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U.S. Army Central celebrates Army's 247th birthday with ceremonial cake-cutting
June 14, 2022 — U.S. Army Central Celebrates Army's 247th Birthday With Ceremonial Cake-Cutting. (Left to Right) USARCENT Commanding General, LTG Ronald Clark, LTC Kenneth Boes, SPC Archie McParland, and CSM Carlos Evans cut the cake during a ceremony at Patton Hall. The cake was cut using a replica M1913 Patton Sword, designed by then-2nd Lt. George Patton... MORE

U.S. Army Central Celebrates Army's 247th Birthday With Ceremonial Cake-Cutting.

(Left to Right) USARCENT Commanding General, LTG Ronald Clark, LTC Kenneth Boes, SPC Archie McParland, and CSM Carlos Evans cut the cake during a ceremony at Patton Hall. The cake was cut using a replica M1913 Patton Sword, designed by then-2nd Lt. George Patton.

U.S. Army Central memorializes remarkable Red Ball Express
June 8, 2022 — The term “Red Ball” has been around since the mid-1890s to describe express shipping for priority freight. In military history, it refers to a plan to keep then-Lt. Gen. Patton’s fast-moving Army supplied as it broke through the Normandy hedgerows and began its race across France. The Red Ball Express was organized, drawing on all available truck companies, to move tons of needed supplies to keep American forces moving... MORE

In this undated photo, a U.S. Army Soldier poses next to a sign indicating the Red Ball Express route. The 82-day operation was a critical logistics effort during WW II to supply the First and Third Armies as they advanced across France. At its peak, the Red Ball Express delivered 12,500 tons of supplies per day.

Arkansas State University alumni pose outside of U.S. Army Central's Patton Hall
May 9, 2022 — (Center) U.S. Army Central’s Deputy Commanding General, Maj. Gen Wendul Hagler, II, (left) USARCENT, Chief of Space and Special Activities, Col. Princeton Wright, (right) and USARCENT, Chief CMO Plans, Lt. Col. Natasha Campbell, pose for an Arkansas State University alumni photo at Patton Hall on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., May 6, 2022. Hagler commissioned as a military police second lieutenant upon graduation from the Arkansas State University in 1988. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leo Jenkins) ... MORE

U.S. Army Central's Deputy Commanding General and two others from ARCENT pose as Arkansas State University alumni.

Former Soldier witness to Buchenwald concentration camp
April 29, 2022 — As a 23-year-old Army Sergeant during World War II, he was witness to the Battle of the Bulge, the D-Day landing beaches, and the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. ... MORE

Photo of guard tower overlooking crematorium building at Buchenwald concentration camp

A Warrior's Goodpasture
April 18, 2022 — A U.S. Army Central Soldier gives his father the gift of life... MORE

U.S. Army Central, Col. Joel Holmstrom stand next to his father, retired Army Maj. Robert Holmstrom.

U.S. Army Central retention team "above glide"
April 15, 2022 — The retention office is "writing up" a lot of contracts these days, and it shows in their numbers. The U.S. Army Central retention team is ahead of its retention goals. ... MORE

Sergeant Major Pablo A. Michel, USARCENT Command Career Counselor, Master Sgt. Gloe, Senior Retention Operations Career Counselor, and Sgt. 1st Class Albelardo Gonzalez, USARCENT career counselor, retain the force for U.S. Army Central.

U.S. ARCENT Celebrates 39th Birthday of Army Aviation Branch
April 13, 2022 — The Army Aviation Branch, formed in 1983, celebrated its 39th anniversary on 12 April 2022. Current and former Army Aviation members posed for a photo with U.S. Army Central Deputy Commanding General, Major General Wendul Hagler II, at U.S. ARCENT... MORE

Current and former Army Aviation members pose in front of U.S. Army Central HQ, along with ARCENT's Deputy Commanding General, MG Wendul Hagler II.

Ramadan: The holiest month in Islamic culture
April 6, 2022 — For nearly two-billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year, and a time of fasting, prayer, reflection, and charity... MORE

Death of U.S. ARCENT Soldier
March 15, 2022 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE... MORE

Death of U.S. ARCENT Soldier
Shaw Air Force Base, SC – A Soldier assigned to U.S. Army Central was killed in a vehicle crash 13 March. The incident occurred near Hopkins, SC in Richland County.
The cause of death is under investigation by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. They can be contacted at (803) 896-8747 for further information. The Soldier's name is being withheld pending next of kin notification.

New operations specialist brings unique skills to First Team
March 9, 2022 — He left the Island of Jamaica in 1989 when he was 18 and moved to Yonkers, New York, where he got a job working for the Verizon Corporation but wanted a change. For Andrew Roach, operations specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, that change came when he enlisted in the Army February 12, 1998... MORE