Established on 1 December 1995,[1] through the amalgamation of nine separate logistic, health and personnel services schools and the Army College of TAFE, ALTC is headquartered at Bandiana, Victoria, and was established in response to the need to provide more effective logistic training, which had been identified as a problem as early as 1981.

[2] Upon formation, ALTC combined the previously separate components into "effects-based training divisions"[3] including "integrated logistics, material support, distribution and personnel support" under a headquarters with an operations cell and a development group.

Training is undertaken in four principal locations: Puckapunyal, Victoria; HMAS Cerberus at Crib Point, Victoria; Ross Island Barracks in Townsville, Queensland, and the Albury-Wodonga Military Area (AWMA).

[5] ALTC's School of Army Health previously operated out of Portsea, but is now based in the AWMA.

[6][7] The centre is responsible for training around 5,000 students each year, spread across around 334 different courses,[8] and works closely with civilian training providers such as Wodonga TAFE, Monash University and RMIT, to provide nationally recognised qualifications to military personnel.