84th Training Command's Annual Report for the 2016 Combat Support Training Program

FORT KNOX, KY, UNITED STATES

03.04.2017

Story by Lt. Col. Dana Kelly 

84th Training Command

The 84th Training Command (TC) is a nationwide U.S. Army Reserve
unit headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky. There are three training
divisions (TDs) assigned to the command: the 78th TD at Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, the 86th TD at Fort McCoy,
Wisconsin, and the 91st TD at Fort Hunter Liggett, California. The 84th
TC’s purpose is to deliver relevant and realistic collective training for
Joint, Active, and Reserve Component Forces through the Army
Reserve’s Combat Support Training Program (CSTP). The CSTP is
made up of multiple Warrior Exercises (WAREX) and Combat
Support Training Exercises (CSTX), which are large-scale exercises
where units-of-action experience tactical training scenarios specifically
designed to replicate real-world missions.

Army Reserve Soldiers have been consistently engaged since Sept.
11, 2001 with more than 300,000 Army Reserve Soldiers mobilizing
and deploying in support of the Total Army and Joint Force during
contingency operations, in support of natural disaster response efforts
and as part of global Theater Security Cooperation missions. Since
2012, the 84th TC has trained nearly 105,000 of those service
members.

CSTP exercises are designed to prepare units to be combat-ready
by immersing them in scenarios where they train as they would fight.
CSTP exercises are conducted at military facilities across the country,
where units train in austere environments. These environments
simulate being in underdeveloped theaters, where units must
establish a framework for success from setting up lines of
communication to organizing logistical support for thousands of
personnel. Units are given missions based on their organizational
training objectives; they plan and execute those missions while also
fighting an Opposing Force (OPFOR). These exercises are developed
to improve each units’ training readiness and to assess how they
perform in a dynamic operational environment. The 84th TC’s exercises
provide a platform to train capable, lethal, and combat-ready forces.

• Date Taken: 03.04.2017
• Date Posted: 03.24.2017 13:37
• Story ID: 227984
• Location: FORT KNOX, KY, US