155th Armored Brigade Combat Team Assumes Operational Authority
July 16, 2018
Senior leaders of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, salute the United States flag during a ceremony held to transfer authority between the two units at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 15, 2018. The ceremony was the final step in the process of the 155th ABCT assuming operational responsibility from the 2nd BDE, 1st AD.
U.S. Soldiers to visit critically ill children in Kuwait
July 11, 2018
Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division pause for a photo with Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) Deputy Director Banafsheh Azizi (right) and Volunteer Coordinator Basma Ismailand (left) after a volunteer orientation on June 25.
Air defenders always improving
July 11, 2018
Pfc. Manu Sogelau, of San Francisco, Calif., a power generation specialist assigned to Delta Battery, 5th Battalion 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conducts maintenance on a 30Kw tactical generator.
Task Force Spartan HIMARS battery excels in 24-hour exercise
July 11, 2018
Cpl. Nicholas Read, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crewmember from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Task Force Spartan, signals to the other Soldiers in his crew with a red chem light as they reload their HIMARS during the Golden Sparrow exercise on June 29, 2018.
Sisters in Arms
July 10, 2018
Brig. Gen. Leela Gray, USARCENT AREC Director, waits to be introduced as the guest speaker for the Sisters in Arms general session in the Yellow Ribbon room of Patton Hall. Sisters in Arms has committees for outreach, mentoring, education and treasury for Soldiers who want to be involved.
Sergeant Audie Murphy Award Presentation Ceremony
July 10, 2018
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Roberto Castaneda, a platoon sergeant with the 202nd Military Police Company attached to U.S. Army Central Personnel Security Detail as the noncommissioned officer in charge, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Jonah Even, a maintenance management noncommissioned officer assigned to the 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Qatar, recite the creed of the noncommissioned officer at the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club induction ceremony held at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, July 7, 2018. Castaneda and Even exemplify leadership characterized by personal concern for the needs, training, development, and welfare of Soldiers and their families.
U.S., Kuwaiti soldiers continue chemical weapons response training
July 7, 2018
Capt. Abdul-Aziz Hamad Al-Muteri (left), with the Kuwait Minister of Defense Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense Directorate and Lt. Col. Dr. Donald Kimbler (right), deputy chief, Chemical Casualty Care Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) test a simulated casualty for exposure to nerve agent during a training event June 27, 2018.
USARCENT Holds First Cyber Stand-down
July 3, 2018
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Eddie Diaz, Deputy ARCENT G-6, addresses the audience on the individual responsibilities of maintaining cyber security.
155th ABCT Draws Army Prepositioned Stock
July 3, 2018
Soldiers with 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team draws equipment from the Army preposition stock located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, June 28, 2018. APS is a program that consists of prepositioned sets of equipment in different places in the world so military units can fall-in on what they need to help speed response time for a deploying unit and save on cost.
Area Support Group-Kuwait Changes Command
July 3, 2018
Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, deputy commanding general, of US Army Central presided over a Change of Command ceremony for Area Support Group - Kuwait from Col. Steven R. Berger to Col. Shannon E. Nielsen at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on July 2, 2018.