CENTCOM Commander Conducts Strait of Hormuz Transit and Visits United Arab Emirates and Bahrain

Kurilla: “These trips to the region provide me deep insights into the relationships with our partners and the readiness of the U.S. and Coalition forces deployed there".

U.S. Central Command, TAMPA, Fla.– From Aug. 6-8, Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, embarked on the USS THOMAS HUDNER (DD116) in the Gulf of Oman, visited the United Arab Emirates where he met with Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Issa Saif Mohammed al-Mazrouei.

He then traveled to Bahrain where he met with: H…