Sentences with phrase «u.s. central command»

MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL About Blog U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is a combatant command working with national and international partners to promote development and cooperation among nations, respond to crises, and deter or defeat state and transnational aggression in order to establish regional security and stability.

President Barack Obama addresses troops after a visit to the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 17, 2014.

But the REAL target of the hack wasn't a U.S. Central Command social media feed: it was the hearts and minds of potential Islamic State supporters around the world, making the attack a textbook piece of psychological warfare.

In 1992, following the war in Kuwait, Qatar signed a defense agreement with the United States which allowed the U.S. to build in Qatar its largest military base in the Middle East and the headquarters for CENTCOM, the U.S. Central Command for the Middle East.

«As (U.S. forces) responded to the gunfire, reaching and boarding the Quest, the forces discovered all four hostages had been shot by their captors,» the statement from U.S. Central Command said.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said the Adams, along with Philis Macay and Bob Riggle, had been killed by their captors.

Over at the Jewish magazine the Tablet, David Goldman examines how America's conservative Jews blew it on Iraq and Iran: Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command and former commander of the multinational force in Iraq, next month will receive an award from the American Enterprise....

The Russian account was denied by the U.S. Central Command, that in an email to The Aviationist explained that there was no truth in the allegation:

The «Cyber Caliphate» has claimed responsibility for other social media hacks, including the Malaysia Airlines Website, The Albuquerque Journal and the U.S. Central Commands Twitter account.

Not exact matches

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

At times controllers are using Reapers, Predators or both «combined in a formation» as a more efficient way of using their sensors, according to Lt. Col. Eric Winterbottom, chief of the Commander's Action Group, U.S. Air Forces Central Command.

At the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar — which Goldfein formerly commanded as head of U.S. Air Forces Central Command — the space cell and personnel recovery cells were located so close that employees could literally reach out and give each other a high - five.

James Prior to this program, James served in the U.S. Navy as a Boatswain Mate Third Class Surface Warfare Specialist serving at Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, Seal Delivery Vehicle Team Two, Commander Submarine Force Group, Special Operations Command Central and on the USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60.

Guerrilla fighters in Vietnam, like U.S. troops, answered to a central command; insurgents in Iraq did not.

Collaborated with National Intelligence Organizations and NATO partners to produce intelligence products of high value to be distributed to the Central Command, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), U.S. defense planners and U.S. policy makers.