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Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation

Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation

Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation Council nations and the U.S. conduct chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response training as part of exercise Eagle Resolve 17, April 02, 2017,... More

Soldiers Australian New Zealand Army Corps commemmorate

Soldiers Australian New Zealand Army Corps commemmorate

Soldiers Australian New Zealand Army Corps commemmorate ANZAC day at the Australian Embassy in Kuwait City Kuwait April 25, 2017. The ceremony remembers the ANZAC forces landing at Gallipolli, Turkey April 25, 1915.

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, meets with Maj. Gen. Khalid Al Sabah and Brig. Gen. San Clemente at the Kuwaiti Land Forces Complex in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Epperly and K... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, visits Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment May 14, 2017, as they conduct Gunnery Tables at Camp Buehring, Kuwait a... More

Master Sgt. Latane Gilliam, the operations non-commissioned

Master Sgt. Latane Gilliam, the operations non-commissioned

Master Sgt. Latane Gilliam, the operations non-commissioned officer in charge with Task Force Spartan, briefs personnel on the obstacle course portion of the Best Warrior Competition. Task Force Spartan is faci... More

An AH-64D Longbow Apache lands on the deck of the USS

An AH-64D Longbow Apache lands on the deck of the USS

An AH-64D Longbow Apache lands on the deck of the USS New York in the Persian Gulf. The Apache is flown by pilots from the 3-159th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion which is currently deployed to Camp Buehring, K... More

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook, prepares for overhead

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook, prepares for overhead

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook, prepares for overhead squat repetitions during the crossfit open held in Camp Buehring, Kuwai, March 1, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Kerri Brantley/Released)

Soldiers of the North Carolina Army National Guard's

Soldiers of the North Carolina Army National Guard's

Soldiers of the North Carolina Army National Guard's 1450th Transportation Company salute as the national anthem is played at their Demobilization Ceremony, in Granite Falls, N.C., May 14, 2016. The 1450th Tran... More

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate in a Transfer of Authority ceremony December 19, 2016 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The 29th ID will serve as the first-ever Intermediate Division Headquarters in t... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, visits Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Kelly Gary, 29t... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force Spartan, visits Soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 69th Air Defense Artillery during Patriot Day, a friendly competition with Kuwaiti Air Defense forces. (Photo ... More

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, right, shares a laugh with

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, right, shares a laugh with

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, right, shares a laugh with Col. Jabar Al-boti of the Kuwaiti Air Defense Force during Patriot Day activities at the Kuwaiti Air Defense Force Headquarters December 28, 2016. The friendly... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, monitors deck landing qualification exercises in the Persian Gulf. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Kelly Gary, 29th Infantry Division)

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice aligning a Ground Antenna Transmit Receive (GATR) Ball at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Jan. 10, 2017. The GATR Ball is a portable satellite communications sy... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, U.S. Army Central

Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, U.S. Army Central

Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, U.S. Army Central Command Sergeant Major, attends the graduation of 30 Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army Noncommissioned Officers from a U.S.-led Instructor Training Course Jan. 19... More

Spc. Robert Dixon, a Statesville, North Carolina native,

Spc. Robert Dixon, a Statesville, North Carolina native,

Spc. Robert Dixon, a Statesville, North Carolina native, and, tactical planner and early warning specialist with the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69... More

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, refuel an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and UH-60 Blackhawk from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just outside of a k... More

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, refuel an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and UH-60 Blackhawk from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just outside of a k... More

Kuwait- Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1-111th Aviation

Kuwait- Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1-111th Aviation

Kuwait- Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1-111th Aviation Regiment, Florida, and 77th Combat Aviation Brigade, Arkansas, use a flare to signal the rescue ship during a personnel recovery mission replicating a downe... More

Black Hawks Brace for Heaven's Wrath

Black Hawks Brace for Heaven's Wrath

Kuwait- On the Camp Buehring flight line a pair of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Florida Army National Guard, Company A, 1-111th Aviation Regiment, deployed in support of 77th Combat Aviation Brigade, face ... More

