Category: US CENTCOM

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY – Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) will be conducting a multi-day readiness exercise to demonstrate the ability to deploy, disperse, and sustain combat airpower across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

This exercise is designed to enhance asset and personnel dispersal capability, strengthen regional partnerships and prepare for flexible response execution throughout CENTCOM. It will serve as a way for AFCENT to validate procedures for rapid movement of personnel and aircraft; dispersed operations at contingency locations; logistics sustainment with a minimal footprint; and integrated, multi-national command and control over a large area of operations.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) launched a new mission to transfer ISIS detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq, Jan. 21, to help ensure the terrorists remain in secure detention facilities.

The transfer mission began while U.S. forces successfully transported 150 ISIS fighters held at a detention facility in Hasakah, Syria, to a secure location in Iraq. Ultimately, up to 7,000 ISIS detainees could be transferred from Syria to Iraqi-controlled facilities.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Jan. 16, that resulted in the death of a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda who had direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025.

Bilal Hasan al-Jasim was an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected with the ISIS gunman who killed and injured American and Syrian personnel last month in Palmyra, Syria.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

Today, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces, alongside partner forces, conducted large-scale strikes against multiple ISIS targets across Syria.

These strikes are part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which was launched and announced on Dec. 19, 2025, at the direction of President Trump, in direct response to the deadly ISIS attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria, on Dec. 13, 2025. That ambush, carried out by an ISIS terrorist, resulted in the tragic deaths of two American soldiers and one U.S. civilian interpreter.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. and partner forces killed or captured nearly 25 ISIS operatives during the days that followed a Dec. 19 large-scale strike in Syria.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partners across Syria killed at least seven ISIS members and captured the remainder during 11 missions conducted Dec. 20-29. The operations also led to the elimination of four ISIS weapons caches.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

Following the attack on U.S. and partner forces last Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commenced Operation Hawkeye Strike at 4 pm ET against ISIS in Syria, Dec. 19, at the Commander in Chief’s direction.

CENTCOM forces struck more than 70 targets at multiple locations across central Syria with fighter jets, attack helicopters, and artillery. The Jordanian Armed Forces also supported with fighter aircraft. The operation employed more than 100 precision munitions targeting known ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) joined a nonprofit organization, Dec. 18, in providing care packages to the families of service members deployed in the Middle East region.

CENTCOM personnel distributed hundreds of care packages and teddy bears to family members as an expression of gratitude and encouragement during the holiday season. The care packages were donated through Operation Gratitude, a nationwide nonprofit that helps support deployed troops and their families.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. and partner forces in Syria have conducted nearly 80 operations since July to eliminate terrorist operatives, including ISIS remnants, that posed a direct threat to the United States and interests abroad.

ISIS has inspired at least 11 plots or attacks against targets in the United States over the past year. In response, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operations have resulted in 119 terrorists detained and 14 killed over the last six months, disrupting efforts for ISIS to reconstitute and inspire terror attacks globally.

Source: United States Central Command (CENTCOM)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tafari Galloway, an administrative specialist with Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, was meritoriously promoted to the rank of sergeant on Nov. 2, 2025, during a recent visit to the White House.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command specifically chose Galloway from several nominees to receive the promotion after service branches were tasked with nominating exemplary members for the privilege. This was part of the Above, Below, and Beyond Broadcast Finale, a presidential special celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.