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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Third Army (II) (present Third Army)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_Army_(II)_(present_Third_Army)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>World War II</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle World War II subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-German_occupation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#German_occupation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>German occupation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-German_occupation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ARCENT" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ARCENT"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>ARCENT</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ARCENT-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Desert_Shield_and_Operation_Desert_Storm" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Desert_Shield_and_Operation_Desert_Storm"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Desert_Shield_and_Operation_Desert_Storm-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supporting_allies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supporting_allies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Supporting allies</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Supporting_allies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Supporting allies subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Supporting_allies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Operation_Vigilant_Warrior" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Vigilant_Warrior"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Operation Vigilant Warrior</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Vigilant_Warrior-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Vigilant_Sentinel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Vigilant_Sentinel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Operation Vigilant Sentinel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Vigilant_Sentinel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Desert_Strike" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Desert_Strike"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Operation Desert Strike</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Desert_Strike-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Desert_Thunder_I" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Desert_Thunder_I"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Operation Desert Thunder I</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Desert_Thunder_I-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Desert_Thunder_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Desert_Thunder_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Operation Desert Thunder II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Desert_Thunder_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Desert_Fox" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Desert_Fox"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Operation Desert Fox</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Desert_Fox-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operation_Iraqi_Freedom" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operation_Iraqi_Freedom"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Operation Iraqi Freedom</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operation_Iraqi_Freedom-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Role" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Role"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Role</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Role-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Organization</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lineage_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lineage_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Lineage and honors</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Lineage_and_honors-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Lineage 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class="vector-toc-numb">18.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">19</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">20</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">U.S. Department of the Army</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/25px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/38px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/50px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>, <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">Patton</a>'s Own"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Tertia Semper Prima</i><br />(Latin for "Third Always First")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/White" title="White">White</a> and <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">red</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Rhineland" title="Occupation of the Rhineland">Occupation of Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany" title="Allied-occupied Germany">Occupation of Germany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Southwest Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">Global War on Terrorism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usarcent.army.mil">Official website</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">LTG</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Frank" title="Patrick Frank">Patrick D. Frank</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Deputy Commanding General</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">MG</a> Henry S. Dixon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Command Sergeant Major</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Command_sergeant_major" title="Command sergeant major">CSM</a> Eric R. McCray</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Krueger" title="Walter Krueger">Walter Krueger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Courtney_Hodges" title="Courtney Hodges">Courtney Hodges</a><br /><a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucian_Truscott" title="Lucian Truscott">Lucian Truscott</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._H._Trapnell" title="Thomas J. H. Trapnell">Thomas J. H. Trapnell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Franks" title="Tommy Franks">Tommy Franks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/David_D._McKiernan" title="David D. McKiernan">David D. McKiernan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vincent_K._Brooks" title="Vincent K. Brooks">Vincent K. Brooks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Michael_X._Garrett" title="Michael X. Garrett">Michael X. Garrett</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Distinctive unit insignia</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png" decoding="async" width="172" height="185" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="172" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">CFLCC Logo</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CFLCC_LOGO_Pattons_Own_final.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_United_States_Army_Central.svg/248px-Flag_of_United_States_Army_Central.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_United_States_Army_Central.svg/330px-Flag_of_United_States_Army_Central.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology" title="NATO Joint Military Symbology">NATO Map Symbol</a><br />(1997)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg/100px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="23" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_3rd_US_Army_%28FM_101-5-1%2C_1997_September_30%29.svg/150px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_3rd_US_Army_%28FM_101-5-1%2C_1997_September_30%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_3rd_US_Army_%28FM_101-5-1%2C_1997_September_30%29.svg/200px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_3rd_US_Army_%28FM_101-5-1%2C_1997_September_30%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/NATO_Joint_Military_Symbology" title="NATO Joint Military Symbology">NATO Map Symbol</a><br />(2004)</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg/100px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg/150px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg/200px-NATO_Map_Symbol_-_Unit_Size_-_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="135" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_(Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame)-_AA_-_US_Army_Central_(FM_1-02,_2004_September_21).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_US_Army_Central_%28FM_1-02%2C_2004_September_21%29.svg/200px-Military_Symbol_-_Friendly_Unit_%28Solid_Light_1.5x1_Frame%29-_AA_-_US_Army_Central_%28FM_1-02%2C_2004_September_21%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>United States Army Central</b>, formerly the <b>Third United States Army</b>, commonly referred to as the <b>Third Army</b> and as <b>ARCENT</b>, is a military formation of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> that saw service in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/1991_Gulf_War" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Gulf War">1991 Gulf War</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">coalition occupation of Iraq</a>. It is best known for its campaigns in World War II under the command of General <a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a>. </p><p>The Third Army is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina with a forward element at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Arifjan" title="Camp Arifjan">Camp Arifjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>. It serves as the <a href="/wiki/Echelon_above_corps" title="Echelon above corps">echelon above corps</a> for the Army component of <a href="/wiki/CENTCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="CENTCOM">CENTCOM</a>, US Central Command, whose <a href="/wiki/Area_of_responsibility" title="Area of responsibility">area of responsibility</a> <a href="#Current_role">(AOR)</a> includes <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest Asia">Southwest Asia</a>, some 20 countries of the world, in Africa, Asia, and the Persian Gulf. