Krtsanisi National Training Centre

The Training and Military Education Support Centre "Krtsanisi" (Georgian: წვრთნებისა და სამხედრო განათლების მხარდამჭერი ცენტრი „კრწანისი“) is a major training facility for the military of Georgia and its US Marine Corps partners, located at the Krtsanisi settlement, outside Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi, at the foothills of the Iaghluja mountainous range. It is operated by the Georgian Defense Forces General Staff Military Training and Education Command. Established in April 1997, the unit was known as the Krtsanisi National Training Center (ეროვნული სასწავლო ცენტრი „კრწანისი“) until 2016. It was also referred to as the Krtsanisi Training Area (KTA), especially in the United States sources.