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Soldiers spend the day with kids at Kuwait hospitals
July 25, 2018 — U.S. Soldiers in Kuwait, some from the Indiana National Guard, had an opportunity to visit and spend time playing with children coping with critical illnesses in two Kuwait hospitals on July 10. Through the 'Every Soldier an Ambassador' program, participating Soldiers will share in a six-week rotation of play therapy with hospitalized children... MORE

Spc. Maigen DiCristofaro with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 38th Sustainment Brigade, Indiana National Guard, joined Ahmad to create a colorful artwork on a CD at NBK children’s hospitals on July 10, 2018. Soldiers volunteered their day with the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) play therapy day through Task Force Spartan’s participation in the Every Soldier an Ambassador program.

USARCENT’s Digital Liaison Detachment holds Change of Command
July 24, 2018 — Col. Oscar W. Doward Jr. relinquished his role as commanding officer to Col. Douglas W. Mills during the change-of-command ceremony for the 2503rd Digital Liaison Detachment at U.S. Army Central headquarters July 19... MORE

Maj. Gen. David C. Hill, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, speaks to the audience during an award ceremony to honor Col. Oscar W. Doward Jr., outgoing commander of the 2503rd Digital Liaison Detachment, before a change-of-command ceremony July 19, 2018, at USARCENT headquarters on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Von Marie Donato)

A Day in the Life of EOD
July 20, 2018 — Three years ago, Zachary Meyer sat in an Army recruiting office in Illinois. Growing up an Army brat, finding his way into the recruiting office was natural. But he wasn’t really interested in joining until he saw the Explosive Ordnance Disposal recruiting video... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott Cotner, Spc. U.S. Army Zachary Meyer and U.S. Army Spc. Jonathon Peterson, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialists with 797th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, get an update on the whereabouts of a found UXO from Area Support Group-Kuwait security force, April 25, 2018 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Divers Conduct Operation Salvage Rodeo
July 20, 2018 — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment implemented salvage and recovery operations on multiple projects utilized for training purposes and scenarios May 11, 2018, at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. The training included lift bag operations, affected diver scenarios, and underwater hydraulic tool operations. The evolution ended with building patches and dewatering a sunken fuel tanker... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Cody Jacobs, left, a 2nd Class Diver assigned to the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment, uses an Oxy-Acetylene torch to build hooks that will support patches as water is evacuated and air takes its place at Kuwaiti Naval Base, Kuwait, May 11, 2018. Soldiers of the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment implemented salvage and recovery operations on multiple projects utilized for training purposes and scenarios.

Task Force Spartan Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Brian Lang, HIMARS crew chief
July 20, 2018 — Staff Sgt. Brian Lang is a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crew chief for Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Task Force Spartan. “I’ve been in for little over six years now,” said Lang. “I started off as a driver in a ’270’ – a 270 is a track unit vehicle that will carry two of the rocket pods instead of one.”... MORE

Staff Sgt. Brian Lang, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System crew chief for Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery Regiment, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Task Force Spartan, coordinates with one his Soldiers to raise the pod to load the simulated rounds for the HIMARS on June 29, 2018. Lang, a six-year field artilleryman, is also the ammunition section chief for Bravo Battery.

335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional) welcomes new commander
July 19, 2018 — Brig. Gen. Nikki L. Griffin Olive assumed command of the 335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional) from Brig. Gen. John H. Phillips at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, July 19. Griffin Olive has served over 28 years as an Army Signal Corps officer, and her immediate prior assignment was Deputy Commander for Sustainment of the 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia... MORE

Brig. Gen. Nikki L. Griffin Olive receives command flag from Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett after assuming command of the 335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, July 19.

From Family Readiness to the Front Line
July 17, 2018 — Like many military spouses, Theresa Scott is no stranger to seeing her husband deploy. She knows what it is like to stay behind, rear a family, pay all the bills and maintain a “normal life” while he travels overseas. Unlike most spouses, however, Scott recently had a chance to experience life on the other end of the spectrum... MORE

Theresa Scott, family readiness support assistant, 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), stands in front of the 1st TSC Theater Gateway T-Wall, June 18. Scott traveled to Camp Arifjan to experience life as a Soldier on deployment.

USARCENT hosts 2018 senior strategy session
July 16, 2018 — U.S. Army Central hosted leaders from eight partner nations for the 2018 Senior Strategy Session – Arabian Peninsula / Levant from July 9-12 in Arlington, Va... MORE

Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commanding general, U.S. Central Command, spoke to participants about the regional priorities addressed in the U.S. National Security Strategy, to include the impacts of Iranian malign influence, at the 2018 Senior Strategy Session – Arabian Peninsula / Levant in Arlington, Va, July 9, 2018. The conference promoted the successes of ongoing coalition action against emerging threats and improved shared understanding of regional land force counterparts to invest in the right capabilities to achieve better interoperability and greater effectiveness in pursuing mutual national interests. Over the four-day conference, speakers and participants will engage in discussions centering on the complexities and lessons learned from Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) efforts during ongoing theater campaigns that have global implications. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Von Marie Donato)

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team Assumes Operational Authority
July 16, 2018 — The 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, hosted a ceremony in which they transferred authority of their area of operation to the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 15, 2018... MORE

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 — 28th Infantry Division Soldiers deployed with Task Force Spartan will volunteer through the "Every Soldier is an Ambassador" program to spend time with critially ill children at hospitals in Kuwait... MORE

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.

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