Peace Support Training Centre

Coordinates: 44°14′46″N 76°27′15″W / 44.246157°N 76.45427°W / 44.246157; -76.45427
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Peace Support Training Centre
Centre de formation pour le soutien de la paix
Latin for 'Learn, prepare, succeed')
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The Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC; French: Centre de formation pour le soutien de la paix), is at McNaughton Barracks,

ABCA, NATO
, and other countries.

Role

PSTC was formed in July 1996 and was officially established as a unit 5 September 2000. With an original mandate of training personnel for United Nations Military Observer (UNMO) positions, the PSTC has expanded to a unit of over 60 personnel that runs on average 35 courses per year with a throughput of 1,000 students.

PSTC also developed training for personnel working as part of

provincial reconstruction teams
(PRT), and Security Force Capacity Building/Security Force Advisor Training (SFCB/SFAT).

Mission

"PSTC will provide specific, individual training to prepare selected members of the Canadian Forces, other government departments (OGD) and foreign military personnel for full-spectrum operations (FSO) within the contemporary operating environment, while fulfilling our centre of excellence (CoE) responsibilities."[1]

Vision

"As a lead joint, inter-agency, multinational training centre, PSTC’s vision is to be recognized by all Canadian government departments as the trainer of choice and experts in the delivery of individual readiness training and campaign-winning enablers."[1]

Courses and training packages

  • Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Operator
  • Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Staff Officer
  • Hazardous Environment Training (HET)
  • Individual Pre-Deployment Training (IPT)
  • Information Operations (Info Ops) Officer
  • United Nations Military Expert on Mission Training (UNMO Military Observer) (UNMEM)
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Tactical Operator
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Analyst
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Officer

Organization

PSTC is a training unit directly under the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre. It has a liaison and coordination relationship with the Influence Activities Task Force (IATF), another organization under CADTC. PSTC has two training sub-units and a standards sub-unit. The training sub-units and their specialties are as follows:

  • A Squadron – Military Observer, Hazardous Environment Training, Individual Pre-Deployment Training, Security Force Advisory Training.
  • B Squadron - Civil-Military Cooperation, Information Operations, Psychological Operations

References

  1. ^ a b "PSTC Mission and Vision". Department of National Defence. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

44°14′46″N 76°27′15″W / 44.246157°N 76.45427°W / 44.246157; -76.45427