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activation_and_World_War_I">Activation and World War I</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Activation and World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Third United States Army was first activated as a formation during the First World War on 7 November 1918, at <a href="/wiki/Chaumont,_Haute-Marne" title="Chaumont, Haute-Marne">Chaumont, France</a>, when the General Headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces" title="American Expeditionary Forces">American Expeditionary Forces</a> (AEF) issued General Order 198 organizing the Third Army and announcing its headquarters staff. On the 15th, four days after the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice with Germany</a>, Major General <a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Dickman" title="Joseph T. Dickman">Joseph T. Dickman</a> assumed command and issued Third Army General Order No. 1. The Third Army consisted of three corps (<a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="III Corps (United States)">III Corps</a>, Major General <a href="/wiki/John_L._Hines" title="John L. Hines">John L. Hines</a>; <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_States)" title="IV Corps (United States)">IV Corps</a>, Major General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Muir" title="Charles Henry Muir">Charles Henry Muir</a>; and <a href="/wiki/VII_Corps_(United_States)" title="VII Corps (United States)">VII Corps</a>, Major General <a href="/wiki/William_G._Haan" title="William G. Haan">William G. Haan</a>) and seven divisions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_mission">First mission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 November 1918, Major General Dickman was given the mission to move quickly and by any means into the <a href="/wiki/Rhineland" title="Rhineland">Rhineland</a> on occupation duties. He was to disarm and disband German forces as ordered by General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>, commander of the AEF. </p><p>The march into the Rhineland for occupation duty was begun on 17 November 1918. By 15 December the Third Army Headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Mayen" title="Mayen">Mayen</a> opened at <a href="/wiki/Koblenz" title="Koblenz">Koblenz</a>. Two days later, on 17 December 1918, the Koblenz bridgehead, consisting of a pontoon bridge and three railroad bridges across the Rhine, had been established. </p><p>Third Army troops had encountered no hostile act of any sort. In the occupied area, both food and coal supplies were sufficient. The crossing of the Rhine by the front line divisions was effected in good time and without confusion. Troops, upon crossing the Rhine and reaching their assigned areas, were billeted preparatory to occupying selected positions for defense. The strength of the Third Army as of 19 December, the date the bridgehead occupation was completed, was 9,638 officers and 221,070 enlisted men. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Army_advance">Third Army advance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Third Army advance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem,_Germany,_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif/lossy-page1-200px-This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif/lossy-page1-300px-This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif/lossy-page1-400px-This_old_castle_perched_on_a_hilltop_above_the_Moselle_River_and_the_town_of_Cochem%2C_Germany%2C_is_headquarters_of_the..._-_NARA_-_530785.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2339" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The castle above the <a href="/wiki/Moselle_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Moselle River">Moselle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cochem" title="Cochem">Cochem</a>, Germany, was home to the <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_States)" title="IV Corps (United States)">IV Corps</a>, Third Army, in 1919.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 12 December, Field Order No. 11 issued, directed the Third Army to occupy the northern sector of the Coblenz bridgehead, with the advance elements to cross the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine river">Rhine river</a> at seven o'clock, 13 December. The northern (left) boundary remained unchanged. The southern (right) boundary was as has been previously mentioned. </p><p>Before the advance, the 1st Division passed to the command of the III Corps. With three divisions, the 1st, 2d, and 32d, the III Corps occupied the American sector of the Coblenz bridgehead, the movement of the troops into position beginning at the scheduled hour, 13 December. The four bridges available for crossing the river within the Coblenz bridgehead were the pontoon bridge and railroad bridge at Coblenz, the railroad bridges at <a href="/wiki/Engers" title="Engers">Engers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Remagen" title="Remagen">Remagen</a>. On 13 December the advance began with the American khaki crossing the Rhine into advanced positions. On the same day the <a href="/wiki/42nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="42nd Infantry Division (United States)">42d Division</a> passed to the command of the <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_States)" title="IV Corps (United States)">IV Corps</a>, which, in support of the III Corps, continued its march to occupy the <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Prussia" title="Districts of Prussia">Kreise</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mayen" title="Mayen">Mayen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahrweiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahrweiler">Ahrweiler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adenau" title="Adenau">Adenau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cochem" title="Cochem">Cochem</a>. </p><p>The VII Corps occupied under the same order that portion of the <a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk">Regierungsbezirk</a> of <a href="/wiki/Trier" title="Trier">Trier</a> within army limits. </p><p>On 15 December, Third Army Headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Mayen" title="Mayen">Mayen</a> opened at Coblenz: III Corps Headquarters at Polch opened at Neuwied and IV Corps Headquarters remained at Cochem, with the VII Corps at <a href="/wiki/Grevenmacher" title="Grevenmacher">Grevenmacher</a>. In crossing the Rhine on the shortened front—from <a href="/wiki/Rolandseck" title="Rolandseck">Rolandseck</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rhens" title="Rhens">Rhens</a> on the west bank—the Third Army encountered no hostile act of any sort. In the occupied area both food and coal supplies were sufficient. </p><p>By the night of 14 December, Third Army troops had occupied their positions on the perimeter of the Coblenz bridgehead.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_of_Occupation">Army of Occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Army of Occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During January 1919, the Third Army was engaged in training and preparing the troops under its command for any contingency. A letter of instruction was circulated to lower commanders prescribing a plan of action in case hostilities were resumed. Installations were set up throughout the Army area to facilitate command. </p><p>In February, military schools were opened through the Third Army area; a quartermaster depot was organized; 2,000 officers and enlisted men left to take courses in British and French universities; better leave facilities were created; and plans for sending American divisions to the United States were made. On 4 February, the military control of the Stadtkreis of Trier was transferred from GHQ to the Third Army. </p><p>In March, routine duties of occupation and training were carried on; an Army <a href="/wiki/Horse_show" title="Horse show">horse show</a> was held; Army, corps, and divisional educational centers were established in the Third Army Zone; the Coblenz port commander took over the duties of the Coblenz regulating officer; and the 42d Division was released from IV Corps and was placed in Army Reserve. </p><p>In April, the exodus of American divisions from Third Army to the United States began. During the month, motor transport parks were established; an Army <a href="/wiki/Motor_show" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor show">motor show</a> was held; the Army area was reorganized; and the centralization of military property was initiated in anticipation of returning it to the United States. On 20 April 1919, Third Army command changed from Maj. Gen. Dickman to Lt. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Liggett" title="Hunter Liggett">Hunter Liggett</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prepare_to_advance">Prepare to advance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Prepare to advance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 May 1919, Marshal <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Foch" title="Ferdinand Foch">Ferdinand Foch</a>, General-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, submitted plans of operations to the Third Army commander to be used in the event that Germany should refuse to sign the peace treaty. On 20 May, Marshal Foch directed allied commanders to dispatch troops toward <a href="/wiki/Weimar" title="Weimar">Weimar</a> and Berlin in the event the peace treaty was not signed. On 22 May, the Third Army issued its plan of advance, effective 30 May, in view of the impending emergency. On 27 May, Foch informed Pershing that the Supreme War Council desired allied armies be made ready immediately to resume active operations against the Germans. </p><p>On 1 June, the advance GHQ, AEF, at Trier was discontinued. On 16 June, Foch notified Pershing that allied armies must be ready after 20 June to resume offensive operations and that preliminary movements were to begin 17 June. On 19 June, Pershing notified Foch that beginning 23 June the Third Army would occupy the towns of Limburg, Westerburg, Hachenburg, and Altenkirchen, and that III Corps would seize the railroad connecting these towns. On 23 June, the Germans signified their intention to sign the peace treaty and contemplated operations were suspended. On 30 June, Foch and Pershing conferred about the American troops to be left on the Rhine. