International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit
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The is the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces
's training unit to prepare JGSDF soldiers by training them in scenarios that would require the mobilization of JGSDF forces in in other countries. It is based in the JGSDF's Camp Komakado in the Shizuoka Prefecture
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The IPCATU aims to have 240 soldiers graduate from the unit's training program annually.
Colonel Karube says training with the IPCATU is an "important point is to verify whether the training now being conducted can really be useful in theaters of activity overseas and to develop unified know-how for personnel education."
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 commander was Colonel
Masakazu Karube, who was unit commander from March 28, 2007 to March 25, 2009.
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
The , or JGSDF, is the army of Japan. The largest of the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, the Ground Self-Defense Force operates under the command of the chief of the ground staff, based in the city of Ichigaya, Tokyo. The present chief of ground staff is General Yoshifumi Hibako...
's training unit to prepare JGSDF soldiers by training them in scenarios that would require the mobilization of JGSDF forces in in other countries. It is based in the JGSDF's Camp Komakado in the Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
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The IPCATU aims to have 240 soldiers graduate from the unit's training program annually.
Colonel Karube says training with the IPCATU is an "important point is to verify whether the training now being conducted can really be useful in theaters of activity overseas and to develop unified know-how for personnel education."
History
A provisional unit had been established on March 28, 2006, which was then followed by its expansion on August 1, 2006. The IPCATU's headquarters had been constructed on April 2006 before it was inaugurated on February 23, 2007. A special ceremony was established on September 19, 2008 to inaugurate the beginning of the unit's first official training program.The unit had been established in conjunction with the Central Readiness Force
Central Readiness Force
The was recently established on March 28, 2007, following the upgrading of the Japanese Defense Ministry from the former Japanese Defense Agency. Based in Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces Camp Asaka in Nerima, Tokyo, the unit has the capability of responding to any situation in either Japanese...
to the need of educating JGSDF forces to properly conduct operations in foreign soil. Its first commander was Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
Masakazu Karube, who was unit commander from March 28, 2007 to March 25, 2009.
Training
Training under the IPCATU lasts for one month with graduates expecting to serve overseas in potential peacekeeping operations. All participants are required then to attend a review session after each training session is complete.Formation
Headquarters- Education Branch
- Evaluation Branch
- Research Branch
- Training Support Platoon