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Jordanian King Meets Japanese Defense Minister
2018-11-28 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan met in Tokyo with Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and discussed with him means to expand military cooperation between Jordan and

Jordanian Crown Prince Promoted to First Lieutenant
2018-11-26 Read More...
A Royal Decree was issued Friday promoting HRH the Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah, to the rank of First Lieutenant at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, Petra News Agency

Jordanian Brigade Renamed After Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
2018-11-22 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed (UAE) Forces Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan, attended a ceremony, at

Jordan’s Supreme Commander Patronizes Military Graduation Ceremony
2018-11-21 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF), on Monday patronized the graduation ceremony of the 2nd batch of “Knights of the Future” officers at the Royal Military College, Petra news agency

Jordanian King Attends Military Drill
2018-10-31 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces on Monday, attended a tactical military exercise, which was carried out by the Prince Hassan bin Talal armored Brigade, one of the formations of the Central Military Zone

Jordanian King Visits Army Headquarters
2018-10-30 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF), on Sunday visited the Army’s General Command, where he was received by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Freihat, Petra News Agency

Jordanian King Attends Military Program at British Battalion
2018-10-12 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan attended on Wednesday a military program at the British Light Dragoons (LD) battalion, which has cooperation relations with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF)-the Arab Army, Petra News Agency

Jordan, Russia Sign Military Cooperation Memorandum
2018-10-05 Read More...
The General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) - the Arab Army, and its Russian counterpart signed on Wednesday a Memorandum of military technical cooperation No.

Jordanian King Receives Pakistan Army Chief
2018-10-04 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II on Tuesday welcomed Pakistani Army Chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and discussed military cooperation between the two countries, the current regional developments and the efforts of the war on terror within a holistic

Jordan’s Chairman of Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Receives UN Delegation
2018-08-07 Read More...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Peter Drennan and an accompanying delegation on Sunday started an official visit to Jordan, where they met with various Jordanian officials, the Jordan News Agency, Petra,

Jordan’s Military Command Celebrates Crown Prince's Birthday
2018-06-29 Read More...
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, the Regent, attended a ceremony held by Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II First Royal Mechanized Battalion, known as ‘The Mother Unit’ at the Central Military Command on the occasion of his

Jordanian King Meets US Secretary of Defence, National Security Adviser
2018-06-25 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan on Friday met separately in Washington with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis and US National Security Adviser John Bolton, and discussed ways to advance Jordanian-US ties, in addition to current developments

Jordanian King Attends Armed Forces Ceremony
2018-06-12 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces on Sunday, attended at the Martyrs Memorial in the presence of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Hussein, a ceremony that was held Sunday by the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab

Jordanian Army Chief Calls for Highest Degree of Vigilance
2018-06-07 Read More...
Chairman of the Jordanian Joint Chiefs-of-Staff Lt. General Mahmoud Freihat said that the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army should demonstrate the highest degree of readiness, vigilance and caution, Petra news agency

Jordanian King Attends Medical Evacuation Drill
2018-05-31 Read More...
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army, on Tuesday followed up on a medical evacuation exercise, titled “Knights of the Healing”, which was carried out by the Royal Medical Services, Petra News

Oshkosh Defense Concludes Participation at SOFEX 2018
2018-05-18 Read More...
Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, showcased its Special Purposes All-Terrain Vehicle (S-ATV) at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition & Conference (SOFEX), which took place May 8-10 in Amman,

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