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_separate_peace">A separate peace</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: A separate peace"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 July, General Pershing notified the War Department that upon Germany's compliance with military conditions imposed upon her (probably within three months after German ratification of the treaty), the American forces in Europe would be reduced to a single regiment of infantry supplemented by necessary auxiliaries. Accordingly, the Third Army was disbanded on 2 July 1919. Its headquarters and all personnel (numbering about 6,800 men) and units under it were thereafter designated American Forces in Germany. This force would remain in Germany, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Rhineland" title="Occupation of the Rhineland">Occupation of the Rhineland</a>, for over three years. This was due, at least in part, to the fact that the United States, having rejected the Treaty of Versailles, was therefore still "<a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a>" at war with Germany. This situation remained unresolved until the summer of 1921 when a separate <a href="/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93German_Peace_Treaty_(1921)" title="U.S.–German Peace Treaty (1921)">peace treaty was signed</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactivation_and_the_interwar_period[2]"><span id="Reactivation_and_the_interwar_period.5B2.5D"></span>Reactivation and the interwar period<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reactivation and the interwar period[2]"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Army_(I)"><span id="Third_Army_.28I.29"></span>Third Army (I)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Third Army (I)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 15 October 1921, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Third Army, was constituted in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Reserve">Organized Reserve</a> as one of six field armies to control the units of the U.S. Army that were stationed on home soil. The Headquarters was initiated on 25 February 1922 in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>, while the Headquarters Company was initiated in April 1924 in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>; the Headquarters Company was concurrently relocated to Omaha. On 18 August 1933, the Headquarters Company was withdrawn from the Organized Reserve and allotted to the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a> and the Headquarters was demobilized. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Army_(II)_(present_Third_Army)"><span id="Third_Army_.28II.29_.28present_Third_Army.29"></span>Third Army (II) (present Third Army)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Third Army (II) (present Third Army)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a reorganization of field forces in the United States, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Third Army, was reconstituted in the Regular Army as one of four field armies to control the units of the U.S. Army that were stationed on home soil. The Headquarters was organized on 15 September 1932 in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>, although the Headquarters Company was not activated until 23 November 1940. The responsibility of the Third Army was overseeing the training and mobilization plans of its assigned units, and developing contingency defense plans for the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34,_Koblenz,_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1988-045-34%2C_Koblenz%2C_amerikanische_Flaggenparade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="616" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>American flag over <a href="/wiki/Festung_Ehrenbreitstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Festung Ehrenbreitstein">Festung Ehrenbreitstein</a> after the occupation of <a href="/wiki/Koblenz" title="Koblenz">Koblenz</a> by the Third Army, 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>As a result of mobilization, the Third Army took on the role of training some of the huge numbers of recruits that the draft was bringing into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Walter_Krueger" title="Walter Krueger">Walter Krueger</a>, later to gain fame for his command of <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Army_(United_States)" title="Sixth Army (United States)">Sixth Army</a> during operations in the Pacific, commanded Third Army from May 1941 until February 1943. Under his leadership, the basis of the Army's later success as a combat formation was laid. Krueger was succeeded by Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Hodges" title="Courtney Hodges">Courtney Hodges</a> who led the Army for the rest of 1943. The news that many had expected came in December 1943 and the Third Army was shipped from the United States to the United Kingdom. </p><p>Third Army did not take part in the initial stages of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>. However, when it did take the field, it was led by <a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a>. When Third Army was moved to France, it was just after formations under the command of <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bradley" title="Omar Bradley">Omar Bradley</a> had achieved the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">breakout from Normandy</a>. Third Army followed up on that success and began a great dash across France, ultimately out-running its supply lines which halted it near the German border. </p><p>After a period of consolidation, Third Army was ready to go on the offensive again. However, the Germans then launched their last great offensive of the war – the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. This battle was an attempt to repeat <a href="/wiki/Fall_Gelb" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall Gelb">the decisive breakthrough of 1940</a>. However, in 1944, the Germans were doomed to failure. Their own logistical problems surfaced, and they ground to a halt. Nevertheless, they had broken the U.S. front, and it took a great effort to reduce the resulting <a href="/wiki/Salients,_re-entrants_and_pockets" class="mw-redirect" title="Salients, re-entrants and pockets">salient</a>. In one of the great moves of the war, Patton heeded the advice of his Intelligence Officer, <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Koch" title="Oscar Koch">Oscar Koch</a>, and planned to aid First Army if required. When the German offensive commenced, Patton was prepared to turn Third Army's axis of advance ninety degrees and advance north to the southern flank of the German forces. The German salient was reduced by the end of January 1945, and the remainder of the process of closing up to the Rhine could be completed. Some vicious fighting took place, but by April there was but one great natural barrier between Third Army and the heart of Germany. Unlike in 1918, the crossing of the Rhine was opposed. However, the bridgehead was won, and Third Army embarked on another great eastward dash. It reached <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> and in May liberated the <a href="/wiki/Mauthausen-Gusen_concentration_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp">Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camps</a> complex. Its forces ended up in <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, the furthest east of any American units. </p><p>The Third Army After Action of May 1945 states that the Third Army captured 765,483 prisoners of war, with an additional 515,205 of the enemy already held in corps and divisional level POW camps processed between 9 May and 13 May 1945, for a total of 1,280,688 POWs, and that, additionally, Third Army forces killed 144,500 enemy soldiers and wounded 386,200, for a total of 1,811,388 in enemy losses.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fuller's review of Third Army records differs only in the number of enemy killed and wounded, stating that between 1 August 1944 and 9 May 1945, 47,500 of the enemy were killed, 115,700 wounded, and 1,280,688 captured. Fuller's combined total of enemy losses is 1,443,888 enemy killed, wounded, or captured by the Third Army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFuller2004254_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFuller2004254-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Third Army suffered 16,596 killed, 96,241 wounded, and 26,809 missing in action for a total of 139,646 casualties according to the aforementioned After Action Report of May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Fuller, the Third Army lost 27,104 killed and 86,267 wounded. There were 18,957 injuries of all kinds and 28,237 men listed as missing in action. Including 127 men captured by the enemy, total casualties of the Third Army were 160,692 in 281 continuous days of operations. Fuller points out that the ratio of German troop deaths to American deaths in the Third Army operating area was 1.75:1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFuller2004254_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFuller2004254-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="German_occupation">German occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: German occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the immediate postwar occupation, Army G-2 briefly hosted the <a href="/wiki/Fedden_Mission" title="Fedden Mission">Fedden Mission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Third Army remained in Germany until recalled to the United States again in 1947. When back in the United States, its duties were much the same as those of the 1930s, acting as a command and training force for units in the United States. The <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> saw a repeat of the earlier World War II training duties. The Third Army remained responsible for this aspect of U.S. Armed Forces operations until 1974, when a new major headquarters, that of Forces Command, or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">FORSCOM</a> was activated to replace Third Army. Third Army was thus inactivated, and it remained so for the better part of a decade. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ARCENT">ARCENT</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: ARCENT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 December 1982, a special ceremony was held at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McPherson" title="Fort McPherson">Fort McPherson</a> to mark the return to Active Army status of Headquarters, Third U.S. Army under the command of Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/M._Collier_Ross" title="M. Collier Ross">M. Collier Ross</a>. Guests at the event included former Third Army Commanders, General (Retired) <a href="/wiki/Herbert_B._Powell" title="Herbert B. Powell">Herbert B. Powell</a> and Lieutenant General (Retired) <a href="/wiki/Louis_W._Truman" title="Louis W. Truman">Louis W. Truman</a>. </p><p>The new headquarters was established at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McPherson" title="Fort McPherson">Fort McPherson</a>, and its new mission was to serve as the Army component in a unified command, the United States Central Command, which has responsibility over a vast overseas area covering parts of Africa, Asia, and the Persian Gulf. </p><p>For its part, Third Army could draw upon a reservoir of Army units, and became responsible for planning, exercising, and rapidly deploying these units in crisis situations.