International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit
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The International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit (国際活動教育隊, kokusai katsudō kyōiku tai) 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 other countries. It is based in the JGSDF's Camp Komakado in Shizuoka Prefecture.
International Peace Cooperation Activities Training and Education Unit | |
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Active | March 28, 2007 - Present |
Country | Japan |
Branch | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force |
Type | Military Training unit |
Role | Military Direct Action & Peacekeeping education unit |
Size | 80 soldiers |
Part of |
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Garrison/HQ | Camp Komakado, Shizuoka[1] |
Nickname(s) | IPCATng |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Hiroyuki Yokoyama[4] |
Notable commanders | Colonel Masakazu Karube Colonel Mizuho Akiba[5] |
The IPCATng aims to have 240 soldiers graduate from the unit's training program annually.[6]
Colonel Karube says training with the IPCATng 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."[7]
The unit has invited lecturers from NGOs and universities to participate in IPCATng seminars.[8]