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Ordnance Training Battalion

The Ordnance Training Battalion provides hands on maintenance training to individual soldiers on the Army's most modern equipment. The mission of the Ordnance Training Battalion is to provide a variety of courses to include transitional training, sustainment training, skill qualification training, career development training, and specialized training as required to accomplish the individual soldiers' wartime mission.

The Ordnance Training Battalion is located at Camp Dodge, Iowa and operates from a 35,000 square foot facility consisting of 11 classrooms, 10 oversized maintenance bays, and a new administrative wing. The facility opened its doors in October 1987 and services students throughout the United States. Unique to the facility is a new series of General Support Maintenance courses focusing on the components; i.e., engines, transmissions, etc., from the Army's most modern equipment to include the M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, the M2/3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, the M901 Improved Two Vehicle, the Heavy Equipment Mobile Transport Truck (HEMTT), and the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).

The Ordnance Training Battalion is accredited through Combined Arms Support Command and the United States Army Ordnance Center and School, the United States Army Ordnance, Missile, and Munitions Center and School, and the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. Students graduating from the facility are awarded the same qualification certification and diploma as their active Army counterparts who graduate from the active duty-training center.

The Ordnance Training Battalion is staffed with highly qualified technical instructors who are certified in their respective area of specialization. Each member of the facility is a member of the Iowa Army National Guard and must undergo an extensive instructor certification program prior to being selected as a staff member. The facility also sponsors guest instructors from throughout the United States as a means of providing the highest quality of instruction to each student.

As maintenance skill training requirements for change throughout the Army, the Ordnance Training Battalion will serve as the training center of the future. The facility is effectively maintaining the combat readiness of our Armed Forces by providing the highest quality of maintenance training to today's soldiers. The facility continues to serve the needs of America's Army, and its effectiveness of achieving victory in future wartime missions depends on the training provided by the Ordnance Training Battalion, Iowa.