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Col. Walter S. Weedman (center), Third Army/ARCENT staff judge advocate, assisted by Capt. Voci R. Bennett (left), officer in charge of the tax center and staff judge advocate, 1st squadron, 104th Cavalry Regim More

Third Army/ARCENT Soldier of the Week, Sgt. Steven M. Briggs, team chief noncommissioned officer, Third Army/ARCENT plans and policies. Briggs enlisted in the U.S. Army out of high school and since has been on More

U.S. Army Pfc. Brendan Milham (right), a primary diver and Spc. Gregory James Lavassaur (left), a standby diver, suit up in diving gear at the Sea Point of Debarkation/Embarkation at the Shuaiba Port, Kuwait, F More

Seven Lakewood High School student leaders of Sumter, S.C., visit Third Army/ARCENT Feb. 26. (Photo by Spc. Sharmain Burch, Third Army/ARCENT public Affairs)

An RQ-7B Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), flown by UAV operators assigned to Company A, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, lands safely after a training missi More

Col. Johnnie L. Johnson Jr., commander, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and Sgt. Maj. Jose Rivera the brigade’s senior operations noncommissioned officer, case the “Sledgehammer” Brigade More

Members of the 1st Infantry Division Brass Quintet and Kuwait National Guard enjoy their first day of a bi-lateral performance between the two at Camp Samoud, Kuwait, on March 4. This is the first time a band d More

Sgt. Ryan Beckmann, infantryman, Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires a grenade with the M320A1 grenade launcher during weapons trainin More

Major Robert Walker, brigade fire support officer, and lead planner for Raider University, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, explains the agenda, short and long terms goals of the program More

Sgt. Jeremiah Bayliss, petroleum specialist, Company A, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, advises Spc. Jasmine Howell automated logistical specialist, Compan More

U.S. Army Spc. Isis S. Smith, Third Army/U.S. Army Central intelligence analyst poses for a photo at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 18, 2013. Spc. Smith is this week's Third Army Soldier of the week. (U.S. Ar More

Retired Gen. Gordon Sullivan, former Army chief of staff, speaks with Soldiers at the Zone 1 Chapel March 23, 2013, about his experiences with change while in the Army, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo More

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III, right, presents a challenge coin to Spc. Elizabeth Erickson during a visit to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 25, 2013. Erickson, a signal support systems specialist, More

Sgt. Frank S. Perez, Third Army/ARCENT joint multinational network division noncommissioned officer and systems administrator is this week's Third Army Soldier of the Week. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tim Meyer, T More

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Pearsall, a cannon crew member, with Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, uses a 50-foot lanyard to fir More

U.S. Soldiers begin the 2nd Annual Resilience Expo by participating in a 5k run April 6, 2013 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. (U.S. Army Sgt. James Hale/Released)

A member of U.S. Marine Corps Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits with fellow Marines while waiting for further instruction from his squad leader after arriving at Cam More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Catalanotti, director of U.S. Central Command's exercise and training directorate, (center left), and U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Steve Foster, Senior U.S. Air Forces Central Com More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Catalanotti, director of U.S. Central Command's exercise and training directorate, attends an out brief for command post exercise portion of Eagle Resolve 2013, April 25, in Doha, Qat More

Qatar Armed Forces members pray before conducting a joint counter terrorism exercise with U.S. military members and other partner nations near Zikrit, Qatar, April 28. The field training exercise was one of man More

A U.S. Army sergeant assigned to a Special Forces unit readies his weapon as he prepares to participate in a counter terrorism exercise scenario in Doha, Qatar, April 29. U.S. Army and Kuwait Special Forces mem More

A Qatar armed forces sergeant evacuates a casualty of a simulated ballistic missile attack during an exercise scenario in Doha, Qatar, April 30. Emergency responders from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates acte More

Capt. Jonathan Caso, dentist, Company C, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, performs a routine checkup on Staff Sgt. Zahit Aceves, power generation equipment More

This week’s Third Army/ARCENT soldier of the week is Master Sgt. Spencer A. Foster, Third Army/ARCENT material readiness branch, aviation maintenance noncommissioned officer in charge.

