- International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=International Peace Cooperation Activities Training and Education Unit
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country= flagicon|JapanJapan
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type=Military Training unit
branch=Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces
dates=March 28 ,2007 - Present
specialization= Military Direct Action & Peacekeeping education unit
command_structure= Under control of theCentral Readiness Force
size= 80 soldiers
current_commander=Colonel Masakazu Karube [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Unit Commander.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/english/unit_main-e/unit_main-e.html Unit Commander.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. en icon]
garrison= Camp Komakado [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/pa/crforganization/IPCAT/ipcatndex.html International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit (IPCATng).] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] , Shizuoka
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nickname= IPCATU
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anniversaries=The nihongo|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 [ [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/pa/Englishv/framepage2.html Organization.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. en icon] .It is based in the JGSDF's Komakado Camp [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/pa/crforganization/IPCAT/ipcatndex.html International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit (IPCATng).] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] in the
Shizuoka Prefecture .History
A provisional unit had been established on
March 28 ,2006 [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Our History.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] , which was then followed by its expansion onAugust 1 ,2006 [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Our History.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] . The IPCATU's headquarters had been constructed on April 2006 before it was inaugurated onFebruary 23 ,2007 [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Our History.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] .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 isColonel Masakazu Karube [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Unit Commander.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. ja icon] [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/english/unit_main-e/unit_main-e.html Unit Commander.] Retrieved on June 6, 2008. en icon] .Formation
Headquarters
* Education Branch
* Evaluation Branch
* Research Branch
* Training Support PlatoonReferences
External links
* [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/unit_main-j/unit_main-j.htm Official Site] ja icon
* [http://www.mod.go.jp/gsdf/crf/ipca/english/unit_main-e/unit_main-e.html Official Site] en icon
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