an enduring fight . The JRTC has long used the motto , “ Forging the Warrior Spirit ” to describe its leader training mission . As the CTC for Joint SOF and light Infantry operations , the JRTC now shares that expeditionary mindset across our Unified Action Partners .
Army doctrine says that expeditionary capabilities are the ability to promptly deploy combined arms forces worldwide into any area of operations and immediately commence operations . Expeditionary operations require the ability to deploy quickly with little notice , rapidly shape conditions in the operational area , and upon arrival exploit success and consolidating tactical and operational gains . The Army prepares campaign quality forces for unified action with joint forces , government agencies , nongovernmental and intergovernmental agencies .
Over the course of the past 15 years , the JRTC has grown in mission , size , and complexity . In 2000 , a JRTC rotation typically consisted of 2300 troops in a brigade combat team with two infantry battalions operating in the field and a third virtually .
Special operations forces also trained at the CTC , but rarely were conventional or SOF rotations coordinated to affect each other . Mission rehearsal exercises ( MREs ) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom increased participating troop levels to an entire BCT comprising some 3800 troops . After 2010 Operation Enduring Freedom MREs expanded the force structure to some 4500 troops with enablers . Both OIF and OEF saw increased operational support and training with SOF to support projected missions in theater . Moreover as operations in both theaters matured , rotations saw an increased play with interagency PRTs and host nation security forces . In 2009 , the 162nd Infantry Brigade stood up at the CTC as the U . S . Army and U . S . DoD premier advisor team training effort . By 2010 , JRTC was running MREs with forces twice the size of those in 2000 , while also using steady state operations from fixed forward operating bases ( FOBs ). OEF MREs nested BCT training with the competencies to perform as security force assistance ( SFA ) brigades down to the team level , and in some cases , as village stability operations ( VSO ) under SOF .
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