<sup id="cite_ref-ARCENT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARCENT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation_Desert_Shield_and_Operation_Desert_Storm">Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was not until 1990 that Third Army returned to combat. <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> in August 1990, and American forces were immediately dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> to protect the Saudi oil fields. Since Saudi Arabia came within the CENTCOM area, Third Army was sent to command the Army units in theatre. At first, <a href="/wiki/US_XVIII_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="US XVIII Corps">XVIII Corps</a> made up the forces assigned to Third Army; enough men to ensure that the Iraqis could not invade Saudi Arabia. However, in November 1990, massive reinforcements were announced in the form of <a href="/wiki/US_VII_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="US VII Corps">VII Corps</a> from Germany. This deployment marked the largest use of armored formations by the U.S. since World War II, and thus it was fitting that Patton's old command, Third Army, should have control of the battle. By the opening of hostilities, XVIII Corps had three American and one French division and VII Corps four American and one British division under command, thus giving Third Army a total of nine divisions, plus the armored cavalry regiments attached to both corps. </p><p>Third Army, commanded by Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Yeosock" title="John J. Yeosock">John J. Yeosock</a>, was the main striking force in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a>. Its units were on the left flank of the attacking force and swept into southern Iraq. They then turned east and engaged the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Republican_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Republican Guard">Iraqi Republican Guard</a> in fierce combat. Much of that force was destroyed. In terms of its immediate aims, the Persian Gulf War was a stunning success. The Iraqis were ejected from Kuwait and their forces were thoroughly mauled. </p><p>During the crisis, the 22nd Support Command served as the primary <a href="/wiki/Logistics" title="Logistics">Logistics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Combat_Service_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Service Support">Combat Service Support</a> organization for <a href="/wiki/ARCENT" class="mw-redirect" title="ARCENT">ARCENT</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield_(Gulf_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield (Gulf War)">Operation Desert Shield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Storm">Operation Desert Storm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Farewell" title="Operation Desert Farewell">Operation Desert Farewell</a> portions of the operation. The Command was activated as the ARCENT SUPCOM (Provisional) on 19 August 1990, but had been in operation since 10 August 1990. The ARCENT SUPCOM (PROV) was redesignated the 22nd Support Command on 16 December 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the conflict, the commander was Major General, and then Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/William_Pagonis" title="William Pagonis">William 'Gus' Pagonis</a>. When the Command was disestablished following Operation Desert Farewell, it was succeeded by the 1st Area Support Group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporting_allies">Supporting allies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Supporting allies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Third Army/ARCENT remained engaged in the Middle East after the end of the Persian Gulf War with various operations to enforce the cease fire. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Vigilant_Warrior">Operation Vigilant Warrior</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Operation Vigilant Warrior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 1994, ARCENT was again called upon to command, control, and deploy U.S. Army forces to Kuwait during Operation Vigilant Warrior. </p><p>The operation was initiated in response to Saddam Hussein's saber rattling and posturing of Iraqi military forces along the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border. This act of aggression threatened to upset the delicate balance of peace in the region. </p><p>ARCENT's rapid generation and deployment of a formidable Army force clearly demonstrated U.S. resolve and commitment to its friends and allies in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Vigilant_Sentinel">Operation Vigilant Sentinel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Operation Vigilant Sentinel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Less than one year later, Saddam Hussein would again deploy Iraqi forces close to its border with Kuwait. In August, Third Army/ARCENT provided command and control for a rapid deployment of a heavy brigade task force. Once more, Iraqi threats were met while ARCENT simultaneously conducted a major training exercise in Egypt, "BRIGHT STAR 95," involving military forces from 6 other nations. This contingency operation validated critical procedures for deployment, particularly the off-loading of equipment from floating prepositioning ships and its distribution to arriving soldiers. The deployment of a "Fly-Away Package" of key contingency staff also validated procedures for a rapidly deployed command and control group able to conduct combat operations immediately upon arrival. The operation was described by Third Army as having convinced Hussein to withdraw his forces from the Kuwaiti border.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Desert_Strike">Operation Desert Strike</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Operation Desert Strike"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In September 1996, it was alleged that Iraq violated United Nations sanctions by deploying forces north of the <a href="/wiki/36th_parallel_north" title="36th parallel north">36th Parallel</a> and attacking ethnic Kurds in Northern Iraq. In response to Hussein's refusal to withdraw his forces, the U.S. launched cruise missile strikes against selected military targets inside Iraq. A heavy brigade task force, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, was deployed to Kuwait under the command of Third Army/ARCENT as follow on forces to an already deployed Task Force (Task Force Headhunter, 1/9th and 1/12th Cavalry) to deter potential retaliatory attacks on Kuwait. The Brigade Task Force was supported by elements of the United States Marines, British Royal Marines and the Kuwaiti Liberation Brigade. Hussein soon capitulated, withdrawing his military forces south of the 36th Parallel.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Desert_Thunder_I">Operation Desert Thunder I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Operation Desert Thunder I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Saddam Hussein blocked United Nations weapons inspections, tested the resolve of coalition commitment by violating the no-fly zone, and publicly threatened to mimic <a href="/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers" title="Francis Gary Powers">earlier Soviet successes</a> by shooting down <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U2</a> reconnaissance over-flights in the Fall of 1997, CENTCOM responded with a land, sea, and air strike force of more than 35,000 U.S. and coalition forces. In support of this powerful multi-service, multinational ground force, General Anthony C. Zinni, Commander-in-Chief, CENTCOM, established a permanent Coalition/ Joint Task Force (C/JTF), headquartered at Camp Doha, Kuwait, and commanded by Lieutenant General Tommy R. Franks, Commanding General, Third Army/ARCENT. </p><p>In addition to the U.S. and coalition forces already in Kuwait, a brigade task force from 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, rapidly deployed to Kuwait. Departing from Hunter Army Airfield, the brigade task force deployed 4,000 personnel and 2,900 short tons of equipment on 120 aircraft. Within 15 hours of landing at Kuwait City International Airport, the unit had drawn prepositioned equipment and was in battle positions in the desert. On 28 February, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Combined_Joint_Task_Force_Kuwait&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait (page does not exist)">Combined Joint Task Force Kuwait</a> (C/JTF-K) was prepared to defend Kuwait with a ground force strength of more than 9,000 personnel. </p><p>Argentina, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, the United Kingdom, and Kuwait rounded out the C/JTF by providing liaison teams, aircraft support, special operations elements, chemical/biological defense, base defense units, <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Army_Surgical_Hospital" title="Mobile Army Surgical Hospital">MASH</a> units, and medical personnel. </p><p>Added to forces on the ground was equipment for two more brigades (one Army and one Marine) afloat in the Persian Gulf with the Maritime Preposition Force. These ships were poised to link up with soldiers and Marines who would draw their equipment and begin combat operations if required. Attack air provided by Navy, Air Force, and Coalition assets rounded out this formidable force. </p><p>This was the largest multinational force assembled in Southwest Asia since the conclusion of the Persian Gulf War. </p><p>According to the Third Army, the demonstrated capability to quickly deploy combat forces from around the world deterred Iraqi aggression and helped reinstate compliance with the UN Weapons Inspection Program. In November 1998, when the work of the UN inspectors was again interrupted, Third Army quickly returned to the Persian Gulf to convince Saddam that the United States stood ready to enforce the terms of the cease-fire.