Story by Pfc. Abigail Stewart | 27th Public Affairs Detachment | 09.03.2025
The Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) plays a key role in preparing the U.S. Army to stay responsive and combat-ready. On August 12, 2025, the 10th Mountain Division (LI) began their 14-day JRTC rotation on Fort Polk, Louisiana. Here, units work to improve readiness, build stronger leadership, and operate more effectively in high-intensity environments....
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 08.06.2020
ALEXANDRIA, La. — As the Joint Readiness Training Center prepares to put the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) through the crucible of JRTC Rotation 20-09, it’s with the knowledge that not only will the training provided by the world-class OPFOR (Opposing Force) Geronimos and observer, controller/trainers prepare the Screaming Eagles for future combat, it also......
Story by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 04.08.2019
A squad leader watches his new infantryman show up to his first unit and greets him. The young infantryman is told what will be expected of him and given detailed material on what he will have to know as an infantryman in the 1st Armored Division. Fast forward a month: during his brigade’s major training exercise, that Soldier is kicking in doors alongside his teammates - clearing rooms......
Story by Spc. Matthew Marcellus | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 04.08.2019
The scorching sun shimmered against the seemingly endless plains of sand and desert as Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, braved harsh elements while participating in exercise Strike Focus in Orogrande Range Camp, N.M., April 8, 2019....
Story by Sgt. Christopher Hernandez | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 09.25.2018
Hours before rays of sunlight blanket the mountaintops of El Paso, Texas, a formation of Army Reserve Soldiers await entry into the Soldier Resiliency and Readiness Center in Fort Bliss. Shortly after this group filed into the building, more Soldiers and civilian contractors arrive on site, with additional groups following suit well into mid-afternoon....
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 04.27.2018
FORT POLK, La. — For the first time in many years, rotational culinary specialists (MOS 92G) have provided meals not only for their rotational Soldiers at the Joint Readiness Training Center, but also following the rotation in a fixed dining facility as the Soldiers prepare to return home. Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Turner heads a team of 40 culinary specialists as part of the 2nd Brigade......
Story by Sgt. Brandon Rizzo | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 06.01.2017
MOSUL, Iraq – In the midst of operations by Iraqi security forces to liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS, U.S. Army Paratroopers, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, have been leveraging their skills to assist the Iraqis with their new Federal Police sniper training program....
Story by Sgt. Brandon Rizzo | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | 05.10.2017
MAKHMOUR, Iraq – When U.S. Army Capts. Joshua S. Pitcher and Scott M. Stafford were growing up together in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, they shared a common vision of joining the military. They would one day find their vision leading them around the world and simultaneously serving with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, also known as the Falcon Brigade....
