Resilience: OPE Soldiers overcome battlefield injuries
March 14, 2017
Retired Army Sgt. Willard Hoyum, wheeled vehicle mechanic, formerly with A company, 307th Brigade Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, shakes the hand of a deployed Soldier, March 14, 2017, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The meet and greet concluded the first town hall meeting Soldiers of Operation Proper Exit will give prior to returning to the location where they received their combat injuries.
Mattis: Social Media Misconduct by DoD Personnel Won’t be Tolerated
March 13, 2017
James N. Mattis, the 26th Secretary of Defense, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, Jan 25, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)
US Army Central Family Members learn about the Middle East
March 13, 2017
Judy Merrill, spouse of Col. Aaron Merrill, U.S. Army Central international military affairs chief, shares some of the things she experienced as a spouse and mother while living in the Middle East as part of an accompanied tour with USARCENT Soldiers and their Family Members during a quarterly Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, USARCENT Family Readiness Group meeting at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. March 9.
USNS Brittin validates 936th ETOE under deployed conditions
March 13, 2017
1st Sgt. Adolph Romero, the transportation supervisor for the 936th Expeditionary Terminal Operating Element and a native of Dover, Fla., helps pull a rope from the large, medium speed, roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305), to secure it to the pier at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, March 12. The ETOE originated in September 2015 for the sole purpose to enable the Army to conduct terminal operations in theater
Reinforcing partnerships through quarterly MEDEVAC meeting
March 5, 2017
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ron Wells, the commanding surgeon for Area Support Group- Kuwait presents Kuwait Army Col. Waleed Malalla, the director of the Kuwait Armed Forces Hospital and the acting chief of medical services, with a certificate of appreciation after a Medical Evacuation meeting hosted, for the first time, at KAFH, March 5. This meeting is one of many partnership events that U.S. Soldiers, Airmen and Kuwaiti soldiers and airmen participate in together. Practical exercises such as mass casualty events and medical evacuations are the stepping stones used to elevate the partnership.
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, US Army Central hosts change of command ceremony
March 3, 2017
Lt. Col. Lindsay Matthews, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Army Central, observes her new unit during her change of command ceremony held at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. March 3. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Victor Everhart Jr.) -
Life as an Army Mariner
January 30, 2017
Army Mariners with the 411th Transportation Detachment onboard the Army logistic support vessel Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross, conducted cargo operations in the Arabian Gulf 19-23 Jan., 2017. The crew hauled cargo to Qatar from Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait and transported another load during the return trip. While underway the crew practiced several maritime emergency exercises including man overboard, fire, and battle drills. The crew consisted of watercraft operators, engineers, cooks, and medics, although each member is trained to perform several tasks outside the scope of their duty specialty in case of an emergency situation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman)
Junior Officers visit Historic Kuwaiti Site
January 20, 2017
Junior officers stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, toured the Al Qurain Martyrs’ museum and the Kuwaiti Towers, Jan. 20, 2017 as part of the junior officer’s leadership professional development at U.S. Army Central. The U.S. Army officers learned about the historic significance of that site, the role the U.S. played, and the importance of the Kuwaiti people’s perseverance.
New munitions replace cluster bomb rounds that pose danger to civilians
January 16, 2017
A Soldier in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle from the 1st Battalion, 77th Armored Regiment looks for opposing forces at Udairi Training Range in Kuwait recently as part of a combined exercise. The Cavalry Scouts responded to contact with a notional enemy during the exercise, before providing critical intelligence for Soldiers from the 197th Field Artillery Brigade to provide fire support. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Hubbard, USARCENT Public Affairs)
Building towards better efficiency, quality of life
January 13, 2017
Soldiers from the 176th Engineer Brigade of the Texas Army National Guard, also known as Task Force Chaos, build the steel frame of a two-story modular unit Jan. 11, 2017, which will have the capacity to hold 160 individuals with 20 climate controlled rooms on each floor at Camp Redleg in Southwest Asia. This is a U.S. Army Central Command directed project to enhance the quality of life and save millions of dollars in the future with energy cost savings and troop labor.