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Field artilleryman storm buildings, seize simulated targets
February 28, 2018 — Utah National Guard’s Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment had an opportunity to get out from behind their cannons and prove themselves on other tasks during a complex training exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 28, 2018... MORE

Sergeant 1st Class Aaron Sanford, a maintenance supervisor, Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment, gives commands to his platoon following their departure from a UH-60 Black Hawk near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 28, 2018.

Artillery Soldiers practice maneuver, medical tasks
February 26, 2018 — Soldiers shot their way past opposing forces role players during a training mission that culminated with the training platoon calling in a 9-line and medically treating five Soldiers with simulated injuries before evacuating them by helicopter at Gerber Training Area, Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2018... MORE

Noncommissioned officers with Delta Battery, 1st Battalion, 145th Field Artillery Regiment, Utah National Guard, watch a UH-60 Black Hawk air ambulance crew load simulated casualties into the helicopter during training on Gerber Training Area, Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2018. The exercise included an IED lane and enemy fire in a hostile village before culminating in the simulated medical evacuation.

Engineers conduct flag change ceremony to celebrate Kuwaiti holiday
February 22, 2018 — Soldiers and leaders with the 40th Brigade Engineer Battalion held a flag retirement and replacement ceremony on Camp Patriot, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2018, to honor the Kuwaiti flag there and to raise a new flag over the base in advance of Kuwaiti National and Liberation days... MORE

A flag detail from the 40th Brigade Engineer Battalion folds an aging Kuwaiti Flag

Conquerors partner with Kuwaiti Land Forces Institute
February 22, 2018 — After more than 100 Kuwaiti Land Forces Institute (KLFI) Soldiers successfully completed training with the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, a graduation ceremony was held at the Kuwaiti Land Forces Institute Feb. 22. As part of the training, the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment or ‘Conqueror Battalion’ executed a multi-day joint training exercise to train KLFI Soldiers on the fundamentals of small unit tactics, combat life saver techniques and troop leading procedures... MORE

Iron Soldiers embrace international interoperability as they partnered and conduct training with the Kuwaiti Land Forces. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, showed an array of skills from clearing rooms and urban defense to squad attack in order to minimize the effects of the enemy’s defensive fires during movement.

Qatar Armed Forces National Sport Day activities
February 13, 2018 — Soldiers and Sailors from the United States joined service members from the Qatar Armed Forces for National Sport Day (NSD) activities at Camp Meqdam, near Doha, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2018. ... MORE

Powered paragliders from the Qatar Army perform during Qatar Armed Forces National Sport Day.

ARCENT IDHQ Leader’s Conference: Being Part of the Team
February 12, 2018 — While the 28th Infantry Division conducts their final pre-mobilization for deployment to the Middle East, they invited their future supporting brigade attachments to a two-day US Army Central Intermediate Division Headquarter Leader’s Conference at Fort Hood, Texas on Feb 12-13, 2018... MORE

Col. Marc Hoffmeister, commander of the 20th Engineer Brigade speaks to leaders of the 28th Infantry Division supporting units at the two-day US Army Central Intermediate Division Headquarter Leader’s Conference at Fort Hood, Texas on Feb. 13, 2018.

USARCENT Soldiers show off capabilities, equipment for CENTCOM leadership
February 9, 2018 — U.S. Army Central and Third Army’s Forward Command Post headquarters hosted the leaders of Central Command and its subordinate service commands, Feb. 9, 2018, as part of “Army Day,” an event to showcase the U.S. Army’s capabilities across the theater during a series of demonstrations at U.S. and local military facilities in Kuwait... MORE

First Army prepares Pa. Guard division for Middle East deployment
February 8, 2018 — First Army observer coaches and trainers helped to prepare Soldiers of the 28th ID Headquarters for their upcoming deployment to the Middle East, where they will support combat operations, Operation Spartan Shield, and theater security cooperation with the United States’ 17 partner nations in the region... MORE

Mass. Guard unit prepares for Middle East deployment

USARCENT Director of Operations joins general officer ranks
February 2, 2018 — U.S. Army Central celebrated a rare occasion at Patton Hall today with the promotion of one of its colonels to brigadier general. Col. Michael T. Morrissey, the USARCENT director of operations, was promoted to general officer in a ceremony that highlighted traditions as old as the Army itself; he is among less than 1 percent of his commissioning year-group to attain the rank of general officer... MORE

Comms Team Fills Gaps in Any Environment
February 2, 2018 — To stay connected in such an environment requires people with the unique skills and equipment to provide robust and resilient voice and data capabilities virtually anywhere on Earth. It requires Soldiers like U.S. Army signal professionals that make up the 335th Signal Command (Theater) Provisional... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 335th Signal Command (Theater) Provisional disassemble a SIPR NIPR Access Point (SNAP) terminal after providing signal capabilities during Exercise Inferno Creek 2018, Thumrait Air Base, Oman, Jan. 31 2018. Inferno Creek is an annual U.S. Army Central-led, bilateral exercise held with Omani military forces, focusing on combined arms maneuver, including dismounted infantry.

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