Peace Support Training Centre

Peace Support Training Centre
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Country	Canada
Allegiance	Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
Type	Army
Part of	Department of National Defence Canadian Army
Headquarters	Land Force Doctrine and Training System
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Commandant	Lieutenant-Colonel J.E. King, CD
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The Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC), is located at McNaughton Barracks, CFB Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and is a subordinate unit of the Canadian Army's Land Force Doctrine and Training System. PSTC delivers training to the Canadian Forces (CF), 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

The Peace Support Training Centre (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 40 courses per year with a throughput of 1,000 students.

PSTC is also developing 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
  • Military Observer (Mil Obs)
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Tactical Operator
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Target Audience Analyst
  • Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Officer

Organization

PSTC is a training unit directly under the Land Force Doctrine and Training System (LFDTS). It has a liaison and coordination relationship with the Influence Activities Task Force (IATF), another organization under LFDTS. 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.

• B Squadron - Civil-Military Cooperation, Information Operations, Psychological Operations

External links

• PSTC Official Website
• Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
• United Nations Peacekeeping

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