The Cincu Training Center, officially the National Joint Training Center "Getica" () is a

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and

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for military personnel and units up to

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level. It is located in the commune

Cincu Cincu (german: Großschenk; hu, Nagysink) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cincu and Toarcla (''Tarteln''; ''Kisprázsmár''). Each of these has a fortified church. Geography The commune is ...

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian, it is known ...

in the center of Romania. The center is subordinated to the General Staff of the Land Forces.

History

The first training ground in the Cincu area was established in 1913 by the

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XII. Army Corps. The current training center was established on 2 July 1919 by the

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as the Cincu Mare Regional Camp, which was part of the 7th Army Corps. The camp was transferred to the

Făgăraș Făgăraș (; german: Fogarasch, Fugreschmarkt, hu, Fogaras) is a city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt River and has a population of 28,330 as of 2011. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and ...

Infantry Training Center in 1940. During

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, it was used as a joint Romanian-

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training base for exercises with infantry weaponry and

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s. In 1953, the camp was reorganized with the current boundaries being set and the Central Artillery Range (Military Unit 04785) being formed from the previous camp. The range was reorganized again in 1959, receiving the present-day designation of Military Unit 01495. In 2007, the Combat Training Center of the Land Forces was established from the previous Central Artillery Range, and the honorary name "Getica" was received a year later. The total area of the training center is , spanning to both the Brașov and

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat ( ro, reședință de județ) is the namesake town of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben m ...

. In 2017, the center was redesignated as the National Joint Training Center following the example of the Hohenfels Training Area. The Cincu Training Center also has several structures subordinated to it: the Smârdan and

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training areas, the

Plenița Plenița is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 5,800 people. It is composed of two villages, Castrele Traiane, and Plenița. The locality was a town until 1950. It is located in the western part of the county, at a di ...

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Training Center, and the

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Training Center. Around 330 modernization projects are expected to be completed by 2026.

Multinational Battlegroup

In response to the

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in 2022, a Multinational Battlegroup was created in Romania. With

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as the lead nation, the initial Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) formed from

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elements was deployed to Cincu starting in May 2022 under the code-named

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. Since then, the French and Belgian engineers built a military base for the newly deployed forces. Other elements of the Battlegroup are kept at the

Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base The Romanian Air Force 57th Air Base "Mihail Kogălniceanu" ( ro, Baza 57 Aeriană "Mihail Kogălniceanu") is an air base located near Constanța, at the Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport. It is currently home to the 572nd Helicopter Squ ...

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. The headquarters of the French military forces in Cincu received the name "Camp Général Berthelot" in June 2024, in honor of the French General

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Gallery

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Puma SOCAT helicopters in a

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conducts an

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operation with

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-2 engineer equipment at Cincu in support of Resolute Castle 24

References

{{Reflist, 30em Romanian Land Forces Military installations established in the 1910s 1919 establishments in Romania Buildings and structures in Brașov County