US Army Training Center - Armor Yearbook (Fort Knox, KY)

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HE CONTINUAL expansion and improvement of armor training at Fort Knox since pre-World War ll days has made it possible to keep thousands of men prepared for combat in the event ot armed aggression. Organized armor training at Fort Knox had its inception on October 1, 1940, with the establishment ot the Armored Fiorce School and Replacement Training Center. Although the Armored Force School soon became a separate organ- ization, the Replacement Training Center continued to train new enlisted men until 1947. On July 14, 1957, the Third Armored Division was reac- tivated and assumed the duties of the Replacement Training Center as a training division. The Third retained this mission until March, 1955, when it again became a tactical division and was assigned to European duty. The Armored Replacement Training Center superseded the Third Armored Division on March 15, 1955. ln October of that year the training at six-month Reserve Forces Act volun- teers began. More than 26,000 soldier passed through initial training courses at the ARTC during its first year of existence. ln 1956 the ARTC was designated as the United States Army Training Center, Armor. Today USATC Armor is com- prised of two armor training regiments, two basic combat training regiments and a specialist training regiment. lnstruction is given in Basic Combat Training, Advanced Individual Training, Armor, Basic Unit Armor Training and Specialist Training. Specialist schools are provided for inter- mediate speed radio operators, general clerks and clerk- typists, automotive maintenance workers, general supply clerks and parts supply clerks. USATC Armor comprises approximately half ot the popu- , , A. f .Jan - 1 5USATQAi Q .,.s. T lation of Fort Knox. ln addition to RFA volunteers, enlisted men now assigned to the Training Center include Regular Army Enlistees, lnductees and Enlisted Reservists. Larger than any Fort Knox training center of the past, USATC Armor now has facilities capable of processing more than 15,000 trainees at one time. - . Q.. . 9

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