Cincu Training Center
{{Short description|Romanian training range and shooting range}}
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|image= Joint Allied Demonstration Day during Steadfast Defender 21.jpg
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|caption= Piranha V, Dardo IFVs and M1 Abrams tanks during exercise Steadfast Defender 21
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The Cincu Training Center, officially the National Joint Training Center "Getica" ({{langx|ro|Centrul Național de Instruire Întrunită "Getica"}}) is a training center and shooting range for military personnel and units up to brigade level. It is located in the commune Cincu, Brașov County in the center of Romania. The center is subordinated to the General Staff of the Land Forces.{{cite web|url=https://mitropolia-ardealului.ro/105-de-ani-de-existenta-a-centrului-national-de-instruire-intrunita-getica-de-la-cincu/|title=105 de ani de existență a Centrului Național de Instruire Întrunită "Getica" de la Cincu|website=mitropolia-ardealului.ro|author=Costin Chesnoiu|date=3 July 2024}}
History
The first training ground in the Cincu area was established in 1913 by the Austro-Hungarian XII. Army Corps. The current training center was established on 2 July 1919 by the Romanian Army as the Cincu Mare Regional Camp, which was part of the 7th Army Corps. The camp was transferred to the Făgăraș Infantry Training Center in 1940. During World War II, it was used as a joint Romanian-German training base for exercises with infantry weaponry and anti-tank guns.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnij.ro/istoric|title=Centrul de instruire pentru luptă al Forțelor Terestre "Getica"|language=ro|website=cnij.ro}}
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 {{convert|104|km2|ha sqmi|abbr=on}}, spanning to both the Brașov and Sibiu County.{{cite web|url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/poligoane-de-mii-de-hectare-pentru-bazele-sua-21191/|title=Poligoane de mii de hectare pentru bazele SUA|language=ro|work=România liberă|date=12 August 2005}}
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 Babadag training areas, the Plenița MOUT Training Center, and the Lerești CBRN Training Center. Around 330 modernization projects are expected to be completed by 2026.{{cite web|url=http://presamil.ro/asalt-in-cincu/|title=Asalt în Cincu|language=ro|author=Bogdan Oproiu|website=presamil.ro|date=2024-07-04}}
Multinational Battlegroup
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a Multinational Battlegroup was created in Romania. With France as the lead nation, the initial Battle Group Forward Presence (BGFP) formed from NATO Response Force elements was deployed to Cincu starting in May 2022 under the code-named Mission Aigle. 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 in Constanța.{{cite web|url=https://romania.europalibera.org/a/grup-nato-cincu/32047568.html|title=Forțele NATO de la Cincu: Lucrări de amenajare și exerciții militare|language=ro|website=europalibera.org|date=23 September 2022}}
The headquarters of the French military forces in Cincu received the name "Camp Général Berthelot" in June 2024, in honor of the French General Henri Mathias Berthelot.{{cite web|url=https://uzpr.ro/26/06/2024/tabara-militara-franceza-de-la-cincu-devine-camp-general-berthelot/|title=Tabăra militară franceză de la Cincu devine "Camp Général Berthelot"|language=ro|website=uzpr.ro|date=26 June 2024}}
Gallery
File:160729-Z-NO327-002 (28804840111).jpg|3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade commences a movement to contact operation
File:160806-Z-NT154-002 (28322918323).jpg|Romanian artillery conducting a live-fire exercise
File:Romanian Piranha III APCs at Cincu during Noble Jump 2017.jpg|Romanian Piranha III APCs during Noble Jump 2017
File:IAR 330 Puma SOCAT, Getica Saber.jpg|IAR 330 Puma SOCAT helicopters in a combined arms exercise
File:Exercise EAGLE FULGER in Cincu.jpg|French Leclerc tanks shooting during exercise Eagle Fulger in 2023
File:82nd Airborne Division conduct an assault as part of Swift Response 24.jpg|82nd Airborne Division conducts an air assault operation with German NH90s during Swift Response 24
File:Eygelshoven APS-2 site receives, prepares engineer equipment set in Romania.jpg|Army Prepositioned Stock-2 engineer equipment at Cincu in support of Resolute Castle 24