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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

A U.S. Army Soldier, with Military Engagement Team-Jordan, 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Arizona Army National Guard, locates map grid coordinates with Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) Quick Reaction Force Female Engagement Team Soldiers during a Map Reading Subject Matter Expert Exchange at a base outside of Amman, Jordan Jan. 13, 2020. The United States is committed to the security of Jordan and to partnering closely with the JAF to meet common security challenges. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shaiyla B. Hakeem)

Engineers keep it constructive
January 17, 2020 — In the engineer office at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, there is a white board displaying an ever-changing list of improvement projects. Almost daily, military and civilian personnel come through the door asking for assistance... MORE

Task Force Sinai opens new Supply Support Activity facility with ribbon cutting ceremony
January 16, 2020 — SOUTH CAMP, Sinai, Egypt --- Service members of Task Force Sinai held a ceremony to mark the grand opening of the new Supply Support Activity facility on South Camp, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2020. The new facility is essential to the controlled receiving, distribution, issuing and storage of stocked parts supporting the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) mission... MORE

Col. Brandon Klink, left, deputy commander of Task Force Sinai, Maj. Gen. Evan Williams, center, force commander of the Multinational Force and Observers, and Col. Robert Duchaine, commander of Task Force Sinai and the chief of staff for the MFO, cut the ribbon entering the new Supply Support Activity facility on South Camp, Egypt, Jan. 16, 2020. The new facility is essential to the controlled receiving, distribution, issuing and storage of stocked parts supporting the Multinational Force and Observers mission.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios)

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team honors legacy of Martin Luther King through mentorship
January 16, 2020 — Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., raised the question in a speech over thirty years ago, “What are you doing for others?" As America celebrates King’s legacy on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, Soldiers in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team deployed in the Middle East are putting his words into action through mentorship... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. Hollis Gaynor, budget officer in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, mentors Sgt. Devin Lewis, a noncommissioned officer in the headquarters company, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, while deployed in the Middle East, Jan. 16, 2020. The unit is encouraging Soldiers to seek out mentors and to understand the importance of serving others.

103rd ESC Soldiers leave mark on Camp Arifjan
January 14, 2020 — On a busy street on Camp Arifjan, a t-wall faces the street in full view of everyone who walks by that displays a mural that includes a grim looking Spartan skeleton... MORE

Sgt. Angel Bastidas-Pineda, a transportation land movement non commissioned officer, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, poses with the mural he helped paint at Camp Arifjan, Jan. 3, 2020. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Army Reserve Air Traffic Services Company redeploys from USCENTCOM mission
January 9, 2020 — Twenty-eight Soldiers assigned to Company F, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, returned to Fort Hood, Texas, following a nine-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 5... MORE

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

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