Black Hawks Brace for Heaven's Wrath

Black Hawks Brace for Heaven's Wrath

During a deployment in support of 77th Combat Aviation Brigade a pair of UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from Company A, 1-111th Aviation Regiment, Florida, Army National Guard, sits on the Camp Buehring flight li... More

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’ view teams comprised of their combined special forces emerge from a purple and green smoke screen during an explosive training mission demonstrating the su... More

Spc. Ryan Banuelos, Chemical Biological Radiological

Spc. Ryan Banuelos, Chemical Biological Radiological

Spc. Ryan Banuelos, Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear specialist with 355th CBRN company, scrubs the side of a UH-60 Blackhawk as part of a decontamination exercise April 6 at Camp Buehring. The solu... More

29 ID Soldiers trained with DroneDefender, a

29 ID Soldiers trained with DroneDefender, a

29 ID Soldiers trained with DroneDefender, a point-and-shoot, electromagnetic, rifle-shaped weapon that disrupts communications between a remote-controlled drone and its operator. While the U.S. military works ... More

Tax Prep Center Supports Financial Readiness

Tax Prep Center Supports Financial Readiness

Sgt. Nathaniel Gillens, an Information Technology Specialist with the 390th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, shows off a $100 bill as an example of one the financial benefits of deployed life such as the... More

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from their congressional districts to learn about the ongoing fight against ISIS. Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the Deputy Commander of the 29th Infantry Division, Task... More

Staff Sgt. Romando Green, an Air Defense noncommissioned

Staff Sgt. Romando Green, an Air Defense noncommissioned

Staff Sgt. Romando Green, an Air Defense noncommissioned officer in charge with the 29th Infantry Division, gets ready to rappel from a UH-60 Blackhawk as on the last day of the Air Assault course April 13, 20... More

Safety First, US Army Photo

Safety First, US Army Photo

Maj. Fahad Burhamah (center), Kuwait Land Forces safety officer, is joined by Sgt. 1st Class Ellen Billmyer (left), 29th Infantry Division safety noncommissioned officer, and Maj. Doug Austin (right), 29th Infa... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding General and Brig. Gen. Chris Spillman, Commander, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command attend the Kuwait International Air Power and Defense Sym... More

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division Deputy Commander, visited with Operation Spartan Shield troopers of 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Apr. 17.... More

Spc. Andres Zuelta, newly tapped briefer for Charlie

Spc. Andres Zuelta, newly tapped briefer for Charlie

Spc. Andres Zuelta, newly tapped briefer for Charlie Company, 1-12 CAV presents Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner and Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Smith with an overview of his unit’s area of operations and responsibility ... More

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in a series of timed events at Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 28-30, 2017. Events included: swimming in uniform, treading... More

Dust Storm, US Army Central

Dust Storm, US Army Central

Soldiers of the 1st Bn., 12th Cavalry Regiment take a break from gunnery table training at Udairi Range Complex, Kuwait April 30, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Sean McCollum, 29th Infantry Division Publ... More

Staying Hungry, US Army Central

Staying Hungry, US Army Central

Cpl. Jason Williams, Patriot launching operator/maintainer for Battery D, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, prepares to return to his home station, Fort Bliss, Texas, after a year-long deploym... More

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain,

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain,

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain, command team of the 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, uncase the battalion’s colors as they assume command authority May 12, 2017 in S... More

Col. Nawaf Al-Dousari, medical director of the Al-Jahra

Col. Nawaf Al-Dousari, medical director of the Al-Jahra

Col. Nawaf Al-Dousari, medical director of the Al-Jahra Military Hospital, Kuwait, presented a plaque to Col. Thomas Koertge, division surgeon for the 29th Infantry Divison, to commemorate their partnership in ... More

