Training objectives for each fiscal year are based upon identified training needs, staff capacity and funding to support attendance by FTS work force members.
Soldiers can receive training in a two-way, audio and video mode from the various proponent schools.
The classrooms also contain networked computers for training delivered by the World Wide Web. One classroom recently was converted to a broadcast-capable mode to enhance the ability to transmit as well as receive training. The first class was taught in January 1974 with special funding from the Chief, Army Reserve to U.S. Army Forces Command. Both schools were merged at Fort McCoy by U.S. Army Forces Command in July 1976. The organization is commanded by a colonel.