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Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a static-range shoot, firing at multiple ta... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, Gulf Port, Miss., cuts a piece of lumber with a radial arm saw outside of the Exercise Eager Lion 12 joint operations center on t... More

Lt. Col. Douglas Arendsee, Combined Joint Task Force

Lt. Col. Douglas Arendsee, Combined Joint Task Force

Lt. Col. Douglas Arendsee, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan Religious Support Team chaplain, speaks with attendees at a Table Top Exercise at Prince Hassan Academy for Islamic Studies May 9, 2012. The conferen... More

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

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 Jo... More

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, verify scope settings during live-fire bilateral training with the Jordanian 77th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion as part of Exercise Eager ... More

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam, a staff chaplain for

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam, a staff chaplain for

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam, a staff chaplain for U.S. Central Command, reads the Quran after a religious leaders' conference, May 9, in Zarqa, Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is a recurri... More

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine

Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare an assortment of sniper rifles in preparation for live-fire bilateral training with the Jordanian 77th Marine Reconnaissance Battali... More

A Jordanian soldier parachutes safely into the drop

A Jordanian soldier parachutes safely into the drop

A Jordanian soldier parachutes safely into the drop zone after completing his static line jump at the Exercise Eager Lion 2012 friendship jump to help kick start the multilateral exercise. The focus of Eager Li... More

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan participating in Exercise Eager Lion brief colleagues at the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman, Jordan, May 10. Lectures were spread out over a two-d... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise involving 19 countr... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the Jordanian Armed Forces begin a live-fire training evolution. Members participating are attached to Combined Joint Special Operation Task Force-300 during Exerc... More

Jordanian soldiers learn about the various weapon systems

Jordanian soldiers learn about the various weapon systems

Jordanian soldiers learn about the various weapon systems used by U.S. Marines during a static display presentation from Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Exped... More

U.S. and Lebanese sailors prepare to conduct a mock

U.S. and Lebanese sailors prepare to conduct a mock

U.S. and Lebanese sailors prepare to conduct a mock visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as part of Exercise Eager Lion 12. The exercise is d... More

Press conference press release

Press conference press release

A Jordanian journalist asks a question to Major Gen. Awni El-Edwan (right), Jordanian Armed Forces operations and training chief of staff, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo (left), Combined Joint Task Force Spar... More

Italian special operations members and Marines with

Italian special operations members and Marines with

Italian special operations members and Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire their M4 carbine rifles on a live-fire training... More

Lance Cpl. Amy Reed, 20, an ordnance technician with

Lance Cpl. Amy Reed, 20, an ordnance technician with

Lance Cpl. Amy Reed, 20, an ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Traver City, Mich., native, helps load an AGM-114B Hellfire missile he... More

Col. Frank Donovan, commanding officer of the 24th

Col. Frank Donovan, commanding officer of the 24th

Col. Frank Donovan, commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks with Thamer Alfaiez, the governor of Aqaba City, about the positive experiences between the 24th MEU and their Jordanian coun... More

A Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk flies overhead with Combined

A Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk flies overhead with Combined

A Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk flies overhead with Combined Joint Task Force Spartan participants ready to fast rope onto a building in a mock village at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during ... More

Displaced personnel begin a protest at the mock dislocated

Displaced personnel begin a protest at the mock dislocated

Displaced personnel begin a protest at the mock dislocated civilians camp May 18. The camp is run by Jordanian armed forces with Lebanese armed forces providing security and U.S. military providing guidance as ... More

Capt. Rob Clontz, Operational Support Medical Flight,

Capt. Rob Clontz, Operational Support Medical Flight,

Capt. Rob Clontz, Operational Support Medical Flight, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, speaks in front of Jordanian medical staff at the National Emergency Medical Service E... More

Exercise Eager Lion 12 - A man in a military uniform holding a gun

Exercise Eager Lion 12 - A man in a military uniform holding a gun

Lance Cpl. David A. Calle, 20, a rifleman with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Miami native, watches a CH-53E Super Stallion move down the flight l... More

