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Therefore, thanks to the hardware installed in the Ops Room, the MaGISTrA can be
employed to implement the Command Post during a mixed CPX/FTX (Command Post
eXercise / Field Training eXercise).
Nowadays, exercises inside the MaGISTrA environment are systematically carried out during
GPOI Courses such as:
- The CPM (Civil/Police/Military Cooperation) Course where the full staff of a Sector (i.e.,
the Head of Sector, the Chief of Staff, and the Heads of the Civilian, Police and Military
Component, all accompanied by their staff) is exercised. The standard UN Carana Scenario
is employed.
- The POC (Protection Of Civilians) Course, which employs the Carana scenario too, but
develops only the staff of the Police component including some FPUs.
- The TB (Training Building) Course, where attendees are requested to build by themselves a
new scenario, different albeit somewhat similar to Carana, as well as an exercise (with
appropriate injections and so on) based on it.
MaGISTrA is also employed during the SPU (Stability Police Units) Course, a Carabinieri course
aimed at completing the training of young Italian Carabinieri officials (but foreign officials are
admitted as well) in the field of the Stability Policing activities; in this case, trainees simulate three
FPUs (each composed by a Commander and his/her staff) and must solve tactical issues in the
Carana scenario.
Last but not least, MaGISTrA is extensively used during exercises performed at CoESPU when
other important international agencies such as EUPST (European Union Police Services Training)
and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) come to this Center of
Excellence for high-level, specific training. In particular, the above mentioned organizations
typically perform large (up to 500 exercised personnel, coming from different components: Police,
Civilians, Judiciary, etc.), combined CPX/FTXs. Therefore, they can take full advantage of the
potential offered by the MaGISTrA environment, as all the above mentioned technological tools
enable efficient real-time coordination between the Command Post and the “people with boots on
the ground”.
In conclusion, the MaGISTrA is an important tool, a flexible and innovative instrument that
definitely qualifies the CoESPU as one of the most technologically advanced and appreciated
training centers in the international panorama.

Written by:
By Lt.Col. Paolo DI PIAZZA
CoESPU Planning & Exercise Peace Support Operations

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