Fig. 2

During training in Abdali (upper left), a group of candidate officers trained in the Abdali Camp on 4/9/1953 (upper right) (Sources: compiled from historyofjordan.com; Department of the National Library 1953). On the 24th anniversary of the Great Arab Revolt of 1916, a military parade was held in Amman's urban streets to proclaim military heritage as a social force and a crucial component of the nation's unifying identity (lower) (Source: historyofjordan, 2000s)