Eager Lion
Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise held annually in Jordan since 2010. Organized by the U.S. Department of Defense,[1] the exercise revolves around troop deployments, chemical warfare, border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management.[2] According to one source, the exercise "amounts to an outgrowth of the annual bilateral 'Infinite Moonlight' U.S.–Jordan exercise that stretches back to the 1990s."[3]
Eighteen countries participated in the exercise in 2015: Jordan, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Pakistan, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Poland, Australia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.[4] Eager Lion is now the largest U.S. military exercise in the Middle East, having surpassed Bright Star.[5]
Participants
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
- File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
- File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
- File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
- File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
- File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
- File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- File:Flag of France.svg France
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
- File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
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