Exercise Eager Lion is part of a long history of multilateral military exercises in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan which includes 19 countries from five different continents and more than 11,000 participants.
The focus of Eager Lion is to strengthen military-to-military relationships of participating partner nations through a joint, whole-of-government, multinational approach, integrating all instruments of national power to meet current and future complex national security challenges.
Eager Lion 2012 has been in the planning phase for the past three years, and a similar exercise took place in Jordan in 2011. The exercise promotes cooperation and interoperability among participating forces, builds functional capacity, practices...
Earlier this week, I was approached by Seren, a young woman and waitress at the Jordanian Armed Forces hotel. After three weeks of interactions, she felt compelled to pull me aside to relay a message. It took her a little time to form the words (you could tell she had practiced). She held me by the arm and said very clearly in English, “I Love You.” I smiled and reciprocated the sentiment, but in true fast paced American form, I...