Qatar special forces personnel prepare to enter a simulated hijacked Air Bus 320 aircraft to capture simulated terrorist who have hijacked the plane during an exercise scenario at the Doha, Qatar airport, May 1 More

Pfc. Asia Warren, who is currently deployed to Third Army/ARCENT as an administrative clerk in charge of casualty assistance and assigned to the 22nd Human Resource Company, 593rd Sustainment Brigade at Joint More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, center, the commanding general of Third Army/U.S. Army Central (ARCENT) cuts the ribbon during a ceremony at Patton Hall to officially open the first nursing center on a mi More

This week's Third Army/ARCENT soldier of the week is Sgt. 1st Class Cragg L. Mickens, Third Army/ARCENT supply and services, operations noncommissioned officer. The Mississippi native said the key to being a gr More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Crane, the battalion targeting Noncommissioned officer, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infant More

This week's Third Army/ARCENT soldier of the Week: Spc. Michelle Rae Feyen, Third Army/ARCENT intelligence analyst. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tanasha Stachelczyk Third Army/ARCENT Public Affairs)

The 2013 Third Army NCO of the Year is Sgt. William D. Cook, a parachute rigger from Dallas who is assigned to the 647th Quartermaster Detachment, 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 1st Sustainment Comm More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, take cover in a bunker during an indirect fire drill at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, June 5 More

A U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 prepares to transport vehicles and personnel out of the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) More

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt 1st Class Javier Mata, center, a native of Los Angeles, and the drive team noncommissioned officer in charge, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, gives a pre-convoy briefing prior to executin More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) set up camp in Al Quweira, Jordan, June 8, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to stre More

Capt. Grant Hundley, executive officer of Company K from Richmond, Va., Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is promoted to his current rank by Lt. Col. Charles Cassidy, BLT 3/2 comm More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jonathan Riebe, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon commander assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is promoted to his current rank by Lt. Co More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Adam Leblanc, platoon sergeant, Weapons Platoon, Company I, and Winchendon, Mass., native, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts wea More

U.S. Marines assigned to Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), gauge distances of targets using M240B machine guns while training in Al Quweira, Jordan, during Exercise More

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force Marines fire M1911 MEUSOC .45 caliber pistols at a range in Jordan, June 9, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to str More

U.S. Marines assigned to Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct live fire drills with M27 Infantry Automatic Rifles, during Exercise Eager Lion 13, June 10 More

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines engage long distance targets with various sniper rifles at a range in Jordan, June 10, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational More

U.S. Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), march out to the amphibious assault vehicles taking them to a range during Exercise Eager Lion 2013 in Al Quweira, More

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marine rappels from a UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), during a helicopter rope suspension technique exe More

A AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), takes off from King Faisal Air Base in Jordan, June 11, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exerci More

A U.S. Marine assigned to Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security during a patrolling exercise in Al Quweira, Jordan, during Exercise Eager Lion 13, June 1 More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jonathon Griffith, ordnance maintenance chief with maintenance detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Idaho Falls, Idaho, native, assesses More

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines provide security during an immediate action drill exercise at a range in Jordan, June 13, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinatio More

Cpl. Toni Russo and Spc. Daniel Desforges, human intelligence collectors, Company A, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, speak with a role player “rioting” in f More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Amber Borysewicz, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shakes hands with a Jordanian Armed Forces soldier as part of female engagement team training during Exercise Eager Lion 2013 More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Troy Todd, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) chaplain, helped coordinate a spiritual exchange with Jordanian Armed Forces Col. Jamel Al Sbool, imam for the Jordanian Armed Forces in the s More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Cox, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), preforms pre-flight inspections on his More

U.S. Marines assigned to Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move into position and provide security during a squad ambush exercise in Al Quweira, Jordan, during Exercis More

