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Infantry Training Centre

The Infantry Training Centre (ITC) is located within Catterick Garrison. The ITC trains
approximately 5000 soldiers per year, including the PARAs, machine-gunners and drummers. Some 800 permanent staff, both military and civilian, work at the ITC and up to 2000 soldiers are under training at any one time.

ITC Catterick has been operational since 1 May 1995 when it assumed overall responsibility for all infantry phase 2 training from the three Infantry Training Battalion sites at Catterick, Strensall and Ouston. As of May 2002 the ITC assumed full control of all infantry phase 1 and 2 training for the Regular Army in a single Combat Infantryman's Course (CIC). ITC Catterick also conducts specialist phase 3 training for the Army School of Bagpipes and Highland Drumming in Edinburgh within the School of Ceremonial. In addition, pre-parachute selection courses are run for recruits intending to join the Parachute Regiment and for volunteers for 16 Air Assault Brigade, the creation of ITC Catterick has centralised training on a scale not seen since National Service.

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