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U.S. Army Central, ARCENT (U.S.)

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Description of the flag
Operations

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Description of the flag

ARCENT is US Army Central, the Army component command to US Central Command. It was previously the Third US Army, and was redesignated as US Army Central in 2006, under which name it remains today. It is based at Shaw AFB, SC.

See its 2021 lineage certificate: https://history.army.mil/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=R21LyfhODZ0%3d&portalid=143

Joint Forces Land Component Command is just a generic term for land forces in any theater of operations.

ARCENT was never "redesignated" as CFLCC. It is always ARCENT. Rather, it was given the responsibility of a CFLCC in Iraq in the post-occupation stage of US involvement.

The flag is horizontally divided white over red, with a blue disk in the center with red/blue rings bearing a white letter A.
Dave Fowler, 1 April 2025

Distinctive Unit Insignia - ARCENT
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Shoulder Patch Insignia - ARCENT
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Operations

Distinctive Unit Insignia - Operation Inherent Resolve
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Shoulder Patch Insignia - Operation Inherent Resolve
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CJTF-Operation Inherent Resolve is the structure within US forces currently operating in Iraq and Syria. ARCENT provides Army forces to that task force.

Operation Inherent Resolve is an official DOD campaign for the purposes of awards and honors, and is divided into four phases:

Abeyance 15 June 2014-24 November 2015
Intensification 25 November 2015-14 April 2017
Defeat 15 April 2017-1 July 2020
Normalize 2 July 2020-ongoing

Once each campaign phase is assigned an end date, an organization that took part in that phase can attach a campaign streamer to its organizational flag. The main US Army flag will also receive the streamer. Currently 3 of the 4 phases have them. An example of such a streamer is attached.

Dave Fowler, 1 April 2025