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marine calls in close air support during nighttime joint terminal attack control training with a UH-1N Huey and an AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine More

U.S. Marines assigned to Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move into position during an ambush exercise in Al Quweira, Jordan, during Exercise Eager Lion 2013, June 16 More

Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, Marine Corps Forces Central Command (MARCENT) commanding general, and Brig. Gen. Gregg Olson, MARCENT (Forward) commanding general, talk to Lt. Col. Charles Cassidy, Battalion Landing Te More

U.S. Marines assigned to Company L, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move into firing positions during a platoon attack exercise during Exercise Eager Lion 2013, in Al Quweira, More

A C-130J Hercules assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) command element, transports Maritime Raid Force Marines to conduct parachute operations over King Faisal Air Base in Jordan, June 18, 2013. Exe More

U.S. Army Sgt. Travis Bayne, right, an ammunition stock control and accounting specialist, and Spc. April Clark, an information technology specialist, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade Sup More

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marines fire M4 Carbines at a range in Jordan, June 19, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to strengthen milita More

U.S. Marines assigned to Battery K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire an M121 120 mm mortar system during the combined arms live fire exercise of Exercise Eager Lion 2013, A More

U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to load a landing craft utility during the offload of Exercise Eager Lion 2013, Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan, June 21, 2013. More

U.S. Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Michael Conti, a special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force, fires an M40 sniper rifle during a nighttime liv More

The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) is tugged into port after the conclusion of Exercise Eager Lion, in Aqaba, Jordan, June 22, 2013. Exercise Eager Lion 2013 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to strengthen m More

An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltorotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during nighttime flight operations at sea, Ju More

The U.S. Navy offers tobacco cessation classes for Marines and Sailors interested in quitting smoking or dipping aboard the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea July 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Groun More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jonathan Deletorre, food service specialist from Union City, N.J., slices tomatoes aboard the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea July 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary H. Cheek, Deputy Commanding General - Operations, Third Army U.S. Army Central, speaks at the Area Support Group-Qatar change of command ceremony held at Camp As Sayliyah, July 3. (U.S. More

Pfc. Tyler Horton, center, infantryman, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, performs a “lightshow” during the first Elimination round of the R Factor a More

Kazakhstani soldiers stand in formation during an opening ceremony for the commencement of Steppe Eagle 2013, at the Iliskiy Training Center Aug. 10.

Retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Robert E. Hall visits Third Army/ARCENT soldiers during noncommissioned officer professional development training at the post theater on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Sept. 25. During More

On Oct. 25, before an audience of soldiers and distinguished guests at Patton Hall on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, USARCENT commanding general, unveiled the command's Hall of Heroes in a More

Capt. Sabah M. Al-Sabah, an intelligence officer for the Kuwait Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Military Intelligence, speaks to one of his fellow classmates from the U.S. Military Academy at the conclusio More

Chief Warrant Officer Four Deborah Mkparu-Hale (center), property book officer, U.S. Army Central, and her family stand with Command Sgt. Maj. John Harris (left), command sergeant major, Headquarters and Headqu More

Col. Rick Adams and Command Sgt. Maj. Elizabeth Shockley case the colors of the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade during a transfer of authority ceremony held at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. The 36th CAB of the Texas Ar More

Maj. Pearletha Swatson (center), a native of Arkansas and logistics land branch officer, retires after 26 years of service. Swatson and her sister Pamela stand with Sgt. Maj. Joseph Brooks (left), operational f More

Retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eugene L. Perrino Sr., Southeastern Region director, U.S. Army Warrant Officer Association, presents the charter to Brig. Gen. Rex A. Spitler, USARCENT chief of staff and Chief W More

Engineers from the Little Rock, Ark.-based 489th Engineer Battalion, attached to the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigage-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, give a tour of a deconstructi More

Afghan medical logistics soldiers inventory a shipment of medical supplies while preparing an order of goods for the Dawood National Military Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan Jan. 20. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Aar More

