Story by Maged Benjamin-Elias | U.S. Central Command Public Affairs | 10.24.2025
AMMAN, Jordan - On Oct. 24, the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed an initial planning conference for exercise Eager Lion 2026 in Amman, demonstrating the continued strong defense relationship between Jordan and the United States....
Story by Spc. Chelsea Weaver | South Carolina National Guard | 09.17.2019
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard worked as the Combined Forces Headquarters (CFHQ) in the Higher Control (HICON) in support of Eager Lion, August - September 2019 in Amman, Jordan....
Story by Maj. David Zuzak | Area Support Group - Jordan | 09.16.2019
Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan, September 16, 2019: It’s a daunting undertaking – bringing together the militaries of 30 countries, including the United States and Jordan (the host nation), for Eager Lion, U.S. Central Command’s premiere exercise in the Levant region and a display of the critical U.S.-Jordanian military partnership. But perhaps even more daunting is what happens when Eager Lion......
Story by Sgt. Von Marie Donato | U.S. Army Central | 08.14.2018
In order to advance interoperability efforts, U.S. Army Central hosted the Regional Artillery Symposium with partner nations in Nashville Aug. 6-10. The symposium created an open forum for partner nations to discuss field artillery operations, tactical planning and execution methodologies to strategically develop artillery assets in the USARCENT area of responsibility....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Sandra Arnold | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 04.03.2018
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 3, 2018) – Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (TF 51/5) Cpl. Christopher Gotch is an Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System operator, responsible for overseeing a network of computers that process and exchange information from the forward observer to the fire support element for all fire support assets (field......
Story by Capt. Christy Hanson | 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.24.2017
Jordan – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment and 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division participated in Eager Lion 2017. The exercise pursues engagements with Jordanian and international forces to better address common threats to regional security at the operational level; responding to unconventional threats in a coalition environment....
Story by Sgt. Tom Wade | U.S. Army Central | 05.18.2017
Over a two-week period, U.S. Central Command service members and civilians, along with military forces from over 20 other nations, challenged multiple U.S. and Jordanian military organizations’ ability to respond to simulated tactical situations during exercise Eager Lion 2017....
Story by Staff Sgt. Leah Kilpatrick | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 05.18.2017
WADI SHADIYA, Jordan – On a hilltop in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the calm morning silence is broken when two F-16 Fighting Falcons drop their explosive pay-load. As a cloud of powdery dust and shrapnel rise from the target area, the engines of five M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks roar to life and move into position atop a hill over-looking a ravine. A radio crackles as a platoon......
