Peace Support Training Centre

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Peace Support Training Centre
Centre de formation pour le soutien de la paix
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CountryCanada
Branch Canadian Army
Type Military education and training
Part of Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre
Headquarters CFB Kingston
Motto(s)Disce, præpara, flore (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, CFB Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and is a subordinate unit of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre. PSTC delivers training to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), other Canadian government departments (OGDs), and foreign militaries. PSTC is also engaged in instructor exchanges with ABCA, NATO, and other countries.

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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

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:

References

  1. 1 2 "PSTC Mission and Vision". Department of National Defence. Retrieved 1 November 2010.

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