USARCENT celebrates 103 years with ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base

Shaw Air Force Base celebrated the 103rd birthday of USARCENT on Nov. 5. The actual 103rd birthday was Nov. 7.

USARCENT consists of more than 600 soldiers and civilians at Shaw Air Force Base, as well as approximately 15,000 assigned soldiers in several locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility (Middle East locations including Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt).

USARCENT is America's land domain expert in the Middle East and Central and South Asian regions, postured through enduring presence and partnerships to protect U.S. national interests.

U.S. Army Central, formerly Third Army, is a unit rich in history and steeped in the tradition of victory on the battlefield. From its inception during the Great War to its later role as a force of occupation, Third Army maintained the hard-won peace on the Western Front.