Combined Joint Special Operations soldiers air assault

Combined Joint Special Operations soldiers air assault

Combined Joint Special Operations soldiers air assault onto a live-fire training objective during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 was an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on missions that our coa... More

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha Company Marines load their Assault Amphibious Vehicles aboard the USS New York after the conclusion of Exercise Eager Lion 12, May 30. The Marines are part ... More

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and

Marines with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a static-range shoot, firing at multiple ta... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Johnston, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, Gulf Port, Miss., cuts a piece of lumber with a radial arm saw outside of the Exercise Eager Lion 12 joint operations center on t... More

Sgt. 1st Class Sharon Lamorie-Jones, Combined Joint

Sgt. 1st Class Sharon Lamorie-Jones, Combined Joint

Sgt. 1st Class Sharon Lamorie-Jones, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan Religious Support Team chaplain’s assistant, talks with other leaders during a Table Top Exercise at Prince Hassan Academy for Islamic Stud... More

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force team leader, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, changes scope settings on an M107 .50 cal Special Application Scoped Rifle, or SASR, during bilateral live-fire t... More

Sgt. Adam Haley, an assistant team leader with the

Sgt. Adam Haley, an assistant team leader with the

Sgt. Adam Haley, an assistant team leader with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps another Marine read his sights before firing an M107 .50 cal Special Application Scoped Rifle, or SA... More

Col. Mitch McCarthy, left, operations officer for the

Col. Mitch McCarthy, left, operations officer for the

Col. Mitch McCarthy, left, operations officer for the Combined Forces Land Component Command, briefs leaders from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Jordan's 40th Mechanized Brigade regarding the details of... More

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain for U.S. Central Command, and Maj. Mohammad Sbeihat, Jordanian armed forces, discuss the mosque at the Prince Hassan Academy for Islamic Studies after a r... More

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan attending a two-day medical brief inspect a U.S. military combat aide bag at the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman, Jordan, May 10. The workshop, whi... More

A Combined Joint Special Operations paratrooper moves

A Combined Joint Special Operations paratrooper moves

A Combined Joint Special Operations paratrooper moves to gather his canopy after landing on the objective during Exercise Eager Lion 12 Friendship Jump. Eager Lion 12 was an irregular warfare-themed exercise fo... More

A Jordanian parachutist gets assistance with unhooking

A Jordanian parachutist gets assistance with unhooking

A Jordanian parachutist gets assistance with unhooking his parachute after completing his static line jump at the Exercise Eager Lion 2012 friendship jump. The exercise promotes cooperation and interoperability... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise involving 19 countr... More

U.S. and Lebanese sailors conduct a mock visit, board,

U.S. and Lebanese sailors conduct a mock visit, board,

U.S. and Lebanese sailors conduct a mock visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) as part of Exercise Eager Lion 12. The exercise is designed to ... More

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit give a presentation on the various weapon systems used by the Marine infantry to members of the Royal Jorda... More

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the

A U.S. military adviser looks on as members of the Jordanian Armed Forces begin a live-fire training evolution. Members participating are attached to Combined Joint Special Operation Task Force-300 during Exerc... More

A Marine with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team

A Marine with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team

A Marine with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, discusses shooting tactics with an Italian special operations member on a live-fire training range here, May 15, during Ex... More

Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a

Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a

Jordanian and United States troops fast rope from a hovering Jordanian H-60 Black Hawk onto a building in a mock village at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center during a capabilities demonstr... More

Lance Cpl. Peter Santoyo, 21, a CH-53E Super Stallion

Lance Cpl. Peter Santoyo, 21, a CH-53E Super Stallion

Lance Cpl. Peter Santoyo, 21, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Virginia Beach, Va., native, works on a CH-53E engine... More

Jordanian armed forces, with the assistance of United

Jordanian armed forces, with the assistance of United

Jordanian armed forces, with the assistance of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, speak with displaced personnel during a protest at the dislocated civilians camp May 18. The camp is run by Jordania... More

