The Future of the Combat Training Centers to Meet the National Military Strategy.

Abstract

The U.S. Army Combat Training Centers (CTCs) have been a great success story since their inception nearly 20 years ago. The National Training Center, Joint Readiness Training Center, Battle Command Training Program, and the Combat Maneuver Training Center all have been essential in maintaining the combat readiness of both leaders and units throughout our Army. These programs not only help to train our forces, but just as important, they are instrumental in the overall force development process. In view of this importance, many critics (to include senior Army officials) argue that our CTCs must change to not only accommodate the reality of increased unit OPTEMPO/PERSTEMPO and decreased training budgets, but also to be more relevant to our current National Military Strategy (NMS) . This paper argues that an evolutionary change of our CTCs with the times is most appropriate. However, the various revolutionary changes suggested by such critics are contrary to the basic purpose and fundamentals of our CTCs, detrimental to the readiness of the U.S. Army, and in actuality do not support our NMS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1999
Accession Number
ADA362969

Entities

People

  • Ronald L. Bertha

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Simulations
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation