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Texas Congressmen visit Soldiers at Camp Arifjan
May 9, 2018 — U.S. Representatives John R. Carter, 31st District of Texas, and Roger Williams, 25th District of Texas, visited Soldiers at Camp Arifjan as part of a Congressional delegation, May 4, 2018. “We are here today to say thanks to all of our troops and those who work with our troops,” said Rep. Williams... MORE

U.S. Representatives John R. Carter and Roger Williams, Texas, speak with Soldiers with 1-62 Air Defense Artillery, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 4, 2018. U.S. Representatives John R. Carter and Roger Williams from Texas visited U.S. servicemembers in the middle east as part of a congressional delegation.

Army surgeon lectures on nerve agents in Kuwait medical exchange
May 8, 2018 — The top doctor for the 28th Infantry Division paired up with a Kuwaiti physiotherapist to speak at an ongoing medical exchange at North Military Medical Complex, Kuwait. The Division surgeon lectured on the history, effects and treatment of nerve agents and how the use of nerve agents as a weapon has evolved over time... MORE

Dr. Hessa Alkandari (left), a physiotherapist with Kuwait Military Hospital; and Lt. Col. Dr. Gregory Johnston (second from left), 28th Infantry Division surgeon, pause for a photo after serving as speakers in the latest monthly medical exchange May 3, 2018 at the North Military Medical Complex. They are joined by Lt. Col. Andrew Franzone, division chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear (CBRN) protection officer; and Sgt. Maj. Michael Reep, CBRN NCOIC, who attended to hear Johnston’s presentation on the history of nerve agents. Alkandari spoke on the importance of prescribing exercise as part of patient treatment.

Divers Conduct Underwater Welding Training at Kuwait Naval Base
May 7, 2018 — Part of the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment's mission is to provide a vast network of support for all logistics vessels in theatre, to include surface and underwater cutting and welding; a skill that is emphasized for these specialized Soldiers. During a recent training event, they hosted the Kuwait School of America for a tour of the dive site and the opportunity to experience the divers training underwater in real time... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Pierce Castro cutting a project on surface at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, March 27, 2018.

Jordan Armed Forces Imams and U.S. military chaplains exercise their faith during Eager Lion 2018
May 3, 2018 — Senior religious affairs leaders of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) and U.S. military met with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Grand Mufti at the Jordanian Center for Countering Extremism (JCCE) as part of Eager Lion 2018, an annual two-week bilateral military exercise... MORE

Senior religious affairs leaders of the Jordan Armed Forces and U.S. military begin their staff integration week of Eager Lion 18 at Prince Hassan College April 9-10. Events like these help to build trust between service members and citizens of different nations.

PA National Guard soldier lectures on cyber threats at Gulf Shield One
May 3, 2018 — Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Mosco, tactical communications chief, signal company, 28th Infantry Division, Pa. Army National Guard, delivered a lecture at exercise Gulf Shield One which involved 23 Task Force Spartan (TFS) partner nations. Drawing upon his military background, civilian education, and experience as a college professor, Mosco provided attendees with a basic overview of cyber security operations and the steps that a person can take to secure his or her personal system... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Mosco, tactical communications chief, signal company, 28th Infantry Division, Pa. Army National Guard, delivers a cyber-security lecture with the aid of an Arabic interpreter at exercise Gulf Shield One, March 28.

Tajik, U.S. soldiers build relationships through information exchanges
April 24, 2018 — Soldiers with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan and the U.S. Army worked together in a 24-hour operation to share tactics, techniques and procedures, April 24, 2018. This exercise was part of a three-week, military-to-military engagement between the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security and mountain warfare techniques... MORE

Tajik soldiers return from reacting to an ambush at a traffic control point at a mountain training camp outside of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, April 24, 2018, during an exercise to exchange tactics between Tajik and U.S. forces. This information exchange was part of a larger military-to-military engagement taking place with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security tactics and techniques.

Religious support and coordination lead to success on two fronts
April 23, 2018 — When U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Pinkie Fischer first met with Imams from the Jordan Armed Forces she didn’t know that their religious affairs exercise would affect the lives of local orphans just two weeks later. The idea came out while discussing ways to combat religious extremism at the Jordanian Center for Countering Extremism on April 11... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. John Salazar, an information operations officer with U.S. Army Central teaches a resident of the Amman SOS Children’s Village how to do a fist bump April 23. Salazar was part of a donation visit to the village that was arranged by Jordan Armed Forces Imams in coordination with U.S. Chaplains as part of ongoing coordination between the two partner nation militaries. Events like these help to build trust between service members and citizens of different nations.

Tajik and U.S. Soldiers build mountaineering skills
April 18, 2018 — Soldiers with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan and the U.S. Army worked together to share mountain warfare tactics and techniques, April 18, 2018. This information exchange was part of a larger military-to-military engagement between the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security tactics and techniques... MORE

Soldiers with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces practice rappelling in pairs at a mountain training camp outside of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, April 17, 2018. This mountain warfare information exchange was part of a larger military-to-military engagement taking place with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security tactics and techniques.

Jordanian and U.S. forces announce the start of Eager Lion 2018
April 16, 2018 — Senior military leaders from Jordan Armed Forces and U.S. Central Command announced the beginning of Exercise Eager Lion 2018 today at the Jordan Special Operations Command. The exercise features thousands of U.S. and Jordanian forces, as well as several governmental and non-governmental organizations... MORE

Jordan Armed Forces Brig. Staff Gen. Mohommad Al-Thalji and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jon Mott, co-directors of Exercise Eager Lion 2018, announce the beginning of the exercise at an April 15 international press conference at the Jordan Special Operations Command near Amman, Jordan. Eager Lion 2018 is a major training event that provides U.S. forces and Jordan Armed Forces the opportunity to improve their collective ability to plan and operate in a coalition-type environment through scenarios that span from a long-range bomber mission to maritime security operations to a ground force attack of a fictitious adversary. It is scheduled to take place through April 26.

US Army Central welcome new senior enlisted advisor
April 13, 2018 — Personnel from U.S. Army Central came together to bid farewell to the command’s senior enlisted advisor during a change of responsibility ceremony. Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Dostie relinquished responsibility of the unit’s welfare and enforcement of standards to Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph C. Cornelison... MORE

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett (center), the U.S. Army Central commander, passes the colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph C. Cornelison, the new USARCENT senior enlisted advisor, during a change of responsibility ceremony Nov. 12 at Patton Hall. The passing of the colors symbolizes Garrett’s entrusting of Cornelison with the well-being of the Soldiers and the enforcement of standards across the command. Cornelison assumed responsibility from Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie (right), who will become the next senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Jordanian, U.S. forces practice mortar fires together
April 11, 2018 — Jordanian and U.S. soldiers traded infantry tactics and protocols during bilateral training at Jordan’s Joint Training Center near Amman, Jordan. While the training is part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program, the units involved in the training are building interoperability that will likely benefit them in the upcoming Eager Lion 2018 exercise... MORE

Specialist Jason Durant,, forward observer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment, measures the direction of a target for an indirect fire mission during an exercise at Jordan’s Joint Training Center near Amman, Jordan, April 11, 2018. The bilateral training with U.S. forces was part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program and focused on the exchange of infantry tactics and techniques.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait visits Camp Arifjan
April 11, 2018 — His Excellency, Shaykh Nasser, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait, visited Camp Arifjan alongside His Excellency, Lawrence R. Silverman, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait on April 11, 2018. The visit began with a briefing that gave an overview of U.S. Army Central Command’s scope within the area of responsibility and the importance of the relationship between Kuwait and the U.S. Army... MORE

Shaykh Nasser, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait, attends a briefing alongside Maj. Gen. Flem B. “Donnie” Walker Jr., Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command and USARCENT Deputy Commanding General-Sustainment, April 11, 2018, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The brief gave the minister an overview of U.S. Army Central Command’s scope within the area of responsibility and the importance of the relationship between Kuwait and the U.S. Army.

Army Reserve Soldiers improve conditions for service members in the Middle East
April 11, 2018 — An Army Reserve unit of engineers from Penn Yan, N.Y.is doing what it can to improve living conditions on an Iraq military post where water supplies are often scarce and road building is complicated by soil conditions... MORE

Spc. Justin Ernst uses a bulldozer Feb. 9, 2018 to spread materials that will create the sub base layers of a new road. Soldiers with the 770th Engineer Company, an Army Reserve unit of engineers from Penn Yan, N.Y., constructed the road as part of an improvement project.

