Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise held annually in Jordan since 2010. Organized by the U.S. Department of Defense,[1] the exercise revolves around troop deployments, chemical warfare, border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management.[2] According to one source, the exercise "amounts to an outgrowth of the annual bilateral 'Infinite Moonlight' US-Jordan exercise that stretches back to the 1990s."[3]
Jordanian Armed Forces sniper.U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/6, Charlie Company, 2nd Platoon
eager, lion, week, multinational, military, exercise, held, annually, jordan, since, 2010, organized, department, defense, exercise, revolves, around, troop, deployments, chemical, warfare, border, security, command, control, cyber, defense, battlespace, manag. Eager Lion is a two week multinational military exercise held annually in Jordan since 2010 Organized by the U S Department of Defense 1 the exercise revolves around troop deployments chemical warfare border security command and control cyber defense and battlespace management 2 According to one source the exercise amounts to an outgrowth of the annual bilateral Infinite Moonlight US Jordan exercise that stretches back to the 1990s 3 Jordanian Armed Forces sniper U S Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1 6 Charlie Company 2nd Platoon 18 countries participated in the exercise in 2015 Jordan the United Kingdom France Italy Pakistan the United States Canada Belgium Poland Australia Kuwait Bahrain Qatar Saudi Arabia Egypt the UAE Lebanon Iraq and Yemen 4 Eager Lion is now the largest U S military exercise in the Middle East having surpassed Bright Star 5 Participants edit nbsp Jordan nbsp United States nbsp United Kingdom nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp Australia nbsp Greece nbsp Cyprus nbsp Iraq nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Qatar nbsp Bahrain nbsp Kuwait nbsp Canada nbsp Poland nbsp France nbsp Italy nbsp Egypt nbsp Pakistan nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eager Lion military exercises References edit United States joins 17 nations for war games in Jordan U S Jordan Partner in Eager Lion Exercise gt U S DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE gt Article View www defense gov Archived from the original on 2016 05 14 US 18 other nations wrap up Eager Lion military exercise in Jordan Christian Science Monitor 2012 05 29 ISSN 0882 7729 Retrieved 2017 12 10 Eager Lion 2015 concludes with joint drill 18 May 2015 Arkin William May 18 2012 Eager Lion Now Supplants Bright Star as Largest U S Exercise in Middle East William M Arkin Online nbsp This article about the military of Jordan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eager Lion amp oldid 1111552129, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
