Eager Lion

Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise held annually in Jordan since 2010. It is organized by the U.S. Department of Defense[1] 18 countries participated in the exercise in 2015 including, Jordan, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Pakistan, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Poland, Australia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Lebanon, and Iraq.[2] The exercise revolves around troop deployments, chemical warfare, border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management.[3]

Jordanian Armed Forces sniper.
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/6, Charlie Company, 2nd Platoon

The exercise "amounts to an outgrowth of the annual bilateral 'Infinite Moonlight' US-Jordan exercise that stretches back to the 1990s."[4]

Eager Lion is now the largest U.S. military exercise in the Middle East, having surpassed Bright Star.[5]

Participants
  •  Jordan
  •  United States
  •  United Kingdom
  •  United Arab Emirates
  •  Australia
  •  Iraq
  •  Afghanistan
  •  Saudi Arabia
  •  Qatar
  •  Bahrain
  •  Kuwait
  •  Canada
  •  Poland
  •  France
  •  Italy
  •  Egypt
  •  Pakistan

References
  1. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/05/19/United-States-joins-17-nations-for-war-games-in-Jordan/8061432058426/
  2. http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/eager-lion-2015-concludes-joint-drill
  3. http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/759235/us-jordan-partner-in-eager-lion-exercise
  4. "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.
  5. Arkin, William (May 18, 2012). "Eager Lion Now Supplants Bright Star as Largest U.S. Exercise in Middle East". William M. Arkin Online.


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