Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and an ensemble of celebrities embark on the 2025 USO Holiday Tour across key U.S. military installations in the CENTCOM, AFRICOM and EUCOM AORS, visiting service members deployed far from home during the holiday season.
Exercise BRIGHT STAR 2025 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) command-post exercise, field training exercise and senior leader seminar, held with the Arab Republic of Egypt and other participating partner nations. This exercise strengthens military-to-military relationships between U.S. forces, our Egyptian partners, and participating nations. BRIGHT STAR 2025 is designed to...
Mission: To inform force health protection across the continuum of competition through identification and characterization of medical threats; build and sustain strong relationships with Georgian and regional partners to enhance global health security.
Headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. WRAIR-EME is a forward platform in Europe and the Middle East for infectious disease surveillance;...
Mission: USCENTCOM directs and enables military operations and activities with allies and partners to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests. Vision: A more stable and prosperous region with increasingly effective governance, improved security, and trans-regional cooperation to counter state and non-state actors posing a threat to U.S. interests.
Eager Lion 24 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.
Eager Lion 19 is a multilateral exercise hosted the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.
Ninth Air Force's, (Air Forces Central) rapid movement of U.S. Air Force fighter, aerial refueling and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance platforms to U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, bolsters the U.S. defense posture, enhancing air operations throughout the Middle East. AFCENT's enhanced posture helps ensure U.S. Air Force assets are globally positioned to protect...
Exercise BRIGHT STAR 2023 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) command-post exercise, field training exercise and senior leader seminar, held with the Arab Republic of Egypt and other partner nations. Participation strengthens military-to-military relationships between U.S. forces and our Egyptian partners in the Central Command area of responsibility, as well as other...

