Global InformationOperation Spartan Shield information
| Operation Spartan Shield | |
|---|---|
| Part of Operation Spartan Shield | |
 Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, stand in formation during a mobilization ceremony ahead of being deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Spartan Shield in 2015 | |
| Location | Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Jordan-NJTC/Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (MSAB), various bases in Iraq |
| Date | September 2012 - present |
Operation Spartan Shield (OSS) is a USCENTCOM (United States Central Command) operation in the Middle East. OSS is commanded by United States Army Central and includes units from all service branches.[citation needed] Task Force Spartan is the U.S. Army component of OSS.[citation needed]
The 408th Contracting Support Brigade supports contracting requirements for Operation Spartan Shield, described in Army Lawyer as "USARCENT's steady state operation to Build Partner Capacity [that is, to conduct Capacity building) in the Middle East."[1]
In Syria, on 25 August 2020,[2] a Russian vehicle allegedly rammed a U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, which triggered an Operation Spartan Shield response.[3]
- ^ Major Nolan Koon, "Contacting in a Deployed Environment: Notes from the 408th Contracting Support Brigade," Army Lawyer, No. 6, November-December 2018, p.30. Current url https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.journals/armylaw2018&div=90&start_page=30
- ^ Reuters, Wire Service Content (Aug. 25, 2020) Russia Says Armoured Vehicle Attacked During Patrol in Syria: Ifax
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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