Eager Lion

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

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

References

1. "United States joins 17 nations for war games in Jordan".
2. "U.S., Jordan Partner in Eager Lion Exercise > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Article View". www.defense.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14.
3. "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.
4. "Eager Lion 2015 concludes with joint drill". 18 May 2015.
5. Arkin, William (May 18, 2012). "Eager Lion Now Supplants Bright Star as Largest U.S. Exercise in Middle East". William M. Arkin Online.