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An airfield was opened at CFB Wainwright in October 1967 and at the time of official unification, CFB Wainwright became a component of Training Command as the facility was tasked as a training area. CFB Wainwright offered both officer and basic training courses, battalion-level unit operations and acted as a host for training foreign detachments.
Combat School documents the combat training and eventual deployment of infantry soldiers from 1 Platoon, Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. [2] [3] The platoon of 40 men and women are followed through several months of training at CFB Petawawa, Ontario, CFB Wainwright, Alberta, and Fort Bliss, Texas.
The training plays a key role in confirming the operational readiness of mechanized brigade group command and control elements and tests their ability to plan and conduct missions. During the simulation, participants react to computer-assisted scenarios within the contemporary operating environment across the full spectrum of conflict.
Camp Wainwright at Denwood, Alberta, became a satellite auxiliary training camp under the jurisdiction of CFB Calgary on January 1, 1967, however the facility became a separately controlled base (CFB Wainwright) on August 1 of that year.
Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre as organized in 2020 (Click image to enlarge) Headquarters, Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre, at CFB Kingston [155] [156] Canadian Army Command and Staff College, at Fort Frontenac; Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, at CFB Wainwright [157] Army Doctrine Centre, at CFB Kingston
The training system was under the jurisdiction of the Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel), whose mandate also included the National Defence College, the Military Colleges and the Staff Colleges. The Canadian forces also provided training facilities for allied nations. [19] Canadian Forces Training System. CFB Toronto (Air Command Base)
Regular and reserve units of Canadian Army began to make use of the base beginning in 1991, around the same time as the downgrading of CFB Wainwright. The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) consists of pool training equipment used by army units rotating through the base on exercises, as well as a training "opposition force" (OPFOR).
CFB Suffield, Alberta (2690 km 2), training base for the Canadian Forces and British Army; Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta (609 km 2), home of the Land Force Western Area Training Centre (LFWATC) and Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) CFB Shilo, Manitoba (400 km 2), home station of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery