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Troops echo history, play baseball
February 26, 2020 — Batter-up! U.S. Army Soldiers, with 655 Regional Support Group (RSG), 316 Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (ESC), 377 Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), donned their gas masks and participated in an improvised game of baseball Feb. 12, 2020 at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to prepare for chemical warfare during WWI... MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers prepare to play baseball for chemical warfare training during WWI at a Gas Defense Plant in Long Island City, N.Y. in 1918. We still have the greatest Army in the world. We serve the people of the United States and we are going to protect them with our lives if that is what it comes to. (Courtesy photo by Underwood and Underwood, U.S. National Archives)

3rd SFAB and Kurdish Peshmerga work side by side to defeat threats
February 22, 2020 — ERBIL, Iraq -- In the Makmuhr mountains of northern Iraq where fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are regrouping and reforming, the Kurdish Peshmerga operate a small military base close to a series of lookout posts where ISIS fighters have attempted to infiltrate Iraq’s Kurdistan region. ... MORE

A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache scans the area for ISIS militants where members of the group are known to be hiding - near Iraq’s Makhmur mountains - Feb. 10, 2020. ISIS members attacked and injured several shepherds in the area the previous week before local fighters killed them. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean Harding)

25th Infantry Division and Iraqi Army conduct security operations at Al Asad Airbase
February 22, 2020 — AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq – Installation security is of the utmost importance in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, enabling Iraqi and coalition forces to maneuver freely and bring the fight to wherever the enemy hides. Soldiers with the Fort Wainwright, Alaska-based 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, are regularly conducting patrols and security operations around the perimeter of Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq with their Iraqi Army counterparts. The patrols serve as a deterrence and reinforce the security partnership between the two nations... MORE

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, take a photo with Iraqi troops guarding the perimeter of Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq, Feb. 15, 2020. U.S. troops regularly share food and other supplies, as well as tactics and procedures with Iraqi troops to reinforce the security partnership between the two nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean Harding)

1st TSC-OCP Soldier Receives USDA’s Highest Honor
February 21, 2020 — Army Reserve Soldiers have the unique responsibility of maintaining both civilian and Army careers. One Soldier who is deployed to the Middle East has gone above and beyond in both regards... MORE

Capt. Jordan Goldie, right, deputy comptroller, 1st Theater Sustainment Command operational command post, receives the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Honor Award from Mr. Sonny Perdue, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, at the 70th Annual Secretary's Honor Award ceremony in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2020.

Bryan, Ohio reporter, Guardsman delivers the news in southwest Asia
February 20, 2020 — A Bryan, Ohio resident serving with Task Force Spartan as the deputy information officer possesses many talents, including working as a reporter for Bryan Publishing Company. Indiana National Guard Maj. Lynn Thompson graduated from West Unity, Ohio’s Hilltop High School in 1987. Enlisting in the Army launched him on an adventure around the world as he developed unique professional and personal relationships... MORE

Indiana National Guard Maj. Lynn Thompson

Soldier from Fort Knox Reforms Maintenance Standards in Qatar
February 19, 2020 — One Fort Knox Soldier’s servant leadership and passion for excellence has raised the maintenance standards in Qatar exponentially. Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Watson, maintenance management noncommissioned officer in charge (NCOIC), Area Support Group – Qatar (ASG-QA), took over his position and has completely reformed the maintenance program and drastically improved maintenance readiness at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Watson, maintenance management noncommissioned officer in charge (NCOIC), Area Support Group – Qatar (ASG-QA), works with another ASG-QA Soldier to conduct a maintenance inspection at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2020. (Courtesy photo)

Expediting Avionics in the Middle East - 1107th TASMG
February 15, 2020 — One maintenance group located in the Middle East takes on repairs that others cannot, and their impact on sustainment operations is paramount. The Soldiers of the 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG) are required to take on high level repairs that are necessary to maintaining sustainment operations in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR)... MORE

Staff Sgt. Patrick McDonald, avionic mechanic, 1107th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, works to repair an anti-collision light for a UH-60 helicopter at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 11, 2020.

Army Reserve Soldiers in CBRN company train to save lives
February 14, 2020 — As the sun rises over the CENTCOM area of operations, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers receive an exercise mission brief from Christian Miles, a Fire Department assistant chief of training... MORE

77th Sustainment Brigade: Lighting path for future sustainment operations in CENTCOM AOR
February 13, 2020 — With a noteworthy lineage dating back to World War I, a deployed Army Reserve unit provided praiseworthy Sustainment operations on their recent deployment to the Middle East. The 77th Sustainment Brigade (SB) arrived in the Middle East in June, 2019 and is now preparing to head back to Fort Dix, New Jersey. However, their mission accomplishments in the U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) have made a lasting impact on current operations... MORE

The Mighty Sea-Masters of the Middle East: 492nd Theater Harbormaster Operations Detachment
February 13, 2020 — The 492nd Theater Harbormaster Operations Detachment (THOD) ended their mission during a ceremony at a Naval Base in the Middle East, Feb. 13, 2019... MORE

Spc. Cameron Insinga, watercraft operator, 492nd Theater Harbormaster Operations Detachment (THOD), rings the bell eight times to signify mission complete during the 492nd THOD's end of mission ceremony at Kuwait Naval Base, Feb. 13, 2020.

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