U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Jerome Ward with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, speaks on working as a reserve Marine at Bright Star 23 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, Sept. 14, 2023. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land, and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Samuel Qin)
Intrepid Maven 23.4 concluded in southern Jordan on July 13, 2023. The exercise included more than 450 U.S. Marines and Sailors, alongside partnering elements of the Jordanian Armed Forces, who conducted infantry-based training, fire and maneuver, communications, medical, individual and collective marksmanship and gunnery skills and fire support coordination.
CAMP Al-QUAWAYRAH, Jordan – U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, conducted squad, platoon, and bi-lateral movement drills with the Jordanian Armed Forces during exercise Intrepid Maven 23.4, July 3-13, 2023.