▁attend ▁the ▁Royal ▁College ▁for ▁Def ence ▁Studies ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁Britain ' s ▁special ▁relationship ▁with ▁Jordan ▁has ▁remained ▁strong ▁– ▁this ▁was ▁under lined ▁by ▁the ▁provision ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Army ▁of ▁two ▁short - term ▁training ▁teams ▁to ▁Jordan ▁to ▁advise ▁and ▁over see ▁the ▁transition ▁and ▁the ▁conversion ▁training ▁of ▁the ▁Jordan ▁Ar med ▁Forces ▁on ▁the ▁Al - H us sein / Ch allen ger ▁ 1 ▁t anks ▁supplied ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Britain ' s ▁military ▁assistance ▁to ▁the ▁kingdom . ▁ ▁British ▁and ▁Jordan ian ▁units ▁regularly ▁carry ▁out ▁joint ▁training ▁exer cis es ▁in ▁Jordan . ▁The ▁kingdom ▁provides ▁British ▁Army ▁units ▁based ▁in ▁Cy pr us ▁with ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁train ▁in ▁a ▁desert ▁environment , ▁alongside ▁Jordan ian ▁units . ▁It ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁regular ▁practice ▁for ▁two ▁British ▁Army ▁inf antry ▁batt al ions ▁based ▁in ▁Cy pr us ▁to ▁exercise ▁in ▁Jordan ▁every ▁year ▁between ▁August ▁and ▁October . ▁The ▁US ▁has ▁provided ▁significant ▁assistance ▁towards ▁the ▁training ▁of ▁Jordan ian ▁military ▁personnel . ▁Under ▁the ▁US ▁International ▁Military ▁Education ▁and ▁Training ▁Program ▁( IME T ), ▁US $ 2 ▁million ▁was ▁all otted ▁to ▁the ▁training ▁programme ▁for ▁Jordan ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁making ▁it ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁I ME T ▁program mes ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁I ME T ▁grant ▁facil itated ▁the ▁training ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 0