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Task Force Spartan Soldier memorializes 9/11 firefighters
September 10, 2019 — A Task Force Spartan soldier honored 343 firefighters who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, by walking in his fire fighting brothers and sisters shoes for about a half hour, Sept. 6, 2019, at the Camp Arifjan gym...

Coalition live fire closes out Eager Lion 2019
September 7, 2019 — A thunderous riot of artillery and small arms fire pockmarked the desert hills as the culminating event of Eager Lion 2019, a coalition combined arms live fire exercise, came to a calamitous conclusion Sept. 5, 2019...

U.S., Jordanian soldiers train shoulder to shoulder at Eager Lion 2019
September 5, 2019 — Soldiers from the U.S., Jordanian and British militaries trained shoulder-to-shoulder during a situational training exercise as part of exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 2, 2019...

American, Jordanian soldiers conduct medevac training
August 28, 2019 — Jordanian and American soldiers partnered together to conduct medical evacuation drills for the first time with a U.S. Army Reserve aviation asset during U.S. Central Command exercise Eager Lion 2019...

Proper planning provides successful foundation for Eager Lion 19
August 26, 2019 — The field commanders from U.S. and Jordanian land forces participating in Eager Lion 19 came together for the first time during an initial planning conference in the heart of the Jordanian desert Aug. 19. The meeting between senior leaders was an opportunity to synchronize the training expectations for each unit ahead of the coalition exercise...

‘Flying Tigers’ bound into Eager Lion
August 22, 2019 — Just past midnight on August 12, 2019, Task Force Javelin’s forward element arrived at the unit’s launching point for MEDEVAC and air assault missions during the multilateral exercise Eager Lion 2019 hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

Task Force Spartan civil affairs professionals celebrate 64 years
August 16, 2019 — Civil Affairs Soldiers from the 38th Infantry Division discuss their role supporting Task Force Spartan in southwest Asia as they celebrated the 64th anniversary of the civil affairs branch...

Task Force Spartan commander visits Kuwait Naval Base troops
August 15, 2019 — The Task Force Spartan commanding general paid a visit to U.S. troops stationed at the Kuwait Naval Base situated along the Persian Gulf, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. ...

Task Force Spartan maintenance drives readiness
August 12, 2019 — Soldiers from the 38th Infantry Division serving with Task Force Spartan in Kuwait repair and maintain military vehicles to ensure the soldiers are mission ready for any contingency...

Soldiers and Corpsmen Participate in Joint CASEVAC and MEDEVAC Training
August 8, 2019 — U.S. Navy corpsmen assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and U.S. Army medics with Golf Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, participated in a joint-service casualty evacuation and medical evacuation class at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 1...

U.S. Army, Kuwait Land Forces Signal Soldiers Conduct Joint Training
July 16, 2019 — U.S. Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Kuwait Land Forces Soldiers worked together on radio retransmission over the course of three weeks, further developing their signal skill sets and building upon an ongoing U.S.-Kuwaiti partnership...

38th ID assumes authority of Task Force Spartan in the Middle East
July 16, 2019 — Soldiers with the 38th Infantry Division assumed authority of U.S. Army Central Command's Task Force Spartan during a ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. More than 600 National Guardsmen with the 38th deployed to the Middle East in July to helm the task force that's in charge of more than 10,000 U.S. service members in the gulf region...

Multi-component soldiers unite, deliver aviation excellence
July 8, 2019 — Soldiers from the National Guard and Army Reserve, united under Company D, 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, rely on professionalism and teamwork to deliver aviation excellence for Operations Spartan Shield and Inherent Resolve...

Grappling with Allies
June 28, 2019 — U.S. Army Sgt. Linsey Williams, a public affairs specialist with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division, Minnesota Army National Guard, got her first taste of grappling in the basic combatives course during her initial entry training with the U.S. Army in 2011...

Minnesota Guard partners with Kuwaiti Counterparts for Exercise
June 10, 2019 — Soldiers of Task Force Spartan gathered at the Kuwait Special Forces Training Center with counterparts from the Kuwait Ministry of Interior and Kuwait National Guard on May 2 for Al Watan One, a joint terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) exercise...

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Changes Command
June 10, 2019 — Nearly two years after assuming command of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Cincu, Romania during a brigade rotation in Europe, Col. Michael J. Simmering relinquished command of the brigade to Col. Grant S. Fawcett in a change of command ceremony at Camp Buehring, Kuwait on Saturday, June 8, 2019, as the brigade supports Operation Spartan Shield...

3rd ABCT Hosts Expert Infantryman Badge Testing in Kuwait
June 4, 2019 — While on rotation in support of Operation Spartan Shield, the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division hosted Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) testing, inviting infantry Soldiers deployed across the U.S. Central Command area of operations to train and compete for their badge...

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team Supports SHARP Program Overseas
May 28, 2019 — Three months into their deployment in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division SHARP program is active as ever in training Soldiers and promoting resources to handle cases of sexual harassment and assault...

Serving Our Troops Visits Kuwait
May 25, 2019 — With the sweltering heat of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, topping more than 111 degrees Fahrenheit, volunteers for Serving Our Troops armed themselves with spatulas and aprons as they drop the first steaks on the grill on May 25, 2019. The Twin-Cities based organization made the trek to the Middle East with more than 40 volunteers to serve freshly grilled steaks to the more than 600 Soldiers deployed with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division...

2019 Best Cyber Warrior Competition
May 24, 2019 — Moving forward and adding others into the mix was the focus for the 2019 Best Cyber Warrior Competition as teams from the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy as well as our partner nations gathered at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 14 to 16...

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