbil, Iraq, is composed of a small team of Soldiers who pack a big punch when it comes to supporting the warfighters in Syria... MORE

Soldiers from the Syrian Logistics Cell, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, pose for a group photo Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2019.

Deployment Offers Chance at Growth for 1st TSC Soldiers
November 27, 2019 — Deployments are old hat for many of the Soldiers with 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), but for those who have never deployed before, like Spc. Dylan Contreras, it’s a new and exciting experience... MORE

American Legion Hardin Post 113 personnel hand out coins to deploying 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Soldiers during a deployment ceremony on Nov. 26, 2019 at Sadowski Center, Fort Knox, Ky.

ASG Qatar Relinquishment of Responsibility
November 4, 2019 — The career of Area Support Group Qatar’s senior noncommissioned officer reached completion on Nov... MORE

U.S. Army Central remembers 9/11
September 12, 2019 — U.S. Army Central held a 9/11 remembrance service at the command’s headquarters on Sept. 11, 2019... MORE

Members of U.S. Army Central P observe a minute of silence during a 9/11 remembrance service held at the command’s headquarters, Patton Hall, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sept. 11, 2019. The service allowed members of USARCENT to reflect and honor those whose lives were lost, and pay tribute to brave first responders.

Task Force Spartan Soldier memorializes 9/11 firefighters
September 10, 2019 — A Task Force Spartan soldier honored 343 firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, by walking in his fire fighting brothers and sisters shoes for about a half hour, Sept. 6, 2019, at the Camp Arifjan gym... MORE

Capt. Robert Schapiro, Task Force Javelin liaison and volunteer fire fighter honored 343 firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001 by climbing 110 stories in full fire fighter kit, Sept. 6, 2019, at the Camp Arifjan gym.

Coalition live fire closes out Eager Lion 2019
September 7, 2019 — A thunderous riot of artillery and small arms fire pockmarked the desert hills as the culminating event of Eager Lion 2019, a coalition combined arms live fire exercise, came to a calamitous conclusion Sept. 5, 2019... MORE

An M1A2 Abrams main battle tank from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires its 120mm gun downrange during a coalition combined arms live fire exercise, part of Eager Lion 2019, in Jordan, Sept. 5, 2019. The CALFEX was the culminating event of the multinational exercise, which saw up to 30 different countries participating in allied training scenarios that improved their collective ability to plan and operate in a coalition-type environment. In its ninth year, Eager Lion is U.S. Central Command’s premiere exercise in the Levant region.

1st TSC and the 858th MCT Keep Things Moving During Eager Lion
September 5, 2019 — 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) and 858th Movement Control Team (MCT) Soldiers participated in Eager Lion 2019, overseeing the movement of U.S. military personnel and equipment to and from training destinations... MORE

The 858th Movement Control Team oversees the loading of Task Force Spartan's equipment onto host nation trucks for transportation to their training destination during Eager Lion.

U.S., Jordanian soldiers train shoulder to shoulder at Eager Lion 2019
September 5, 2019 — Soldiers from the U.S., Jordanian and British militaries trained shoulder-to-shoulder during a situational training exercise as part of exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 2, 2019... MORE

A Royal Jordanian Army Soldier from the 39th Mechanized Infantry Battalion provides security while Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, call out enemy objectives during a situational training exercise- part of Eager Lion 2019- at an urban assault training village near Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2, 2019.

Soldiers ensure weapons readiness at APS-5
September 5, 2019 — Soldiers with the 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kuwait are key to ensuring the quality of weapons at Army Prepositioned Stocks-5... MORE

Sgt. Brittany Deturo, weapons quality assurance, 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kuwait, disassembles a M2 .50-caliber machine gun in the weapons maintenance facility of Army Prepositioned Stocks-5, Aug. 17, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Deturo is a member of the 776 Support Maintenance Company of the Tennessee National Guard.

US, Jordan integrate for counter-UAS training at EL19
September 5, 2019 — During capabilities integration training, an integral part of Exercise Eager Lion 2019, a U.S. Army Special Operations Task Force partnered with a Jordan Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit to conduct site exploitation of a notional downed unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, on Sept. 2 in Jordan... MORE

U.S. Army Special Operations Task Force and Jordan Armed Forces, along with a JAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, conduct site exploitation of a notional downed unmanned aerial vehicle Sept. 2, 2019, at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center in Amman, Jordan, during Exercise Eager Lion 19. Eager Lion, U.S. Central Command's largest and most complex exercise, is an opportunity to integrate forces in a multilateral environment, operate in realistic terrain and strengthen military-to-military relationships.

Soldiers train on saving lives
September 5, 2019 — Members of the Jordan Armed Forces worked alongside U.S. Army Soldiers for ground casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) training with air support from U.S. Army Reserve aviators as part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program (JOEP) at Joint Training Center-Jordan August 27, 2019. ... MORE

A Jordan Soldier, with 7th Mechanized Battalion, 48th Mechanized Brigade, supports a U.S. Army Soldier, with 1st Squadron, 102nd Cavalry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 42nd Infantry Division, New Jersey National Guard, mimicking an arm and abdominal injury during medical evacuation training, part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program at Joint Training Center-Jordan August 27, 2019. The Army is optimizing for interoperability with all our allies and partners to strengthen alliances and deliver more effective coalition operations.

ARCENT DCG talks Eager Lion, Middle East exercises
September 4, 2019 — Eager Lion's combined joint task force deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, shared his thoughts about Eager Lion at the halfway point in the Aug. 25 to Sept. 5 exercise... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army Central Command, visits 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers to offer words of encouragement and recognize outstanding work during their participation in Eager Lion 2019.

Quick-reaction FET shows off skills at EL19
September 4, 2019 — Service members from the Jordan Armed Forces, Mohamed Bin Zayed Brigade/Quick Reaction Force Female Engagement Team participated in a coalition situational training exercise lane during Exercise Eager Lion 19 in Jordan on Sept. 3, 2019... MORE

Jordan Armed Forces Warrant Officer Haneen Waqueez, Mohamed Bin Zayed Brigade/Quick Reaction Force Female Engagement Team, directs members of the FET where they are going to next during a coalition situational training exercise lane during Exercise Eager Lion 19, near Amman, Jordan on Sept. 3, 2019. The JAF FET were integrated into the JAF 81st Rapid Intervention Battalion alongside with the 3 Parachute Regiment, 3rd Battalion.

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