Staff Sgt. Timothy Karr, platoon sergeant, and 1st

Staff Sgt. Timothy Karr, platoon sergeant, and 1st

Staff Sgt. Timothy Karr, platoon sergeant, and 1st Lt. Paul Laurent, platoon leader from the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, coordinates with Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army and 20th Desert Special Polic... More

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, greets Brig. Gen. John Epperly, 29th Infantry Division deputy commander, during a visit to his crew’s ... More

Deployed 29ID Soldiers Win Gold, Silver, Bronze Men’s Bodybuilding Medals

Deployed 29ID Soldiers Win Gold, Silver, Bronze Men’s Bodybuilding Med...

Soldiers won silver and bronze medals in the men’s lightweight bodybuilding division, and gold and silver in the middle/heavyweight division. (Courtesy Photo - 29th Infantry Division/Released)

Maj. Gen. Khalid Saleh Al Sabah, Kuwaiti Land Forces,

Maj. Gen. Khalid Saleh Al Sabah, Kuwaiti Land Forces,

Maj. Gen. Khalid Saleh Al Sabah, Kuwaiti Land Forces, presents Brig. Gen. John Epperly, Deputy Commander, Task Force Spartan, with a gift as appreciation for the commitment the 29th Inf. Div. showcased during D... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, 29th Infantry Division deputy

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, 29th Infantry Division deputy

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, 29th Infantry Division deputy commanding general, explains the symbolism of the Order of Saint Maurice (Perigrinus) to Maj. Gen. Khaled Sabah Al-Sabah, Kuwait Land Forces commanding gen... More

Perspective, focus, and tenacity—the making of a successful military career

Perspective, focus, and tenacity—the making of a successful military c...

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait—Maj. Kimberly Scott, logistical planner and acquisition and cross-service agreement manager, is currently deployed with the 35th Infantry Division, in the Middle East (U.S. Army Photo by St... More

Lt. Col. William Baker (standing), a medical observer

Lt. Col. William Baker (standing), a medical observer

Lt. Col. William Baker (standing), a medical observer coach/trainer with First Army's 120th Infantry Brigade, talks with Capt. Matt Gabler, medical logistics officer for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 2... More

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Theresa (Teri) Bossard,

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Theresa (Teri) Bossard,

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Theresa (Teri) Bossard, a 28th Infantry Division civil affairs officer, spoke on the American perspective of equality for women and the historical and contemporary achievements of wo... More

A Soldier with 2nd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division

A Soldier with 2nd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division

A Soldier with 2nd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division acts as as simulated casualty during an exercise that prepared Soldiers and first responders to react to a mass casualty incident at Camp Buehring, May 31.... More

Moody Airmen board a C-17 Globemaster III prior to

Moody Airmen board a C-17 Globemaster III prior to

Moody Airmen board a C-17 Globemaster III prior to deploying, July 5, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Airmen from the 75th Fighter Squadron (FS) and supporting units recently deployed to an undisclosed locat... More

Members of the 678th ADA BDE, South Carolina National

Members of the 678th ADA BDE, South Carolina National

Members of the 678th ADA BDE, South Carolina National Guard, set up for the Spartan Shiel exercise, the BDE's EXEVAL, held Rhine Ordnance Barrack, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany, Sept 9 - 13, 2018.

Two Soldiers hook up wires to a Secure Internet Protocol

Two Soldiers hook up wires to a Secure Internet Protocol

Two Soldiers hook up wires to a Secure Internet Protocol Router/Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) terminals during exercises Monday at Fort Hood. The training they will receive will help t... More

Indiana National Guardsman, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Bolinger,

Indiana National Guardsman, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Bolinger,

Indiana National Guardsman, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Bolinger, finds a moment to embrace his loved ones after a heartfelt departure ceremony at the Farm Bureau Football Center north of Indianapolis on Saturday, Fe... More

The Assistant Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Timothy

The Assistant Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Timothy

The Assistant Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Timothy Thombleson stands for a moment of silence at the beginning of the departure ceremony for the 178th Financial Management Detachment at Stout Field near Indianap... More

38th Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Timothy Thombleson

38th Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Timothy Thombleson

38th Infantry Division Brig. Gen. Timothy Thombleson speaks with Cpt. Jeff Merritt, his wife and two small children at the departure ceremony for early deployers Friday, March 15, 2019, at the USO in Indianapolis, IN.