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Desert_Thunder_II">Operation Desert Thunder II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Operation Desert Thunder II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Saddam Hussein violated United Nations sanctions and threatened regional stability, the United States began deploying to Kuwait and preparing for combat operations. Combined/Joint Task Force-Kuwait, in place since Desert Thunder I, played a key role in the rapid deployment, reception, staging, onward movement, and integration of forces. </p><p>Units deploying to Kuwait included advance parties from the 3d Infantry Division and the 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), personnel from the Theater Support Command (TSC), <a href="/wiki/Air_Support_Operations_Center" title="Air Support Operations Center">Air Support Operations Center</a> (ASOC), and Marine forces. In addition, the redeployment of the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the Persian Gulf was placed on hold and a second MEU was ordered to the Persian Gulf as reinforcement. </p><p>While forces were deploying to the Persian Gulf region, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew to Baghdad to meet with Saddam Hussein. </p><p>Following negotiations, Saddam Hussein agreed to allow uninterrupted resumption of United Nations weapons inspections. In mid-Nov, as the crisis defused, there were 2,300 personnel deployed to Kuwait in support of C/JTF-Kuwait.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operation_Desert_Fox">Operation Desert Fox</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Operation Desert Fox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Iraqi aircraft began challenging the established no-fly zones, and Iraqi air defense systems fired on allied aircraft in December 1998, US and UK forces responded with a massive display of firepower. </p><p>Allied air force and navy aircraft, and cruise missiles engaged command and control, communications, and selected Republican Guards targets on the morning of 16 December. These concentrated attacks against Iraqi targets continued until the early morning of 19 December. </p><p>During the campaign, Third Army again deployed forces to defend Kuwait, and to reassure allies in the Persian Gulf region. </p><p>By late December, C/JTF-Kuwait consisted of approximately 6,000 personnel, including the <a href="/wiki/31st_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="31st Marine Expeditionary Unit">31st Marine Expeditionary Unit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Checking_Aggression_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Checking_Aggression-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operation_Iraqi_Freedom">Operation Iraqi Freedom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Operation Iraqi Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Third Army was deployed to attack Iraq again in early 2003. The forces it had under its command for <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Operation Iraqi Freedom</a> were much smaller in numbers than those it had commanded twelve years before. It had <a href="/wiki/US_V_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="US V Corps">V Corps</a> as its main striking force, with only two complete divisions and an airborne brigade under that command. There was also <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a>, controlling a further two divisions and a brigade. However, numbers were made up for by the advances in technology, which rendered this a powerful force. It took six weeks to defeat Iraq, along with <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd Infantry Division</a>, the heavy mech/armor component of <a href="/wiki/XVIII_Airborne_Corps" title="XVIII Airborne Corps">XVIII Airborne Corps</a>. </p><p>The aftermath of the campaign saw Third Army headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, directing its third occupation within one hundred years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of July 2011 BRAC relocations, Third U.S. Army is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Shaw_Air_Force_Base" title="Shaw Air Force Base">Shaw Air Force Base</a>, South Carolina with a forward element at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Arifjan" title="Camp Arifjan">Camp Arifjan</a>, Kuwait. Administratively called ARCENT again, it continues to serve as the Army Component Command for <a href="/wiki/CENTCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="CENTCOM">CENTCOM</a>, and the forward element is serving as the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Forces_Land_Component_Command" title="Coalition Forces Land Component Command">Coalition Forces Land Component Command</a> (CFLCC). It provides support and services to theater ARFOR commands, as well as directed Army support to other services. </p><p>Previously, in Saudi Arabia, its bases include <a href="/wiki/King_Abdul_Aziz_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="King Abdul Aziz Air Base">King Abdul Aziz Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Fahad_Air_Base" title="King Fahad Air Base">King Fahad Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_Khalid_Air_Base" title="King Khalid Air Base">King Khalid Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eskan_Village_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eskan Village Air Base">Eskan Village Air Base</a> and <a href="/wiki/Riyadh_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Riyadh Air Base">Riyadh Air Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Army moved all its bases and equipment to <a href="/wiki/Al_Udeid_Air_Base" title="Al Udeid Air Base">Al Udeid Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Focusing primarily on the Middle East, Central Command and Third Army's area of responsibility (AOR) is a large and complex region. It stretches from the Central Asian States to the Horn of Africa. The AOR encompasses an area of approximately 6,500,000 square miles (17,000,000 km<sup>2</sup>) consisting of 27 countries populated by over 650 million people speaking 12 major languages and representing seven major religions. Within this strategically important region lay the historical crossroads of three continents, the majority of the world's oil and natural gas reserves, and the primary maritime link between Europe and Asia. Resources, differing geography, religious influences, and historical conflict have shaped this region for centuries and continue to do so today. </p><p>In keeping with US national security strategy, Third Army supports U.S. Central Command through a theater security cooperation strategy that encompasses the four fundamentals of the National Military Strategy. Third Army maintains a continued forward presence, conducts joint and coalition exercises throughout the region, provides humanitarian assistance when needed, develops close partnerships with responsible nations, assists in demining efforts, and provides support to other military service components. Third Army is prepared to rapidly respond by developing and executing war plans and contingency missions as required. This strategy provides the President with a wide range of options to deter aggression and coercion from a forward presence posture, and to decisively defeat any adversary if deterrence fails across the full spectrum of conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-Commanding_General_Welcome_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commanding_General_Welcome-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Current organization of the command is as follows;<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>United States Army Central Command Headquarters <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> Patrick D. Frank</li> <li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> Henry S. Dixon</li> <li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> Jeremy A. Bartel</li> <li>Command Sergeant Major, Eric R. McCray</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/335th_Theater_Signal_Command_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="335th Theater Signal Command (United States)">335th Theater Signal Command</a> – Army Reserve</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Theater_Sustainment_Command" title="1st Theater Sustainment Command">1st Theater Sustainment Command</a></li> <li>Task Force, Spartan – Regular, National Guard, and Reserve</li> <li>Area Support Group, Jordan</li> <li>Area Support Group, Kuwait</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage_and_honors">Lineage and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Lineage and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lineage">Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Organized 7–15 November 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Third Army </p><p>Demobilized 2 July 1919 in Germany </p><p>Reconstituted 9 August 1932 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Third Army </p><p>Headquarters activated 1 October 1933 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a>, Texas </p><p>Headquarters Company activated 23 November 1940 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Sam_Houston" title="Fort Sam Houston">Fort Sam Houston</a>, Texas </p><p>Redesignated 1 January 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Third United States Army </p><p>Inactivated 1 October 1973 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McPherson" title="Fort McPherson">Fort McPherson</a>, Georgia </p><p>Activated 1 December 1982 at <a href="/wiki/Fort_McPherson" title="Fort McPherson">Fort McPherson</a>, Georgia </p><p>Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2006 as Headquarters, United States Army Central, to consist of Main Command Post, Operational Command Post, and Special Troops Battalion (Special Troops Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)<sup id="cite_ref-3A-lin_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3A-lin-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_participation_credit">Campaign participation credit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Campaign participation credit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European%E2%80%93African%E2%80%93Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal" title="European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Northern France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">Rhineland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Ardennes-Alsace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Central Europe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal" title="Southwest Asia Service Medal">Southwest Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War#Operation_Desert_Shield" title="Gulf War">Defense of Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War#Ground_campaign" title="Gulf War">Liberation and Defense of Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War#End_of_active_hostilities" title="Gulf War">Cease-Fire</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>War on Terrorism </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Campaign_Medal" title="Afghanistan Campaign Medal">Afghanistan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)#U.S._invasion_of_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Liberation of Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)#2003–2005_Taliban_resurgence,_war_with_U.S.