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit join

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit join

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit join their Jordanian counterparts in a recognition ceremony for successful bilateral Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense training as part of Ex... More

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical Flight, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, demonstrates the use of the Combat Action Tourniquet for Jordanian medical s... More

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha

Marines with the combat cargo department assist Alpha Company Marines load their Assault Amphibious Vehicles aboard the USS New York after the conclusion of Exercise Eager Lion 12, May 30. The Marines are part ... More

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and assistant team leader with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine... More

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30 offices and a four-tiered, theater style command center in less than two weeks. There were no existing structures in the empty warehouse that now houses the ... More

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force

Staff Sgt. Zachary Burghart, a Maritime Raid Force team leader, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, verifies scope settings on an M107 .50 cal Special Application Scoped Rifle, or SASR, during bilateral live-fire ... More

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

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 Jo... More

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain

Lt. Cmdr. Abuhena Saifulislam (right), a staff chaplain for U.S. Central Command, greets Brig. Gen. Jamiel Khatatbeh, dean of the Prince Hassan Academy for Islamic Studies, after a religious leaders' conference... More

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan brief colleagues on a variety of topics, from air medical evacuations to tactical combat casualty care, at the King Hussein Medical ... More

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan commander, and Jordanian special operations Col. Aref S. Al-Zaben pin their corresponding countries' jump wings to each others' uniforms after a friendship ... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on mission... More

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit give a presentation on the various weapon systems used by the Marine infantry to members of the Royal Jorda... More

U.S. military advisers teach a new standing technique

U.S. military advisers teach a new standing technique

U.S. military advisers teach a new standing technique to members of the Jordanian Armed Forces during a live-fire training evolution. Members participating are attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task... More

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdull... More

Staff Sgt. Kevin Groff, 29, CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

Staff Sgt. Kevin Groff, 29, CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

Staff Sgt. Kevin Groff, 29, CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Essex, Ill., native, watches the horizon while... More

Gunnery Sgt. Joe Wilson, right, CH-53E Super Stallion

Gunnery Sgt. Joe Wilson, right, CH-53E Super Stallion

Gunnery Sgt. Joe Wilson, right, CH-53E Super Stallion detachment chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the nomenclature and assembly of an M2 .50... More

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical Flight, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, demonstrates the use of the Combat Action Tourniquet for Jordanian medical s... More

Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and

Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and

Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit join their Jordanian counterparts in a recognition ceremony for their successful bilateral training as... More

Sgt. Jaime Orozco, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Jaime Orozco, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary

Sgt. Jaime Orozco, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, talks with an embarked Royal Jordanian marine before conducting visit, board, search and seizure exercises aboard the amphibious transport dock... More

Seaman David Poole, a deck seaman with the USS New

Seaman David Poole, a deck seaman with the USS New

Seaman David Poole, a deck seaman with the USS New York, provides overwatch as a Navy Landing Craft Air-Cushion carries Marines and equipment from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the ship at the concl... More

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and assistant team leader with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine... More

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30

Seabees from NMCB 7 completed the construction of 30 offices and a four-tiered, theater style command center in less than two weeks. There were no existing structures in the empty warehouse that now houses the ... More

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

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 Jo... More

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan commander, and Jordanian special operations Col. Aref S. Al-Zaben pin their corresponding countries' jump wings to each others' uniforms after a friendship ... More

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan brief colleagues on a variety of topics, from air medical evacuations to tactical combat casualty care, at the King Hussein Medical ... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on mission... More

A U.S. military adviser teaches a new standing technique

A U.S. military adviser teaches a new standing technique

A U.S. military adviser teaches a new standing technique to members of the Jordanian Armed Forces during a live-fire training evolution. Members participating are attached to Combined Joint Special Operations T... More

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit learn about the Jordanian Army's armored personnel carrier May 14, 2012, during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Th... More

