Defence Centre of Training Support

The Defence Centre of Training Support (DCTS) is a training centre of the United Kingdom MOD, located at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, UK. DCTS forms part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. Its mission is to prepare and develop personnel employed to analyze, deliver, design, manage and assure defence training.

Defence Centre of Training Support
Active	1 October 2003 (2003-10-01) – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army  Royal Air Force  Royal Navy
Type	Defence training centre
Role	Training support
Part of	Defence Academy
Location	Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham

History

DCTS was established on 1 October 2003. It absorbed the Royal Navy School of Education and Training Technology, the Army School of Training Support and those elements of RAF Halton that had previously been the RAF's Training and Development Support Unit.^[1] On 2 April 2012, the organisation was transferred to Joint Forces Command alongside other operations.^[2]