Some 500 U.S. Marines staged a beach-storming exercise in Israel during some of the first bilateral military drills since a major Pentagon realignment for the longtime allies. On Monday, the Israeli Defense Force and the Bahrain-based U.S. Naval Forces Central Command launched the amphibious assault in Eilat, a Red Sea port town near Jordan, the 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade said in a statement. "This exercise is part of the next chapter in the U.S. Navy's and Marine Corps' long-standing relationship with Israel that is so vital to stability and security in the region," said Brig. Gen. Farrell Sullivan, commander of...