-led_coalition_and_Afghan_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">Consolidation I</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_Campaign_Medal" title="Iraq Campaign Medal">Iraq</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Liberation of Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)">Transition of Iraq</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>(Additional campaigns to be determined)<sup id="cite_ref-3A-lin_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3A-lin-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decorations">Decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meritorious_Unit_Commendation" title="Meritorious Unit Commendation">Meritorious Unit Commendation</a> (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2009-2010</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Superior_Unit_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Superior Unit Award">Army Superior Unit Award</a>, Streamer embroidered 2001-2004<sup id="cite_ref-3A-lin_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3A-lin-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shoulder_Sleeve_Insignia">Shoulder Sleeve Insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Shoulder Sleeve Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, United States Army Central"><img alt="Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, United States Army Central" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg/150px-United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg/225px-United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg/300px-United_States_Army_Central_CSIB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="364" /></a><figcaption>Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, United States Army Central</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description/Blazon"><span id="Description.2FBlazon"></span>Description/Blazon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Description/Blazon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On a blue disc <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span> inches (5.7 cm) in diameter a white letter "A" with members <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> inch (0.32 cm) wide within a red circle 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inch (0.48 cm) in width.<sup id="cite_ref-ssi_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for Third Army on 20 December 1922. It was redesignated for Third United States Army on 10 November 1960. The insignia was redesignated for US Army Central on 29 August 2006. (TIOH Drawing Number A-1-3)<sup id="cite_ref-ssi_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combat_Service_Identification_Badge">Combat Service Identification Badge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Combat Service Identification Badge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Third_Army_CSIB.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Combat Service Identification Badge, United States Army Central"><img alt="Combat Service Identification Badge, United States Army Central" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Third_Army_CSIB.jpg/150px-Third_Army_CSIB.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Third_Army_CSIB.jpg/225px-Third_Army_CSIB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Third_Army_CSIB.jpg/300px-Third_Army_CSIB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1805" data-file-height="1805" /></a><figcaption>Combat Service Identification Badge, United States Army Central</figcaption></figure><p><sup id="cite_ref-ssi_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ssi-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description/Blazon_2"><span id="Description.2FBlazon_2"></span>Description/Blazon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Description/Blazon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A silver color metal and enamel device 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter consisting of a design similar to the shoulder sleeve insignia.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinctive_unit_insignia">Distinctive unit insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Distinctive unit insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Distinctive Unit Insignia, United States Army Central"><img alt="Distinctive Unit Insignia, United States Army Central" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png/150px-United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/United_States_Army_Central_DUI.png 1.5x" data-file-width="172" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption>Distinctive Unit Insignia, United States Army Central</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description/Blazon_3"><span id="Description.2FBlazon_3"></span>Description/Blazon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Description/Blazon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A gold color metal and enamel device <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> inches (3.0 cm) in height overall consisting of a blue disc with a red border, the blue area bearing throughout a white capital letter "A" (as depicted on the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia for US Army Central) in front of in base a gold stylized fleur-de-lis, the center petal of the fleur-de-lis extending behind and above the cross bar of the letter "A" and behind and below the red border and the tops of the two outer petals extending under, downward and over the red border and terminating at and conjoined with the feet of the letter "A" and the lower ends extending behind and below the red border which bears at top five gold five-pointed stars and the inscription "TERTIA SEMPER PRIMA" in gold letters, the word "TERTIA" in base and between the outer petals of the fleur-de-lis and the stars, the word "SEMPER" on the left and the word "PRIMA" on the right.<sup id="cite_ref-dui_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dui-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbolism">Symbolism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Symbolism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The design is based on the authorized shoulder sleeve insignia of US Army Central (formerly United States Third Army). The fleur-de-lis in base alludes to the initial activation of the Headquarters, Third Army, at Ligny-en-Barrois, France, 15 November 1918. The five stars refer to the five campaigns Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe, World War II in which the Third United States Army participated. The motto reflects the Third Army's constant readiness.<sup id="cite_ref-dui_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dui-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_2">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for Third United States Army on 10 October 1968. It was redesignated for US Army Central with the description updated and symbolism revised on 29 August 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-dui_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dui-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_generals">Commanding generals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Commanding generals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note – rank shown is the highest rank held while commanding the Third Army. </p> <ul><li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Frank" title="Patrick Frank">Patrick D. Frank</a> (2022–present)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Ronald_P._Clark" title="Ronald P. Clark">Ronald P. Clark</a> (2021–2022)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Terry_R._Ferrell" title="Terry R. Ferrell">Terry R. Ferrell</a> (2019–2021)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Michael_X._Garrett" title="Michael X. Garrett">Michael X. Garrett</a> (2015–19)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/James_L._Terry" title="James L. Terry">James L. Terry</a> (2013–15)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Vincent_K._Brooks" title="Vincent K. Brooks">Vincent K. Brooks</a> (2011–13)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/William_G._Webster" title="William G. Webster">William G. Webster</a> (2009–11)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/James_J._Lovelace" title="James J. Lovelace">James J. Lovelace</a> (2007–09)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/R._Steven_Whitcomb" title="R. Steven Whitcomb">R. Steven Whitcomb</a> (2004–07)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/David_D._McKiernan" title="David D. McKiernan">David D. McKiernan</a> (2002–04)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Paul_T._Mikolashek" title="Paul T. Mikolashek">Paul T. Mikolashek</a> (2000–02)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Franks" title="Tommy Franks">Tommy Franks</a> (1997–2000)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ivany" title="Robert Ivany">Robert Ivany</a> (1997)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Steven_L._Arnold" title="Steven L. Arnold">Steven L. Arnold</a> (1994–97)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_R._Ellis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James R. Ellis (page does not exist)">James R. Ellis</a> (1992–94)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/John_J._Yeosock" title="John J. Yeosock">John J. Yeosock</a> (1989–92)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Chambers" title="Andrew Chambers">Andrew Chambers</a> (1987–89)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/T.G._Jenes_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="T.G. Jenes Jr.">T.G. Jenes Jr.