Rock Solid Hometown Support

Rock Solid Hometown Support

Painted rocks at the U.S. Military Hospital - Kuwait Rock Garden sent by family members back home remind troops that they appreciate the military. This scene portrays the partnership that U.S. forces have built... More

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang

Identification "Dog" tags of Spc. Jackson Johnson hang from the fallen soldier battle cross at the memorial service in Mount Vernon, Illinois, March 16. The Battle Cross is a symbolic replacement of a cross, on... More

Families and friends welcome U.S. Army Soldiers assigned

Families and friends welcome U.S. Army Soldiers assigned

Families and friends welcome U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps during a homecoming ceremony at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 29, 2019. Soldiers and their familie... More

U.S. Army Col. Grant Fawcett and Command Sgt. Maj.

U.S. Army Col. Grant Fawcett and Command Sgt. Maj.

U.S. Army Col. Grant Fawcett and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian Haydt, command team of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, case the brigade colors for the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th I... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Bulwinkle, commander of the

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Bulwinkle, commander of the

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Bulwinkle, commander of the 4-118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, South Carolina National Guard, observes equipment at the Mubarak Al-Abdullah College on display... More

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team celebrates National Guard's 383rd birthday

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team celebrates National Guard's 383rd bir...

U.S. Army Col. Robert Bumgardner, commander of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, is flanked by the youngest Soldier and most senior Soldier in the ranks for a cake-cuttin... More

North Carolina National Guard Sibling Soldiers Reunite on Deployment

North Carolina National Guard Sibling Soldiers Reunite on Deployment

U.S. Army Jacqueline Harzog stands next to her brother Pfc. Jeremiah Harzog in the Middle East while supporting Operation Spartan Shield, April 9, 2020. The Herzog Soldiers were reunited after eight months of... More

North Carolina National Guard Soldiers of the 30th

North Carolina National Guard Soldiers of the 30th

North Carolina National Guard Soldiers of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team arrive at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Raleigh, North Carolina, after a year-long deployment to the Middle East in suppo... More

North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers of the

North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers of the

North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) Soldiers of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team reunite with friends, family and fellow Soldiers at the NCNG’s Readiness Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Aug. 6, 202... More

The first group of Soldiers from the 34th Expeditionary

The first group of Soldiers from the 34th Expeditionary

The first group of Soldiers from the 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade return to Minnesota, October 9, 2020, after a 10-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and ... More

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, Task Force Spartan commander,

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, Task Force Spartan commander,

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, Task Force Spartan commander, visits the 75th Field Artillery Brigade’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System range in Southwest Asia. The HIMARS carried up to six rockets per five-t... More

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, commanding general of Texas’

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, commanding general of Texas’

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, commanding general of Texas’ 36th Infantry Division, assumed command of Task Force Spartan at a transfer of authority ceremony held in Southwest Asia, Nov. 19, 2020. Hamilton said, ... More

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate Thanksgiving with a call from the U.S. president via video teleconference in Southwest Asia on Nov. 27, 2020. When President Trump addressed the Army, he s... More

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate

U.S. service members with Task Force Spartan celebrate Thanksgiving with a call from the U.S. president via video teleconference Southwest Asia on Nov. 27, 2020. Spc. Monique Green of Baton Rouge, Louisiana sai... More

Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation

Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation

Civilian and military personnel from Gulf Cooperation Council nations and the U.S. conduct chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response training as part of exercise Eagle Resolve 17, April 02, 2017,... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commander of Task Force Spartan, remembers ANZAC Day at the Austrailian Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The ceremony remembers the Austrailian and New Zealand forces landing at Gallip... More

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of

Brigadier Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, meets with Maj. Gen. Khalid Al Sabah and Brig. Gen. San Clemente at the Kuwaiti Land Forces Complex in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Epperly and K... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, visits Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment May 14, 2017, as they conduct Gunnery Tables at Camp Buehring, Kuwait a... More

Sgt. Maj. Dempsey Whitt, left, the command sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Dempsey Whitt, left, the command sergeant

Sgt. Maj. Dempsey Whitt, left, the command sergeant major for Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, and Master Sgt. Luis Barsallo, an operations non-commissioned officer with 369th Su... More

Navy Capt. Jon Kreitz of the USS New York greets Lt

Navy Capt. Jon Kreitz of the USS New York greets Lt

Navy Capt. Jon Kreitz of the USS New York greets Lt Col. Steve Murphy (left) and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tom Higgins (right) of 3-159th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion during a training mission in which 3-159th... More

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook successfully breaks parallel

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook successfully breaks parallel

U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Rusty Cook successfully breaks parallel as he performs a 245-lb. overhead squat during the crossfit open in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 1, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Kerri Brantley/Released)

Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Walker, left, command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Walker, left, command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Walker, left, command sergeant major of the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, and Lt. Col. Kevin Kerby, right, 3rd STB commander, prepare to unfurl the colors held by Spc. Devine Bailey, a... More

Command staff and Soldiers of the North Carolina Army

Command staff and Soldiers of the North Carolina Army

Command staff and Soldiers of the North Carolina Army National Guard’s 1450th Transportation Company stand at attention as the Army Song is sung during their Demobilization Ceremony in Granite Falls, N.C., May ... More

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate

Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division participate in a Transfer of Authority ceremony December 19, 2016 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The 29th ID will serve as the first-ever Intermediate Division Headquarters in t... More

Operation Spartan Shield, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia

Operation Spartan Shield, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia

Operation Spartan Shield, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard, Maryland National Guard, Kuwait, Camp Arifjan, Camp Buehring, U.S. Army Central, Task Force Spartan, Kuwait, Spartan Shield, , ARC... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, the commander of Task Force Spartan, visits Soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 69th Air Defense Artillery during Patriot Day, a friendly competition with Kuwaiti Air Defense forces. (Photo ... More

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, commander of the 29th Infantry

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, commander of the 29th Infantry

Maj. Gen. Blake Ortner, commander of the 29th Infantry Division, watches with Col. Col. Jabar Al-boti of the Kuwaiti Air Defense Force as their soldiers compete to assemble an M-16 rifle during Patriot Day at t... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the deputy commander of Task Force Spartan, monitors deck landing qualification exercises in the Persian Gulf January 10, 2017. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Kelly Gary, 29th Infantry Division)

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice

Signal Soldiers of the 369th Sustainment Brigade practice aligning a Ground Antenna Transmit Receive (GATR) Ball at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Jan. 10, 2017. The GATR Ball is a portable satellite communications sy... More

Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Davis, an Athens, Alabama native

Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Davis, an Athens, Alabama native

Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Davis, an Athens, Alabama native and standardization noncommissioned officer with the 69th Air Defense Artillery “Top Notch” Brigade, performs his checks on all of the 1st Battalion, 43rd ... More

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, refuel an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and UH-60 Blackhawk from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just outside of a k... More

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company,

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, refuel an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and UH-60 Blackhawk from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter just outside of a k... More

Kuwait- Soldiers drift in a raft, no land in sight,

Kuwait- Soldiers drift in a raft, no land in sight,

Kuwait- Soldiers drift in a raft, no land in sight, awaiting rescue from the USAV Churubusco- a Landing Craft Utility vessel- the crew, 481 det. 1, transportation company, California, during a personnel recove... More

