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First Team Best Warriors push each other to achieve success
May 10, 2021 — As vapors rose from our skin, exposed to the cold crisp air outside of the Anderson aquatic center at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the next words uttered were, “What’s our next hit time, sergeant?” The question was posed by Spc. James Spoerl, human resources specialist and half of the duo designated to represent the 1st Theater Sustainment Command in the Fort Knox combined Best Warrior Competition... MORE

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1st TSC volunteers wrap up Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month making SpringHaven look a little brighter
May 6, 2021 — Volunteers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command wrapped up Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month with some community service at the SpringHaven Inc., domestic violence shelter in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, April 30. About 30 Soldiers and civilian employees delivered donations collected throughout the month, and then spent Friday afternoon conducting area beautification, which included weeding and spreading new mulch on the playground. They also weeded other gardens and planted flowers and hostas... MORE

1st TSC family life chaplain blends theology, psychology to help Soldiers
May 6, 2021 — Army Reserve Maj. Eric Hughes, deployed here and serving as the 1st Theater Sustainment Command's operational command post family life chaplain, was reluctant to follow his vocation... MORE

Army Reserve Maj. Eric Hughes, deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with the Indianapolis-based 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), to serve as the 1st Theater Sustainment Command's operational command post family life chaplain, speaks at an April 14, 2021 training for the camp's chaplains and enlisted religious affairs specialists. Hughes said he heard the call to ministry during his 2005-2006 deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan, as a Kansas Air National Guard staff sergeant and munitions technician assigned to A-10 Thunderbolts and AC-130s.

Chief of the Army Reserve applauds deployed Soldiers during USAR 113th Birthday Ceremony
May 3, 2021 — U.S. Army Central's Army Reserve Engagement Cell (AREC) hosted a mass reenlistment here in celebration of the Army Reserve's 113th birthday, April 23, that featured personal virtual remarks from the Chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels... MORE

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1st TSC completes port operations in Saudi Arabia for Logistics Exercise 21
May 3, 2021 — Soldiers deployed to support the 1st Theater Sustainment Command conducted port operations at Saudi’s King Fahd Industrial Port at Yanbu, April 19-26, 2021 as part of Logistics Exercise 21 (LOGEX)... MORE

Capt. Shayna Taylor, officer in charge of the port support element, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, ground guides the driver of an M2/A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle to the proper staging area as part of the logistics exercise, LOGEX 21, at the industrial port at Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia April 20, 2021. LOGEX 21 demonstrates the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s readiness and ability to provide responsive support to U.S. and partner nation forces from anywhere in the U.S. Central Command theater, exercising the Trans-Arabian Network. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Elizabeth Rogers)

Military Working Dog Receives Emergency Care in the Sinai
May 3, 2021 — When Larry, a veteran military working dog began showing signs of severe illness, his handler Spc. Jordan Kawakami, of 89th Military Police Brigade of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri who is currently assigned to Task Force Sinai at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt knew something wasn’t right... MORE

SOUTH CAMP, Sinai, Egypt - Maj. Melissa North, the Force veterinarian assigned to Medical Company, Task Force Sinai poses with Larry, a military working dog assigned to Task Force Sinai at South Camp Clinic, Sinai, Egypt April 20, 2021, following surgery performed on the German Shepard a few days earlier. Medical personnel is confident the eight-year-old German Shepard will make a full recovery. (Courtesy photo by Maj. Melissa North)

USARCENT celebrates Army Reserve 113th birthday
April 29, 2021 — U.S. Army Central's Army Reserve Engagement Cell (AREC) hosted a mass re-enlistment here in celebration of the Army Reserve's 113th birthday April 23 that featured personal virtual remarks from Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command... MORE

Army National Hiring Days kicks off May 10 with extra $2k bonus
April 28, 2021 — U.S. Army Recruiting Command is hosting hundreds of virtual career fairs across the country as part of the of the military service’s second Army National Hiring Days event May 10-June 14... MORE

Soldiers use coffee, live music to prevent sexual assault
April 28, 2021 — During the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade’s deployment to the Middle East, the sexual harassment and assault response and prevention team found a unique way to serve their Soldiers while providing knowledge about their program... MORE

During the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade’s deployment to the Middle East, the sexual harassment and assault response and prevention team ran a makeshift coffee shop to provide knowledge about their program and a welcoming environment to seek help. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Doug Knepp)

U.S. Army Soldier dies in Middle East
April 27, 2021 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE NO. 20210427-001 April 27, 2021... MORE

Regional Solutions Needed to Address Middle East Security, General Says
April 27, 2021 — The two most urgent threats in the Middle East in the coming years will most likely be the proliferation of cheap and capable unmanned aerial vehicles used by extremist groups, as well as humanitarian crises, the U.S. Central Command commander said... MORE

1st TSC Soldiers successfully precision-airdrop GPS-guided pallets in Kuwait test
April 27, 2021 — Soldiers deployed to support 1st Theater Sustainment Command's logistical support of U.S. Central Command airdropped four pallets April 22 within 75 meters of the target here in a critical test of sustainment capabilities... MORE

Riggers of the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, based 151st Quartermaster Company, deployed the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of 1st Theater Sustainment Command, work to recover one of four Joint Precision Air Delivery System, or JPADS, units used to air drop four bundles at the Camp Buehring, Kuwait, drop zone. The black device rigged between the parafoil and the payload is the Modular Autonomous Guidance Unit, or MAGU, which uses the lines of the chute to steer it to its programmed target.

Deployed club lifts 70k pounds to boost morale, do good
April 27, 2021 — When Sgt. Stephen Bruckno arrived in the Middle East, he noticed the 1000-pound club at Camp Buehring’s Scorpion Gym was suspended due to COVID-19 precautions. Knowing the positive impact events like that have on Soldiers, he hatched an idea to organize a virtual 1000-pound club himself... MORE

While deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield, U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Bruckno organized a virtual 1000-pound lifting club to help boost the morale of Soldiers as many activities were canceled or altered due to COVID-19 precautions.

West Virginia Guardsmen Cross Paths While Deployed
April 26, 2021 — Camp Buehring, KU – For many Soldiers, going on an overseas deployment means leaving behind their friends and families for extended periods of time – but not always. For two West Virginia Army National Guardsmen, their paths happened to cross while deployed. They also happen to be father and son... MORE

Spc. Tyler Goldsberry (left), 2nd General Support Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment and chief warrant officer Craig Goldsberry (right), 111th Engineer Brigade, son and father respectively, pose for a photo in Kuwait, April 2021. The two are currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield; and although assigned to different units, their deployment timelines overlap by nearly two months allowing for a long-awaited reunion between this father and son duo.

1st TSC DCG tours ammo offload, on load operations at Kuwait's Port Shuaiba
April 24, 2021 — PORT SHUAIBA, Kuwait--The deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command observed onload-offload operations of ammunition here April 24. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Justin Swanson, who is also the commanding general of the Army Reserve's Indianapolis-based 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), had the opportunity to tour the port and observe the Soldiers of the 595th Transportation Brigade (SDDC) and the 1185th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion conduct the port operations... MORE

Col. Michael Ludwick, commander of 595th Transportation Brigade (SDDC), gestures while he describes port operations to Brig. Gen. Justin M. Swanson, the deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, while on Swanson's April 24, 2021 tour of Kuwait's Port Shuaiba. The 595th TB (SDDC) integrates and synchronizes surface deployment and distribution capabilities to project readiness and sustain the warfighter throughout the U.S. Central Command area of operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil W. McCabe)

First Team soldier wins Fort Knox best warrior, soldier of the year, and accepted into the United States Military Academy Preparatory School
April 22, 2021 — The last week of March was full of achievement and recognition for a 1st Theater Sustainment Command Soldier. Weeks of training for the Fort Knox Best Warrior Competition paid off as Spc. James Spoerl, human resources specialist, S-1, 1st TSC, was awarded Fort Knox’s Soldier of the Year and Best Warrior... MORE

Polish ambassador to Kuwait tours 1st TSC's Camp Arifjan CTEF yard
April 22, 2021 — The deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command hosted Polish Ambassador to Kuwait Pawel Lechowicz on an April 19 tour of the 1st TSC's yard of military vehicles designated for transfer to Iraqi security forces through the Counter-ISIS, Equipment and Training Fund... MORE

USARCENT forges ahead with new technology
April 22, 2021 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - The ability to adapt is widely considered to be one of the most important qualities a person can achieve. Soldiers with U.S. Army Central’s Information Systems Division (ISD) G6 have a firm understanding of just that important role adaptability plays in readiness. ... MORE

Army Master Sgt. Brian Chapman, Information Systems Division Non-commissioned Officer in Charge for U.S. Army Central G6 adjusts their Tampa 1.3M satellite dish during validation for the new Relocatable Emergency Command Post at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 12 2021. This technology further develops the capabilities and increases the U.S. Armed Forces overall readiness. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Torres, USARCENT PAO)

1st TSC validates expeditionary command post at Camp Arifjan exercise
April 20, 2021 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait--Soldiers of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command's main command post at Fort Knox, Kentucky, deployed here throughout April for a validation exercise for its expeditionary command post. ... MORE

Alabama National Guard Spc. Anthony Hayes, 115th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, April 13, 2021 monitors the signal strength from the Tampa satellite dish that handled communications and data traffic during the Fort Knox, Kentucky, based 1st Theater Sustainment Command's expeditionary command post validation exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Hayes, whose battalion is deployed to Camp Buerhing, Kuwait, said he appreciated getting real-world, unscripted training working in the ECP validation exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil W. McCabe)

U.S. Soldier Teaches Kuwaiti Students to Reach for the Stars with Space Presentation
April 17, 2021 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait– At the invite of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, Task Force Spartan Chief of Space and Special Programs, Maj. Edwin Vasquez, gave a virtual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics presentation on NASA’s Artemis Space Program to students at the Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity April 3, 2021, in Kuwait... MORE

U.S. Army Soldier Maj. Edwin Vasquez, Task Force Spartan Chief of Space and Special Programs, gives a virtual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics presentation on NASA’s Artemis Space Program to students at the Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity April 3, 2021, in Kuwait. The presentation hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait was a part of their Every Soldier is an Ambassador Program. ESA aims to strengthen the Kuwaiti public’s relationship with U.S. service members through service members’ contributions of their time, skills, and experiences to their host country. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Allegra Taylor, Deputy PAO, Task Force Spartan)

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