</a> (1984–87)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/William_J._Livsey" title="William J. Livsey">William J. Livsey</a> (1983–84)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/M._Collier_Ross" title="M. Collier Ross">M. Collier Ross</a> (1982–83)</li> <li>Unit inactivated (1973–82)</li> <li>MG Warren Bennett (1973)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Zais" title="Melvin Zais">Melvin Zais</a> (1972–73)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Albert_O._Connor" title="Albert O. Connor">Albert O. Connor</a> (1969–72)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/John_L._Throckmorton" title="John L. Throckmorton">John L. Throckmorton</a> (1967–69)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Louis_W._Truman" title="Louis W. Truman">Louis W. Truman</a> (1965–67)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._Bullock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William C. Bullock (page does not exist)">William C. Bullock</a> (1965) (Acting)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._G._Rich" title="Charles W. G. Rich">Charles W. G. Rich</a> (1964–65)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/John_W._Bowen_(U.S._Army_general)" title="John W. Bowen (U.S. Army general)">John W. Bowen</a> (1964) (Acting)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Albert_Watson_II" title="Albert Watson II">Albert Watson II</a> (1963–64)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_H._Howze" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton H. Howze">Hamilton H. Howze</a> (1962–63) (Acting)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._H._Trapnell" title="Thomas J. H. Trapnell">Thomas J. H. Trapnell</a> (1961–62)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Paul_D._Adams" title="Paul D. Adams">Paul D. Adams</a> (1960–61)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._H._Trapnell" title="Thomas J. H. Trapnell">Thomas J. H. Trapnell</a> (1960)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Herbert_B._Powell" title="Herbert B. Powell">Herbert B. Powell</a> (1960)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Sink" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert F. Sink">Robert F. Sink</a> (1960) (Acting)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Clark_L._Ruffner" title="Clark L. Ruffner">Clark L. Ruffner</a> (1958–60)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Francis_Hickey_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Francis Hickey (general)">Thomas F. Hickey</a> (1955–58)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Bolling" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Bolling">Alexander Bolling</a> (1952–55)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/William_A._Beiderlinden" title="William A. Beiderlinden">William A. Beiderlinden</a> (1952)</li> <li>GEN <a href="/wiki/John_R._Hodge" title="John R. Hodge">John R. Hodge</a> (1950–52)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Alvan_Cullom_Gillem_Jr." title="Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr.">Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr.</a> (1947–50)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Brooks" title="Edward H. Brooks">Edward H. Brooks</a> (1947) (Acting)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Griswold" title="Oscar Griswold">Oscar Griswold</a> (1947) (Interim)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Ernest_N._Harmon" title="Ernest N. Harmon">Ernest N. Harmon</a> (1947) (Interim)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Keyes" title="Geoffrey Keyes">Geoffrey Keyes</a> (1946–47)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Lucian_Truscott" title="Lucian Truscott">Lucian K. Truscott Jr.</a> (October 1945 – April 1946)</li> <li>GEN <a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="George S. Patton Jr.">George S. Patton Jr.</a> (January 1944 – October 1945)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Hodges" title="Courtney Hodges">Courtney Hodges</a> (May 1943 – January 1944)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Walter_Krueger" title="Walter Krueger">Walter Krueger</a> (May 1941 – May 1943)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Herbert_J._Brees" title="Herbert J. Brees">Herbert J. Brees</a> (1940–41)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Stanley_D._Embick" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley D. Embick">Stanley D. Embick</a> (1938–40)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/George_Van_Horn_Moseley" title="George Van Horn Moseley">George V. H. Moseley</a> (1936–38)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Frank_Parker_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Parker (general)">Frank Parker</a> (1936)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Hagood_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnson Hagood (general)">Johnson Hagood</a> (1933–36)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Edwin_B._Winans_(U.S._Army_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin B. Winans (U.S. Army general)">Edwin B. Winans</a> (1932–33)</li> <li>Unit inactivated (1919–32)</li> <li>LTG <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Liggett" title="Hunter Liggett">Hunter Liggett</a> (May 1919 - July 1919)<sup id="cite_ref-OBWWI_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBWWI-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._Dickman" title="Joseph T. Dickman">Joseph T. Dickman</a> (November 1918 – April 1919)<sup id="cite_ref-OBWWI_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBWWI-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_Commanding_Generals">Deputy Commanding Generals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Deputy Commanding Generals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>MG Henry S. Dixon (DCG) (2023- Present)</li> <li>MG Wendul G. Hagler II (DCG (2021–2023)</li> <li>MG Douglas Crissman (DCG) (2020–2021)</li> <li>MG David Hill (DCG) (2018–2020)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Terrence_J._McKenrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrence J. McKenrick">Terrence J. McKenrick</a> (DCG)(2017–2018)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Donnie_Walker.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donnie Walker. (page does not exist)">Donnie Walker.</a> (DCG-Sustainment) (2017–present)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_B._Hickman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William B. Hickman (page does not exist)">William B. Hickman</a> (DCG-Operations) (2015–2017)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_C_Hurley_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul C Hurley Jr. (page does not exist)">Paul C Hurley Jr.</a> (DCG-Sustainment) (2015–2017)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Dana_J.H._Pittard" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana J.H. Pittard">Dana J.H. Pittard</a> (DCG-Operations) (2013–15)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kurt_J._Stein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kurt J. Stein (page does not exist)">Kurt J. Stein</a> (DCG-Sustainment) (2012–15)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Cheek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Cheek (page does not exist)">Gary Cheek</a> (2011–13)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Vangjel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Vangjel (page does not exist)">Peter Vangjel</a> (2009–11)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_A._Anderson_(US_General)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles A. Anderson (US General) (page does not exist)">Charles A. Anderson</a> (2008–09)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dennis_E._Hardy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dennis E. Hardy (page does not exist)">Dennis E. Hardy</a> (2006–08)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_A._Kelley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James A. Kelley (page does not exist)">James A. Kelley</a> (2005–06)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Gary_D._Speer" title="Gary D. Speer">Gary D. Speer</a> (2004–05)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._Speakes" title="Stephen M. Speakes">Stephen M. Speakes</a> ( )</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Antonio_M._Taguba" class="mw-redirect" title="Antonio M. Taguba">Antonio M. Taguba</a> ( )</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Stratman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Stratman (page does not exist)">Henry Stratman</a> ( )</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/William_G._Webster" title="William G. Webster">William G. Webster</a> (2002–03)</li> <li>MG <a href="/w/index.php?title=Warren_C._Edwards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Warren C. Edwards (page does not exist)">Warren C. Edwards</a> (1999–2002)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Campbell_(general)" title="Charles C. Campbell (general)">Charles C. Campbell</a> (1998–99)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Command_Sergeants_Major">Command Sergeants Major</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Command Sergeants Major"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_R._McCray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric R. McCray (page does not exist)">Eric R. McCray</a> (2024–Present)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacinto_Garza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacinto Garza (page does not exist)">Jacinto Garza</a> (2021–2024)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Hester&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Hester (page does not exist)">Brian Hester</a> (2019–2021)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cornelison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Cornelison (page does not exist)">Joseph Cornelison</a> (2018–2019)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_C._Dostie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric C. Dostie (page does not exist)">Eric C. Dostie</a> (2016–2018)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronnie_R._Kelley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ronnie R. Kelley (page does not exist)">Ronnie R. Kelley</a> (2014–16)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephan_Frennier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephan Frennier (page does not exist)">Stephan Frennier</a> (2011–14)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Fourhman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John D. Fourhman (page does not exist)">John D. Fourhman</a> (2008–11)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_G._Ashe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Franklin G. Ashe (page does not exist)">Franklin G. Ashe</a> (2005–08)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Julian_A._Kellman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julian A. Kellman (page does not exist)">Julian A. Kellman</a> (2004–05)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_D._Sparks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John