Members of the 452nd Combat Support Hospital Laboratory take a moment for a group photo inside US Military Hospital Kuwait. The team members continue a donor pre-screening process to prepare for contingency wh More

Brig. Gen. William Lee, deputy commander, professional services, 807th Medical Command, congratulates soldiers awarded with the Army Achievement Medal aboard the “Churubusco," an Army Reserve landing craft util More

Phoenix, Ariz., native Col. Mark D. Collins, commander of the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element, talks to Frank Kendall, U.S. undersecretary of defen More

Col. Willie Rios III, 10th Sustainment Brigade commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jose A. Castillo, senior enlisted leader, uncase the brigade colors as a part of the transfer of authority ceremony, Feb. 9, on Ba More

Lt. Col. Ronald Bonomo, the public affairs officer for the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, shakes hands with Patricia Hicks, a field engineer with the 401st AFSB, during a greeting period at the 401st Army Ma More

Harold Blanson, kennel master, Department of Emergency Services, Camp Arifjan, answers questions from third grade students at the American Baccalaureate School in Abraq Khaitan, Kuwait, Feb. 10. Contractors hel More

Larry Buchanan, a supply technician with the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, holds a picture of himself and his girlfriend horseback riding at his office at Bagram Air Field, More

Newark, Del., native Sgt. Gregory Skornyakov, a heavy equipment operator for the Hammonton, N.J.-based 150th Engineer Company, attached to the 133rd Engineer Battalion, tears down a door frame in a building whi More

Pfc. Yoland Peter, an automated logistical specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Special Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, uses a pressure washer to spray clumps of mud of More

Staff Sgt. Claudia Smallman is a mortuary affairs noncommissioned officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Special Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, runs for physical training e More

After learning how to operate a hydraulic excavator, Maj. Gen. Darrell K. Williams (second from right), commander, 1st Theater Sustainment Brigade, thanks his “instructor” Golden, Colo. native, Spc. Kyle Taaffe More

Staff Sgt. Lobsang Salaka, the humanitarian relief yard noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Special Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, directs Pfc. More

Staff Sgt. Deliash Bryant, center, explains daily operations to Sgt. 1st Class Sandy Schuko as Detachment 6 transfers their authority over to Detachment 7. The 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support (Operation More

Madison, Ala., native, Sgt. Frederick Frink, site safety noncommissioned officer for the Huntsville, Ala.-based 1151st Engineer Company, attached to the Portland, Maine-based 133rd Engineer Battalion, performs More

Littleton, Maine native, Spc. Joshua McNinch, a surveyor with the 1035th Survey and Design Team, attached to the Portland, Maine-based 133rd Engineer Battalion, prepares an awards carrying case for an “end of t More

Military service members and civilians with the Kandahar Gospel Choir join in the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during a Black History Month presentation sponsored by the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainm More

Soldiers assigned to the 96th Transportation Company, 142nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, play a game of volleyball that was organized by the motivation and moral committee. Th More

Santa Rita, Guam native, Spc. Daniel Evangelista (left) and Montgomery, Ala., native, Cpl. Antonio James (right), both medical logistics specialists with the 418th Medical Logistics Company, assist a local Afgh More

Santa Rita, Guam native Spc. Daniel Evangelista (left) and Mission Viejo, Calif., native Spc. Claire Carothers, both medical logistics specialists with the Fort Sam Houston, Texas-based 418th Medical Logistics More

Golden, Colo., native, Spc. Kyle Taaffe, a heavy equipment operator attached to the 489th Engineer Battalion, uses a hydraulic excavator to load debris from a deconstruction site onto a dump truck Feb. 26 at Ka More

Newark, Del., native, Spc. Devan Glavino, a heavy equipment operator for the Hammonton, N.J.-based 150th Engineer Company, attached to the 133rd Engineer Battalion, connects an M983A4 light equipment transporte More