The School of Infantry and Tactics is an initial military training school of the Pakistan Army that provides training to its troops to be commissioned in the infantry regiments.
: 397 [1] The SI&T prides itself being the "custodian of infantry combat culture.
"[2] The school's main focus is on integrated and combined arms training parameters together with the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Marines, the combat branch of the Pakistan Navy.
[3] The School of Infantry and Tactics was originally established in Kakul, near the Pakistan Military Academy in 1948, with Col. N J G Jones of the British Army becoming its first officer commanding.
: 60 [2] In 1956, the SI&T was moved to Quetta, Balochistan in Pakistan, and was reorganized under the United States Army Infantry School.