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’

Kuwait- A large crowd of foreign and U.S. dignitaries’ view teams comprised of their combined special forces emerge from a purple and green smoke screen during an explosive training mission demonstrating the su... More

Staff Sgt. Justin Lis, team leader with 355th Chemical

Staff Sgt. Justin Lis, team leader with 355th Chemical

Staff Sgt. Justin Lis, team leader with 355th Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Company, helps a Marine don his protective gear during a decontamination exercise April 6 at Camp Buehring. The exercis... More

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from

Congressmen from three states visited Soldiers from their congressional districts to learn about the ongoing fight against ISIS. Brig. Gen. John Epperly, the Deputy Commander of the 29th Infantry Division, Task... More

Air Assault recruits prepare to rappel from a UH-60

Air Assault recruits prepare to rappel from a UH-60

Air Assault recruits prepare to rappel from a UH-60 Blackhawk on the last day of the Air Assault course April 13, 2017 at Camp Buehring. Following the rappel, recruits completed a twelve-mile ruck march before ... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, 29th Infantry Division Commanding General, speaks to attendees at the Kuwait International Air Power and Defense Symposium March 27, 2017 at the Regency Hotel, Kuwait City, Kuwait. KI... More

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division

Brig. Gen. John M. Epperly, 29th Infantry Division Deputy Commander, visited with Operation Spartan Shield troopers of 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Apr. 17.... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commanding general for the

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commanding general for the

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner, commanding general for the 29th Infantry Division presents Spc. Carlee Mullins, human resources clerk for Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1-43 Air Defense Artillery, with a c... More

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces

U.S. Soldiers competed to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in a series of timed events at Camp Arifjan and Camp Beuhring, Kuwait, April 28-30, 2017. Events included: swimming in uniform, treading... More

Attendees of the continuing education lecture series

Attendees of the continuing education lecture series

Attendees of the continuing education lecture series for medical professionals working at the Al-Jahra Military Hospital, posed for a photo, May 11, 2017, Kuwait City. Attendees included select U.S. military me... More

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain,

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain,

Lt. Col Bruce Bredlow and Command Sgt. Maj. Neil Sartain, command team of the 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, uncase their unit’s colors as they assume command authority May 12, 2017 in Sout... More

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery,

Sgt. Robert Harrison, section chief for Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, introduces his Patriot crew to Brig. Gen. John Epperly, 29th Infantry Division deputy commander, durin... More

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner (right), 29th Infantry Division

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner (right), 29th Infantry Division

Maj. Gen. Blake C. Ortner (right), 29th Infantry Division commanding general and 1st Lt. Paul Laurent, platoon leader from the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, discuss Urban Operations during exercise Ea... More

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, Deputy Commander, Task Force

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, Deputy Commander, Task Force

Brig. Gen. John Epperly, Deputy Commander, Task Force Spartan, presents Maj. Gen. Khalid Saleh Al Sabah, Kuwaiti Land Forces, with a gift as appreciation for the commitment showcased during Desert Observer 2017... More

Maj. Gen. Khaled Sabah Al-Sabah, Kuwait Land Forces

Maj. Gen. Khaled Sabah Al-Sabah, Kuwait Land Forces

Maj. Gen. Khaled Sabah Al-Sabah, Kuwait Land Forces commanding general welcomes Brig. Gen. John Epperly (right), deputy commanding general for the 29th Infantry Division, and incoming Task Force Spartan deputy ... More

Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer Jr. (right) and Command Sgt.

Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer Jr. (right) and Command Sgt.

Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer Jr. (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones (second from right), command team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, participate in a simulated key leader en... More

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – More than 40 attendees listened

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – More than 40 attendees listened

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – More than 40 attendees listened intently as Maj. Theresa (Teri) Bossard, 28th Infantry Division assistant chief of staff for civil affairs, delivered a speech at the University of Kuwait.... More

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