June 24, 2017

The AFCENT Band is using music to touch hearts and soften boundaries

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — If you get the opportunity to watch the Air Force Central Command Band in action, you need to do it. Their enthusiasm and passion for music is contagious. The transcendent quality of music, coupled with the excellence of the musicians that play it, is a powerful combination. Music has been used by the U.S. Air Force for decades as an effective diplomatic tool.

June 23, 2017

USARCENT strengthens ties through land forces symposium

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Army Central’s senior leadership assembled for a four-day conference with six partner nations from Central and South Asia for the USARCENT Land Forces Symposium here June 19-22.

June 23, 2017

ISIS Holdouts Cut Off in Western Mosul, OIR Spokesman Says

WASHINGTON — Iraqi forces have made significant progress in the past two days in its fight to liberate western Mosul, Iraq, from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria control, said a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve.

June 23, 2017

RS commander visits TAAC-Air, sees tremendous progress in combat success and Afghan pilot proficiency

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Airforce is set to expand, helping to provide the foundation and an enduring mechanism for superior power projection for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces.

June 23, 2017

CMC visits Marines and Sailors in Bahrain

MANAMA, BAHRAIN — Neller is accustomed to speaking to a sea of Marines wearing digital tan utility uniforms, but at TF 51/5, that sea is also combined with Naval expeditionary green utilities worn by the Sailors, who are fully integrated with the Marines at TF 51/5.

June 22, 2017

US, Uzbek soldiers build new lines of communication

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — U.S. Army Central Soldiers conducted a tactical communications military-to-military engagement with the Uzbekistan Armed Forces June 13-16, 2017, at the Tashkent Institute of Information Technologies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

June 22, 2017

General Nicholson brings message of unity to ANA New Commando School

KABUL, Afghanistan — General John W. Nicholson, Resolute Support Mission commander, visited the Afghan National Army’s New Commando School June 19 with a message of solidarity and brotherhood.

June 20, 2017

DoD Official: Sole Focus in Iraq, Syria Remains on ISIS

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon spokesman briefed reporters on recent defensive shoot-downs of two unmanned aerial vehicles and a Syrian SU-22 fighter-bomber, and said coalition forces' sole focus in Iraq and Syria remains on defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

June 20, 2017

Task Force Southeast – Train, Advise and Assist PART 1 of 5.

GARDEZ, Afghanistan — When Soldiers, civilians and contractors come to Advising Platform Lightning they discover how difficult it is to catch your breath here, because AP Lighting is located at 7,500 feet in elevation, an elevation higher than Denver, CO.

June 19, 2017

Building Partnerships through Subject Matter Expert Exchange

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, exchange gifts with Saudi Arabian Naval Special Forces at the end of a subject matter expert exchange while forward deployed in the Middle East, May 18, 2017. The exchange proved to be an enhancing opportunity for both the U.S. and Saudi forces. Deploying U.S. Marines into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to conduct combined military training with our partner nations’ security forces strengthens our vital relationships with partners in this important region.