AQABA, Jordan (Sept. 4, 2022) U.S. Marines and Sailors take part in an opening ceremony for Exercise Eager Lion 2022 at the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, Jordan, Sept. 4, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Carpanzano)