It trains warrant officers and junior specialists for the Belarus Armed Forces and is based in Borisov.
The 72nd Guards Joint Training Centre traces its history back to the Soviet 120th Rifle Division.
[3][4] Due to the German breakthrough in the Sevsk area on 2 October, the 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps was formed.
[5] The corps was assembled around Mtsensk and the 6th Guards Rifle Division arrived at the railway station there on 6 October.
The division, along with other units of the corps, fought actions around Mtsensk that delayed the German advance for two weeks.
Starting on 8 January 1942, the division fought in the Bolkhov-Mtsensk Offensive, attempting to break through German defences on the Oka River in the Krivtsovo-Chegodaeva-Gorodische area.
On 13 February, division commander Major General Petrov was mortally wounded by machine-gun fire from a German aircraft.
From May for a year onwards, the division fought in local battles within the Oryol Oblast as part of the 48th Army.
German troops began the first attack of the Battle of Kursk on 5 July, breaking through the 15th Rifle Division's positions while suffering heavy losses.
By the end of the day, the 6th Guards Rifle Division was defending the Ponyri railroad station, against German armored units.
[14][15] However, the 307th and 6th Guards Rifle Divisions counterattacked after a costly German attack on 9 July and recaptured Ponyri.
[17] The division continued to fight in combat and participated in Operation Kutuzov,[18] in which it led the attack on Dmitrovsk.
Continuing to advance, the division crossed the Pripyat River before dawn and created a bridgehead in the area of Opachychi.
For his actions during the offensive, division commander Major General Dmitry Onuprienko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Taken over by Belarus with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it became the 72nd Guards Joint Training Center for junior specialists on 30 November 1992.
[25][1] As part of the reform of the Armed Forces in 2005, a transition was made to a centralized system for training junior specialists in a new organizational structure.