D. Sparks (page does not exist)">John D. Sparks</a> (2002–04)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vincent_M._Myers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vincent M. Myers (page does not exist)">Vincent M. Myers</a> (2000–02)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dwight_J._Brown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dwight J. Brown (page does not exist)">Dwight J. Brown</a> (2000)</li> <li>CSM <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_T._Hall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert T. Hall (page does not exist)">Robert T. Hall</a> (1996–2000)</li> <li>CSM Edward E. Smith (1988–93)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chiefs_of_Staff">Chiefs of Staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Chiefs of Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>BG Matthew L. Eichburg (2021– )</li> <li>BG Robert B. Davis (2020–2021)</li> <li>BG Jeffrey P. Van (2019–2020)</li> <li>BG James H. Raymer (2017–2019)</li> <li>BG <a href="/wiki/Viet_Xuan_Luong" title="Viet Xuan Luong">Viet Xuan Luong</a> (2016–17)</li> <li>BG David P. Glaser (2014–16)</li> <li>BG Charles L. Taylor (2012–14)</li> <li>BG David Bishop (2011–12)</li> <li>BG <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Twitty" title="Stephen Twitty">Stephen Twitty</a> (2010–11)</li> <li>COL <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_M._Batule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin M. Batule (page does not exist)">Kevin M. Batule</a> (2008–10)</li> <li>COL William Norman (2006–08)</li> <li>COL <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_P._McEvoy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard P. McEvoy (page does not exist)">Richard P. McEvoy</a> (2004–06)</li> <li>COL <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_L._Della_Jacono&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John L. Della Jacono (page does not exist)">John L. Della Jacono</a> (2003–04)</li> <li>MG Robert Blackman (2002–03)</li> <li>COL <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_L._Della_Jacono&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John L. Della Jacono (page does not exist)">John L. Della Jacono</a> (2002)</li> <li>COL <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_S._Wentlent&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark S. Wentlent (page does not exist)">Mark S. Wentlent</a> (2000–02)</li> <li>COL Peter J. Deperro (1997–2000)</li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Hobart_R._Gay" title="Hobart R. Gay">Hobart R. Gay</a> (1944–45)<sup id="cite_ref-WWIIOB_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWIIOB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>MG <a href="/wiki/Hugh_J._Gaffey" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh J. Gaffey">Hugh J. Gaffey</a> (1944)<sup id="cite_ref-WWIIOB_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WWIIOB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>BG <a href="/wiki/Malin_Craig" title="Malin Craig">Malin Craig</a> (1918–19)<sup id="cite_ref-OBWWI_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBWWI-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Crossing the Rhine," History of the American Third Army, 14 November 1918 to 2 July 1919, Third Army, A.E.F., 2 July 1919.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFClay2010" class="citation book cs1">Clay, Steven E. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=United+States+Army+in+the+World+War%2C+1917-1919%3A+Volume+1%3A+Organization+of+the+American+Expeditionary+Forces&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.army.mil%2Fhtml%2Fbooks%2F023%2F23-6%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WWIIOB-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WWIIOB_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WWIIOB_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Forty, George. "The Armies of George S. Patton," London: Arms & Armour Press, 1996</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFullmer2004" class="citation cs2">Fullmer, Robert P. (2004), <i>Last Shots for Patton's Third Army</i>, Portland, ME: NETR Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/097405190X" title="Special:BookSources/097405190X"><bdi>097405190X</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Last+Shots+for+Patton%27s+Third+Army&rft.place=Portland%2C+ME&rft.pub=NETR+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=097405190X&rft.aulast=Fullmer&rft.aufirst=Robert+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHastings2004" class="citation cs2">Hastings, Max (2004), <i>Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944–1945</i>, New York: Vintage, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-71422-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-71422-7"><bdi>0-375-71422-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Armageddon%3A+The+Battle+for+Germany%2C+1944%E2%80%931945&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Vintage&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-375-71422-7&rft.aulast=Hastings&rft.aufirst=Max&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Central&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Robert S. Allen, <i>Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third Army</i>, New York: Vanguard Press, 1947</li> <li>Gregory Fontenot, E.J. Degen, and David Tohn, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/OnPointI.pdf">"On Point: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=On+Point%3A+The+United+States+Army+in+Operation+IRAQI+FREEDOM&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyupress.army.mil%2FPortals%2F7%2Fcombat-studies-institute%2Fcsi-books%2FOnPointI.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span>, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPatton1947" class="citation cs2">Patton, George S. (1947), <i>War as I Knew It</i>, <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>: <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Houghton Mifflin Co.">Houghton Mifflin Co.</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4193-2492-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4193-2492-5"><bdi>978-1-4193-2492-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=War+as+I+Knew+It&rft.place=Boston%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pub=Houghton+Mifflin+Co.&rft.date=1947&rft.isbn=978-1-4193-2492-5&rft.aulast=Patton&rft.aufirst=George+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Robert H. Scales, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/CertainVictory.pdf">"Certain Victory: The US Army in the Gulf War"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Certain+Victory%3A+The+US+Army+in+the+Gulf+War&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyupress.army.mil%2FPortals%2F7%2Fcombat-studies-institute%2Fcsi-books%2FCertainVictory.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span>, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press Reprint</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwain1997" class="citation web cs1">Swain, Richard Moody (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/LuckyWar.pdf">"<i>Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm</i>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780788178658" title="Special:BookSources/9780788178658"><bdi>9780788178658</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lucky+War%3A+Third+Army+in+Desert+Storm&rft.pub=U.S.+Army+Command+and+General+Staff+College+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9780788178658&rft.aulast=Swain&rft.aufirst=Richard+Moody&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.armyupress.army.mil%2FPortals%2F7%2Fcombat-studies-institute%2Fcsi-books%2FLuckyWar.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Army+Central" class="Z3988"></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mZty9wdfHRkC&pg=PA6">Page 6</a> via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</li> <li>Donald P. Wright and Timothy R. 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of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020">2020–present</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Staff_Senior_Warrant_Officer" title="Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer">Army Staff Senior Warrant Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Tactical_Air_and_Land_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces">House Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate Committee on Armed Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Airland" title="United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland">Senate Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/United_States_Army#Regular_combat_maneuver_organizations" title="United States Army">Active Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reorganization_plan_of_United_States_Army" title="Reorganization plan of United States Army">Reorganization plan of United States Army</a><br /></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Forces_Command" title="United States Army Forces Command">Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command" title="United States Army Futures Command">Futures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Materiel_Command" title="United States Army Materiel Command">Materiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Training_and_Doctrine_Command" title="United States Army Training and Doctrine Command">Training and Doctrine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service <br />components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Army Europe and Africa">Europe</a>–<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Army Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">South</a></li> <li><a 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Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve_Command" title="United States Army Reserve Command">Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Acquisition_Support_Center" title="U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center">Acquisition Support Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Installation_Management_Command" title="United States Army Installation Management Command">Installation Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_War_College" title="United States Army War College">War College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_field_armies_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of field armies of the United States Army">Field armies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_States)" title="First Army (United 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