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Tajik and U.S. Soldiers build mountaineering skills
April 18, 2018 — Soldiers with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan and the U.S. Army worked together to share mountain warfare tactics and techniques, April 18, 2018. This information exchange was part of a larger military-to-military engagement between the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security tactics and techniques... MORE

Soldiers with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces practice rappelling in pairs at a mountain training camp outside of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, April 17, 2018. This mountain warfare information exchange was part of a larger military-to-military engagement taking place with the Tajikistan Peacekeeping Battalion of the Mobile Forces and the 648th Military Engagement Team, Georgia Army National Guard, involving border security tactics and techniques.

Jordanian and U.S. forces announce the start of Eager Lion 2018
April 16, 2018 — Senior military leaders from Jordan Armed Forces and U.S. Central Command announced the beginning of Exercise Eager Lion 2018 today at the Jordan Special Operations Command. The exercise features thousands of U.S. and Jordanian forces, as well as several governmental and non-governmental organizations... MORE

Jordan Armed Forces Brig. Staff Gen. Mohommad Al-Thalji and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jon Mott, co-directors of Exercise Eager Lion 2018, announce the beginning of the exercise at an April 15 international press conference at the Jordan Special Operations Command near Amman, Jordan. Eager Lion 2018 is a major training event that provides U.S. forces and Jordan Armed Forces the opportunity to improve their collective ability to plan and operate in a coalition-type environment through scenarios that span from a long-range bomber mission to maritime security operations to a ground force attack of a fictitious adversary. It is scheduled to take place through April 26.

US Army Central welcome new senior enlisted advisor
April 13, 2018 — Personnel from U.S. Army Central came together to bid farewell to the command’s senior enlisted advisor during a change of responsibility ceremony. Command Sgt. Maj. Eric Dostie relinquished responsibility of the unit’s welfare and enforcement of standards to Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph C. Cornelison... MORE

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett (center), the U.S. Army Central commander, passes the colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph C. Cornelison, the new USARCENT senior enlisted advisor, during a change of responsibility ceremony Nov. 12 at Patton Hall. The passing of the colors symbolizes Garrett’s entrusting of Cornelison with the well-being of the Soldiers and the enforcement of standards across the command. Cornelison assumed responsibility from Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie (right), who will become the next senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Jordanian, U.S. forces practice mortar fires together
April 11, 2018 — Jordanian and U.S. soldiers traded infantry tactics and protocols during bilateral training at Jordan’s Joint Training Center near Amman, Jordan. While the training is part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program, the units involved in the training are building interoperability that will likely benefit them in the upcoming Eager Lion 2018 exercise... MORE

Specialist Jason Durant,, forward observer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 143rd Field Artillery Regiment, measures the direction of a target for an indirect fire mission during an exercise at Jordan’s Joint Training Center near Amman, Jordan, April 11, 2018. The bilateral training with U.S. forces was part of the Jordan Operational Engagement Program and focused on the exchange of infantry tactics and techniques.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait visits Camp Arifjan
April 11, 2018 — His Excellency, Shaykh Nasser, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait, visited Camp Arifjan alongside His Excellency, Lawrence R. Silverman, U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait on April 11, 2018. The visit began with a briefing that gave an overview of U.S. Army Central Command’s scope within the area of responsibility and the importance of the relationship between Kuwait and the U.S. Army... MORE

Shaykh Nasser, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kuwait, attends a briefing alongside Maj. Gen. Flem B. “Donnie” Walker Jr., Commanding General, 1st Theater Sustainment Command and USARCENT Deputy Commanding General-Sustainment, April 11, 2018, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The brief gave the minister an overview of U.S. Army Central Command’s scope within the area of responsibility and the importance of the relationship between Kuwait and the U.S. Army.

Army Reserve Soldiers improve conditions for service members in the Middle East
April 11, 2018 — An Army Reserve unit of engineers from Penn Yan, N.Y.is doing what it can to improve living conditions on an Iraq military post where water supplies are often scarce and road building is complicated by soil conditions... MORE

Spc. Justin Ernst uses a bulldozer Feb. 9, 2018 to spread materials that will create the sub base layers of a new road. Soldiers with the 770th Engineer Company, an Army Reserve unit of engineers from Penn Yan, N.Y., constructed the road as part of an improvement project.

Jordanian, U.S. forces train on NATO planning procedures
April 10, 2018 — Officers with the Jordan Armed Forces and the U.S. Army came together to refresh their knowledge of NATO planning procedures during a two-week course at Jordan’s Peace Operations Training Center... MORE

Jordan Armed Forces Lt. Col. Mahkmoud Bani-Issa, Military Training Directorate joint exercises senior staff, addresses NATO, Jordanian, and American officers prior to the capstone event of a NATO planning course near Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018. Students in the course presented two potential courses of action in response to a simulated invasion and received feedback from senior officers.

U.S. and Jordanian Forces prepare for Eager Lion 2018
April 9, 2018 — U.S. mortarmen and Jordanian Border Forces worked through language barriers, and equipment and skill level variations to send a continuous barrage of 60 mm mortars down-range at a live fire exercise at a range outside of Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Mario Osorio, an indirect fire infantryman, 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, hands a Jordan Armed Forces 11th Border Security soldier a mortar during a 60 mm mortar live fire outside of Amman, Jordan, April 4, 2018.

Soldiers join in Kuwait beach cleanup
April 7, 2018 — Soldiers with Task Force Spartan joined staff from the U.S. embassy in Kuwait, the Kuwait Dive Team and concerned local citizens in a beach cleanup near Kuwait City April 7. The Saturday morning effort at Anjafa Beach saw volunteers don gloves and spread out across the sand, trash bags in hand, to pick up what amounted to a truckload of plastic bottles, bits of metal and old tires... MORE

U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman (left) pauses during a cleanup at Anjafa Beach for a photo with Pa. Army National Guard Soldiers Sgt. Timothy Reed (center) of Latrobe and Spc. Anthony Massaro of Philadelphia on April 7, 2018. Reed and Massaro are with Charlie Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division and are deployed to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan. The event was the latest in an ongoing effort to rid Kuwait beaches of pollution.

Wounded Troops Share Stories, Strength
April 6, 2018 — Eight wounded service members returned to Afghanistan as part of the 24th iteration of Operation Proper Exit, to bring a message of hope and resiliency to soldiers through frank discussions about the best outcomes for some of the worst injuries soldiers face... MORE

Retired Army Spc. Justin Lane, center, speaks to 28th Infantry Division soldiers at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait,

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