ed ▁some ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁in ▁ 3 ▁mechan ized ▁reg iments . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁King ▁Hus sein ▁dismiss ed ▁all ▁British ▁gener als ▁and ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁Leg ion ▁into ▁the ▁" J ord an ian ▁Arab ▁Army " ▁in ▁what ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Arab ization ▁of ▁the ▁Jordan ian ▁Army ▁command . ▁▁ ▁The ▁army ▁fought ▁in ▁several ▁wars ▁and ▁batt les , ▁mostly ▁against ▁Israel . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁Arab – Is ra eli ▁War , ▁the ▁capture ▁of ▁the ▁West ▁Bank ▁by ▁Jordan ▁and ▁the ▁decis ive ▁Batt les ▁of ▁Lat run , ▁proved ▁that ▁the ▁Arab ▁Leg ion ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁army ▁during ▁the ▁war . ▁Several ▁confront ations ▁followed ▁with ▁Israel , ▁resulting ▁in ▁mixed ▁success ; ▁ ▁they ▁included ▁the ▁Ret ribution ▁operations , ▁the ▁Six - Day ▁War , ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁At tr ition ▁and ▁Y om ▁K ipp ur ▁War . ▁Jordan ▁also ▁had ▁to ▁face ▁the ▁P LO ▁and ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁Black ▁September . ▁The ▁signing ▁of ▁the ▁Israel – J ord an ▁peace ▁treat y ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁ended ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁bell iger ency ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁countries . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁today ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁professional ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁and ▁is ▁seen ▁as ▁particularly ▁well - tra ined , ▁organized , ▁and ▁equ ipped . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The