Aug. 25, 2022

Bahrain Conducts Fifth Sentinel Shield Exercise with IMSC

MANAMA, Bahrain — Forces from Bahrain and the United States completed a joint exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Aug. 23, led by a nine-nation coalition staff based in the Middle East.

Aug. 23, 2022

New Coast Guard Cutters arrive in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain — MANAMA, Bahrain - Two U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters arrived in Bahrain, Aug. 23, marking the arrival to their ultimate destination after departing Key West, Florida in June.

Aug. 19, 2022

Arizona Guard wraps up combined joint training in Exercise REGIONAL COOPERATION 22

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — An 11-person Army and Air team from the Arizona National Guard (NG) traveled to Tajikistan to participate in a two-week combined joint training exercise – Exercise REGIONAL COOPERATION 22 (RC22) – with participants from the United States, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.

Aug. 19, 2022

A package deal crucial to the mission

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, SAUDI ARABIA — Asking what an aircraft would do without an airfield, is like asking what USCENTCOM would do without Airpower. They may manage, but realistically it'd be an emergency landing waiting to happen.

Aug. 15, 2022

NAVCENT Hosts Maritime Course for Regional Partners in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain — MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Navy personnel in Bahrain kicked off a weeklong course Aug. 14 for 21 senior military leaders from the United States and 10 partner nations.

Aug. 13, 2022

Joint exercise showcases rapid global mobility in CENTCOM theater

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron recently demonstrated a textbook example of rapid global mobility during a mass movement of military personnel for an Emergency Deployment Rapid Exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, August 10, 2022. At a moment’s notice, 120 U.S. Army Task Force Griz Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment, were processed, out the door and onto a C-17 Globemaster III flawlessly within a very short amount of time.

Aug. 12, 2022

National Guardsmen participate in Regional Cooperation 22

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — The annual military exercise “Regional Cooperation 22”, hosted by Tajikistan and National Guardsmen from Arizona, Massachusetts, Virginia and Montana, held its opening ceremony Aug. 10.Participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Pakistan are involved in a six-day command post and field

Aug. 11, 2022

Duluth leaves its mark on PSAB

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, SAUDI ARABIA -- The U.S. Air National Guard’s 148th Fighter Wing, deployed their 179th Fighter Squadron to AFCENT’s area of responsibility in mid-April of 2022. Under the command of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, the 179th adopted the expeditionary moniker as they operated out of Prince Sultan Air Base in the heart of the

Aug. 11, 2022

Working hand in hand, operating as one: 405th EAES conduct coalition exercise

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — Working hand in hand alongside three nations, Airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted a coalition training exercise on how they configure and transport patients on U.S. Air Force aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, July 29, 2022. Medical professionals from Canada, Denmark and Italy were able to learn and share tactics and techniques with each other so in an emergency response situation, the 405th EAES and coalition partners would be able to operate with the strength and coordination of one team.

Aug. 10, 2022

REGIONAL COOPERATION 2022 Military Exercise Begins in Dushanbe

Dushanbe, Tajikistan — U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim welcomed participants of the U.S. Central Command-sponsored REGIONAL COOPERATION 22 military exercise, hosted by Tajikistan.  REGIONAL COOPERATION 22 will be conducted from 10 to 20 August 2022 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.