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Marines with India Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Royal Jordanian Army display each others different artillery weapon systems May 14, 2012, to learn about their capabilities and prepare for future training events during Exercise Eager Lion 12. The Marines displayed the M777 lightweight 155mm Howitzer, the Internally Transportable Vehicle and a 120mm Towed Rifled Mortar System, commonly called the Expeditionary Fire Support System. Eager Lion 12 is scheduled to take place throughout the month of May and is designed to strengthen the military-to-military relationships of 19 nations and more than 11,000 participants. This is the second major exercise for the 24th MEU, which is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force.
| Date Taken: | 05.15.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 05.24.2012 09:43 |
| Photo ID: | 587127 |
| VIRIN: | 110515-M-RO494-646 |
| Resolution: | 2784x1856 |
| Size: | 1.29 MB |
| Location: | PETRA, JO |
| Web Views: | 153 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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