International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit

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International Peace Cooperation Activities Training and Education Unit
Active March 28, 2007 - Present
Country Flag of Japan Japan
Branch Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces
Type Military Training unit
Role Military Direct Action & Peacekeeping education unit
Size 80 soldiers
Part of Under control of the Central Readiness Force
Garrison/HQ Camp Komakado[1], Shizuoka
Nickname IPCATU
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Masakazu Karube[2][3]

The International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit (国際活動教育隊 Kukokusaikatsudokyouikutai?) is the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces's training unit to prepare JGSDF soldiers by training them in scenarios that would perpetuate international scenarios that would require the mobilization of JGSDF forces in in other countries[4].

It is based in the JGSDF's Komakado Camp[1] in the Shizuoka Prefecture.

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[edit] History

A provisional unit had been established on March 28, 2006[5], which was then followed by its expansion on August 1, 2006[5]. The IPCATU's headquarters had been constructed on April 2006 before it was inaugurated on February 23, 2007[5].

The unit had been established in conjunction with the Central Readiness Force to the need of educating JGSDF forces to properly conduct operations in foreign soil. Its first and current commander is Colonel Masakazu Karube[2][3].

[edit] Formation

Headquarters

  • Education Branch
  • Evaluation Branch
  • Research Branch
  • Training Support Platoon

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b International　Peace　Cooperation　Activities　Training　Unit (IPCATng). Retrieved on June 6, 2008. (Japanese)
  2. ^ a b Unit Commander. Retrieved on June 6, 2008. (Japanese)
  3. ^ a b Unit Commander. Retrieved on June 6, 2008. (English)
  4. ^ Organization. Retrieved on June 6, 2008. (English)
  5. ^ a b c Our History. Retrieved on June 6, 2008. (Japanese)

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