"Although
the senior government official insisted that the Americans were
"advisers, not troops," two senior U.S. defense officials said most were
Army special operations forces. The U.S. officials spoke on condition
of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly about
the mission. The
troops are operating out of a military center near Amman and have moved
back and forth to the Syrian border. Their work involves gathering
intelligence and planning joint Jordanian-U.S. military maneuvers, one
U.S. official said." (thanks Laure)