Lt. Col. David Sosa, right, commanding officer of Battalion

Lt. Col. David Sosa, right, commanding officer of Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Jordanian Army Lt. Col. Saif F. Alfanek, commanding officer of Jordan's 40th Mechanized Brigade, listen to an operations brief covering Exercise Eager Lion 12 here, May 8, 2012. Eager Lion is a multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships among partnered nations through scenario-based, realistic modern-day security challenges. The 24th MEU, partnered with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is currently deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as a theater-reserve and crisis-response force.