Jordanian, U.S. forces train on NATO planning procedures
April 10, 2018 — Officers with the Jordan Armed Forces and the U.S. Army came together to refresh their knowledge of NATO planning procedures during a two-week course at Jordan’s Peace Operations Training Center... MORE

Jordan Armed Forces Lt. Col. Mahkmoud Bani-Issa, Military Training Directorate joint exercises senior staff, addresses NATO, Jordanian, and American officers prior to the capstone event of a NATO planning course near Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018. Students in the course presented two potential courses of action in response to a simulated invasion and received feedback from senior officers.

U.S. and Jordanian Forces prepare for Eager Lion 2018
April 9, 2018 — U.S. mortarmen and Jordanian Border Forces worked through language barriers, and equipment and skill level variations to send a continuous barrage of 60 mm mortars down-range at a live fire exercise at a range outside of Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Mario Osorio, an indirect fire infantryman, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, hands a Jordan Armed Forces 11th Border Security soldier a mortar during a 60 mm mortar live fire outside of Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018.

Soldiers join in Kuwait beach cleanup
April 7, 2018 — Soldiers with Task Force Spartan joined staff from the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, the Kuwait Dive Team and concerned local citizens in a beach cleanup near Kuwait City April 7. The Saturday morning effort at Anjafa Beach saw volunteers don gloves and spread out across the sand, trash bags in hand, to pick up what amounted to a truckload of plastic bottles, bits of metal and old tires... MORE

U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman (left) pauses during a cleanup at Anjafa Beach for a photo with Pa. Army National Guard Soldiers Sgt. Timothy Reed (center) of Latrobe and Spc. Anthony Massaro of Philadelphia on April 7, 2018. Reed and Massaro are with Charlie Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division and are deployed to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan. The event was the latest in an ongoing effort to rid Kuwait beaches of pollution.

Wounded Troops Share Stories, Strength
April 6, 2018 — Eight wounded service members returned to Afghanistan as part of the 24th iteration of Operation Proper Exit, to bring a message of hope and resiliency to soldiers through frank discussions about the best outcomes for some of the worst injuries soldiers face... MORE

Retired Army Spc. Justin Lane, center, speaks to 28th Infantry Division soldiers at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait,

35th Infantry Division takes Total Army concept from talk to truth
April 3, 2018 — More than 500 Soldiers of the 35th Infantry Division blazed a new trail during their recent deployment to the Middle East. On its first deployment as a division in more than 70 years, the Division took charge of providing for the needs of more than 10,000 Soldiers among five brigades, spread across an area the size of the entire United States... MORE

Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, from the Kansas National Guard, work with U.S. Air Force crew to load two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), pre-dawn, in preparation for the Operation Diamond Torrent exercise, at an airbase in the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 21. Operation Diamond Torrent demonstrated the capabilities of the C-17 and the HIMARS as an operational strategic strike package that can rapidly deploy and infiltrate to deliver a fast, flexible and lethal combination where ever needed.

Kuwaiti, U.S. Ordnance Techs Share Experience, Techniques
April 3, 2018 — Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the Kuwait Land Forces and the U.S. Army trained together March 22 at Gerber Training Area at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, to improve both countries’ ability to counter improvised explosive devices during terror attacks in cities... MORE

Army Staff Sgt. Zachary Zalesny, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 797th Ordnance Company, discusses techniques to defeat improvised explosive devices during a joint training exercise with Kuwait Land Force officers at Udari Range Complex near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 22, 2018. Army photo by Sgt. David L. Nye

American, Jordanian Forces to Support Eager Lion 2018
April 2, 2018 — U.S. service members will partner with forces in Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion 18, which is designed to improve their collective ability to plan and operate in a coalition-type environment, U.S. Central Command officials announced... MORE

Members of the Air Force Special Operation's 23rd Special Tactics Squad participate in small unit tactics at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during Eager Lion 2017 in Amman, Jordan, May 8, 2017. Eager Lion is an annual U.S. Central Command exercise in Jordan designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S., Jordan and other international partners. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Lange

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