CENTCOM commander nominee to go from confirmation hearing to Europe deployment

By Mike Brest

Published February 8, 2022 6:16pm ET

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CENTCOM commander nominee to go from confirmation hearing to Europe deployment — Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C. on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The 'Devil' Brigade is the nucleus of the U.S. Immediate Response Force, capable of rapidly deploying anywhere in the world in response to a variety of contingency operations. | (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Hubert Delany III)

The Army general who was nominated to lead the U.S. Central Command had a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill before departing for Europe to join the rest of his soldiers.

Army Lt. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, the commander of the 18th Airborne Corps in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that once the hearing ends, he’d be departing for Germany to join the troops already deployed that are under his command.

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