Col. Frank Donovan, center, commanding officer of the

Col. Frank Donovan, center, commanding officer of the

Col. Frank Donovan, center, commanding officer of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, 24th MEU about the significance of relationsh... More

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdull... More

A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261

A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261

A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sits, strapped down, on the ramp of a CH-53E Super Stallion during a training flight here, May 17, during Exercis... More

Sgt. Darian R. Thompson, 23, a CH-53E Super Stallion

Sgt. Darian R. Thompson, 23, a CH-53E Super Stallion

Sgt. Darian R. Thompson, 23, a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter cre chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Jacksonville, Miss., native, prepares .50-... More

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical

Master Sgt. Jason Douville, Operational Support Medical Flight, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, 1st Special Operations Wing, fields a question about the Combat Action Tourniquet from a member of the Jo... More

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard the amphibious

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard the amphibious

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) to pick up Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and embarked Royal Jordanian marines while conducti... More

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian armed forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,

Cpl. William Cardwell, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and assistant team leader with Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Erick Martin, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Erick Martin, Naval Mobile

Petty Officer 3rd Class Erick Martin, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, Gulf Port, Miss., paints the Exercise Eager Lion 12 logo for the joint operations center on the King Abdullah II Special Operations T... More

A Jordanian parachutist pins Jordanian jump wings to

A Jordanian parachutist pins Jordanian jump wings to

A Jordanian parachutist pins Jordanian jump wings to a U.S. parachutist's uniform at a formation held after the Exercise Eager Lion 2012 friendship jump. Exercise Eager Lion is focused on strengthening military... More

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Maj. Gen. Ken Tovo, Combined Joint Task Force Spartan commander, hands out jump wing certificates to parachutists who participated in Exercise Eager Lion's friendship jump May 10. The focus of Eager Lion 2012 ... More

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined

Exercise Eager Lion coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan brief colleagues on a variety of topics, from air medical evacuations to tactical combat casualty care, at the King Hussein Medical ... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on mission... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

A U.S. military adviser looks at the target of a Jordanian

A U.S. military adviser looks at the target of a Jordanian

A U.S. military adviser looks at the target of a Jordanian Armed Forces member during a live-fire training evolution. Members participating are attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 durin... More

Capt. Robert May, left, commanding officer of Alpha

Capt. Robert May, left, commanding officer of Alpha

Capt. Robert May, left, commanding officer of Alpha Co., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discusses tatics with members of the Royal Jordanian Armed For... More

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan

Coalition partners from Combined Joint Task Force Spartan took part in a capabilities demonstration for His Majesty King Abdullah II bin A-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on May 16 at the King Abdull... More

Marines with India Battery, the artillery attachment

Marines with India Battery, the artillery attachment

Marines with India Battery, the artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a 120 mm towed mortar, called the Expeditionary Fire Supp... More

A Jordanian armed forces parachutist displays the recently

A Jordanian armed forces parachutist displays the recently

A Jordanian armed forces parachutist displays the recently pinned U.S. jump wings he received after completing a friendship jump to kick off Exercise Eager Lion 2012. The jump wings were pinned by his U.S. coun... More

Combined Joint Task Force Spartan parachutists prepare

Combined Joint Task Force Spartan parachutists prepare

Combined Joint Task Force Spartan parachutists prepare chutes for the Eager Lion 2012 friendship jump. Eager Lion participants are conducting the jump to help kick start the multilateral exercise. The focus of... More

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint

Saudi Arabian armed forces attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on miss... More

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint

Saudi Royal Armed Forces attached to Combine Joint Special Operations Task Force-300 conduct an operation during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is an irregular warfare-themed exercise focusing on mission... More

Jordanian Armed Forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian Armed Forces train in hand-to-hand combat

Jordanian Armed Forces train in hand-to-hand combat with their U.S. military partners during Exercise Eager Lion 12, an annual exercise focused on developing relationships with other nations and increasing inte... More

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