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Jordan Facilities

As of June 2023, the U.S. military has about 2,900 personnel in Jordan at the request of the Jordanian government. The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan is one of the U.S. bases. Jordan plays a key role in United States Middle East policy. assisting Jordan is to maintain a stable, moderate, and independent Arab government and thus encourage a peaceful settlement of Arab- In April 1957 the United States declared that Jordan’s independence and integrity were of vital interest to the United States, Israel’s longest border with any one neighbor is with Jordan. Conditions along the Jordan River cease-fire line ’ are peaceful and relatively relaxed. Jordan has never, since its inception, shared a community of interest with Syria. Jordan's constitutional monarchy has consistently followed a pro-Western foreign policy, maintaining close relations with the United States. The U.S. has participated with Jordan and Israel in trilateral development discussions, key issues being water-sharing and security; cooperation on Jordan Rift Valley development; infrastructure projects; and trade, finance, and banking issues. Intelligence on an ISIL airliner bomb plot given by US President Donald Trump to Russian officials in May 2027 originated in part with Jordanian spies, not Israelis,veteran Jordanian intelligence officials told Al Jazeera. They said they don’t believe Israel has any high level spies inside ISIL and depends instead on “intelligence sharing with Arab spy services partners”. One source said “When it comes to ISIL, unlike Jordan, Israel relies on its electronic surveillance collection and its intelligence sharing-arrangement with its Arab partners”. Jordan, however, relies on human intelligence – spies on the ground who infiltrate armed groups. Jordanian intelligence has assets inside several fighting groups in Syria and Iraq, including ISIL, the officials said. As of mid-September 2002, Jordan and the United States were reportedly negotiating an agreement to allow US forces use this Jordan to defend Israel from Iraqi missiles. The US forces would operate covertly from Jordan's eastern desert to Iraqi missile batteries in western Iraq that Saddam Hussein could launch on Israel.

Relations between the U.S. and Jordan have been close for four decades. A primary objective of U.S. policy, particularly since the end of the Gulf war, has been the achievement of a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in the Middle East. Jordan's constructive participation in the Madrid peace process is key in achieving peace.

U.S. policy seeks to reinforce Jordan's commitment to peace, stability, and moderation. The peace process and Jordan's opposition to terrorism parallel and indirectly assist wider U.S. interests. Accordingly, through economic and military assistance and through close political cooperation, the United States has helped Jordan maintain its stability and prosperity.

Since 1952, the United States has provided Jordan with economic assistance totaling more than $2 billion, including funds for development projects, health care, support for macroeconomic policy shifts toward a more completely free market system, and both grant and loan acquisition of U.S. agricultural commodities. These programs have been successful and have contributed to Jordanian stability while strengthening the bilateral relationship. U.S. military assistance--provision of materiel and training--is designed to meet Jordan's legitimate defense needs, including preservation of border integrity and regional stability. The U.S. military's involvement in Jordan primarily focuses on various cooperative activities, including training, exercises, and security assistance programs. This collaboration is conducted with the Jordanian Armed Forces and serves multiple objectives, such as enhancing regional security, countering terrorism, and promoting stability in the Middle East. The U.S. military's presence in Jordan may include elements such as Special Operations Forces, aviation units, and other personnel involved in training and joint exercises. The specific size and nature of the U.S. military presence can vary over time based on operational requirements and agreements between the two countries. It's important to note that the U.S. military's presence in Jordan is conducted with the consent and cooperation of the Jordanian government and is part of broader efforts to address regional security challenges. Air Force reserve detachments may deploy to Jordan for a one or two week period to satisfy their yearly training requirement since the U.S. and Jordan are friendly with each other but this country doesn’t have a regular yearly deployment, neither Air Force or Army. For military ersonnel, being assigned is not the same thing as being deployed. There are sometimes exercises held in conjunction with other allies in that part of the world and so it might be a deployment or even a TDY trip. The difference is the length of the trip as well as who has and retains operational control along with who has administrative control or responsibility for the personnel. So it is possible that it would not count as a deployment. The United States, Jordan, and 28 partner nations opened the two-week Exercise Eager Lion today in Jordan. Eager Lion, held September 4-15, 2022, represents one of the largest military exercises in the region, and is designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. Exercise Eager Lion is considered the capstone event of the broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces, one of U.S. Central Command’s strongest and most reliable partners in the region leading the way for security and stability using conventional and unconventional scenarios to activate a combined joint task force, which will address simulated threats. The exercise underscores the United States’ commitment to partners in the Middle East and joint defense against hybrid threats by state and non-state actors. As we face rising aggressive actions by malign forces around the world, these partnerships enable us to meet new and continuing threats together. As the services continued in 2022 to exercise their presence in Jordan, DLA worked with them to ensure they have what they need to operate effectively. That could mean revised operational constructs for DLA Support Team-Middle East, the hub of DLA operations in the region, headquartered at Camp Arifjan, with one liaison officer in Jordan, with Military Assistance Program-Jordan.