Eager Light
EAGER LIGHT is a CENTCOM directed, Third Army/ARCENT executed, biennial training exercise. This is a joint coalition exercise, which trains U.S. and Jordanian Armed Forces on brigade level battlestaff training. Training is conducted through either Command Post Exercises (CPX) or Field Training Exercises (FTX). Through Operations Intrinsic Action in Kuwait, Bright Star in Egypt and Eager Light in Jordan, XVIII Airborne Corps maintains operating capabilities with Southwest Asian counterparts.
This exercise program has been conducted since at least the mid-1980s. EAGER LIGHT 01 in Jordan consisted of simulation-focused seminars to prepare for a larger scale exercise proposed for FY 2002.
An article by William Arkin appearing in the Washington Post on July 15, 2002, claimed that following Sept 11, 2001 CENTCOM had cancelled the Eager Light 2002 exercise.
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