UNIPATH STAFF The International Maritime Exercise (IMX) assembles maritime forces from dozens of nations to reinforce teamwork, partnerships, integration and interoperability. They practice arresting maritime smugglers, defending sea lanes, disarming mines, launching sea drones and protecting ports. “This exercise brought forward many viewpoints to handle a single situation in various different ways. I am confident that the takeaways of this exercise will serve all the participants in planning and executing various exercises in their respective countries.” ~ Pakistan Navy Commodore Rashid Mahmood Sheikh The February 2025 version of the IMX added another dimension to expand the capabilities of the training…
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UNIPATH STAFF | Photos by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Every military maintains a dedicated corps of doctors, nurses and medics to prepare for the inevitability of wounds and injuries. But rare is the chance for such troops, based thousands of kilometers apart in their respective home countries, to share techniques to improve survivability. Bahrain provided such an opportunity for cooperation and integration by holding a Global Health Engagement for 77 medics, nurses and physicians at the International Maritime Exercise in February 2025. On a single mission to treat battlefield casualties, Kazakhs and Uzbeks wrapped wounds, set limbs and stanched…
Jordan occupies a central location in the Middle East and North Africa region, where traditional and nontraditional threats are numerous and diverse, constantly placing the kingdom’s stability at risk and forcing its planning apparatus to operate while facing a future dominated by unpredictability and uncertainty. For that reason, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army has a constant need to upgrade its capabilities to confront emerging threats in every way possible. This includes participating in military exercises and maneuvers at local, regional and international levels. Military exercises are considered a primary component to maintain force preparedness and ensure our ability to respond…
Seventy-two military vehicles carrying hundreds of U.S. Marines rumbled to life at the break of dawn, their silhouettes splayed across the glowing horizon harboring the Saudi sun. In a military camp outside of Yanbu on the Red Sea, tires churned desert dust as the convoy streamed onto a highway that climbed into the barren highlands outside the city. Over the next two weeks, the U.S. military convoy, accompanied by Saudi and Emirati partners, skirted mountains, lava fields and sand dunes on a military exercise that would take it across the width of the Arabian Peninsula. It was all part of…
While friendly nations work to prevent dual-use materials from falling into the wrong hands, terrorist groups are jockeying to acquire chemical, biological and radioactive weapons. COVID-19 sounded global alarms about the dangers of pandemic outbreaks, whether the result of animal-to-human transmission or a leak of dangerous materials from a lab terrorists and other adversaries can exploit to make biological weapons. With these challenges in mind, the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Biological Threat Reduction Program, in coordination with United States Central Command, hosted the Regional Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Symposium. More than 75 guests, primarily military and…
In a remote training ground in central Jordan, multinational special operations forces dashed from an aircraft that had landed on a desert airstrip. Usually lightly equipped, these highly skilled, mobile troops arrived more heavily armed this time. Emerging from the bellies of C-130 aircraft, the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) added a powerful punch to these quick reaction forces.HIMARS platforms normally rumble on all-terrain wheels to reach launch position. But at Eager Lion 24, the military exercise that engaged forces from 33 countries in May 2024, the missile launchers benefited from rapid insertion on the battlefield by air. …
Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week is an annual event in Tampa, Florida, site of U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters. SOF Week in May 2024 attracted highly trained troops from dozens of countries to share information, observe the latest in tactics and equipment and build personal and professional relationships with global colleagues. The strong Qatari special operations contingent at SOF Week 2024 included troops who conducted an amphibious combat capabilities demonstration in partnership with counterparts from around the world. Unipath sat down with Qatari Brig. Gen. Salem Shreida, his country’s Senior National Representative to U.S. Central Command, to discuss the importance…
Article and Photos by UNITED STATES AIR FORCES CENTRAL F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Pakistani and U.S. Air Forces softened the ground with a barrage of missiles while attack helicopters carrying Pakistani and U.S. special operations troops infiltrated a terrorist base. Circling overhead, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms delivered targeting coordinates to the attacking forces for a successful completion of the mission. Falcon Talon, a Pakistani-U.S. field training exercise held for the fifth time in June 2024 at Mushaf Air Base in Pakistan, let the forces integrate with one another on operations deemed vital for both countries. In addition to…
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, security and military officials were confronted with a new challenge very different from liberating a city or hunting down a terrorist group. In response to this new threat, security and health authorities turned their attention to closing gaps between security and health institutions so they could combat epidemics and limit their spread. Just as countries race to shut their borders and scramble to prevent epidemics from recurring, they also prepare in case terrorist groups plan to launch biological attacks to inflict heavy losses and disrupt the global economic system. Consequently, governments are trying…
JORDAN ARMED FORCEs DIRECTORATE OF MILITARY MEDIA The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army is an essential pillar of the Jordanian national security system and the most important element of the state’s power. For this reason, His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein has given his full attention and care to the Armed Forces from the moment he first assumed his constitutional powers, so that it keeps pace with the times in terms of weaponry and training. The Royal Jordanian Navy’s Royal Boats Command Development Plan was drawn up to meet His Majesty’s vision of creating an advanced, agile, highly effective…