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Range and Training Land Program

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is the designated Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise. The RTLP MCX provides centralized magement and engineering support to all parts of the Training Support System enterprise. TSS includes the Sustainable Range, Soldier Training Support, Mission Command Training Support and Combat Training Center programs.

The RTLP MCX is the centralized repository for information and expertise in planning, programming, design and construction of automated ranges, Training Support Centers, Combat Training Center standards and Mission Training Complex standards, and projects for the TSS Program.

The RTLP MCX assists the Department of the Army and installations in planning, site development, programming and design of ranges — both military construction, and Operations and Maintenance funded. The goal is to standardize ranges and training, while decreasing the overall cost of range design, construction, operation and maintenance as well as implementing new technologies to improve training capability in support of new weapons systems and tactics.

Call (256) 895-1534 or Email DLL-CEHNC-RTLP@usace.army.mil

Our Work

An M1A1 Abram tank fires at the Fort Bliss, Texas, Digital Multipurpose Range Complex in 2012. The Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise has been involved in standardizing ranges since fiscal year 1984 with the design and construction of three multi-purpose range complexes and 10 infantry ranges at various installations that year. The RTLP MCX has since been involved in the design and construction of hundreds of ranges and training facilities, including Fort Bliss.

An arial view of the Qualification Training Range at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The road network servicing the training complex is a key support element of the training mission. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is the designated the Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise and develops generic design manuals for Multi-Purpose Range Complexes

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) shoot the M9 pistol during a qualification at Fort Hood, Texas' M9 Range. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is the designated the Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise and with input from major Army commands and schools, develops generic design manuals for Multi-Purpose Range Complexes, small arms qualification ranges, Urban Terrain facilities, Mission Training Complex, and Training Support Center facilities.

Soldiers from the 321st Engineer Battalion, 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, go through explosives training Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho June 18, 2016. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is the designated the Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise and assists the Department of the Army and installations in planning, site development, programming and design of ranges.

Leaders from the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade watch as a claymore anti-personnel mine explodes at a range on Fort Stewart, Ga., March 22. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is the designated the Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise and standardizes ranges and training, while decreasing the overall cost of range design, construction, operation and maintenance as well as implementing new technologies to improve training capability in support of new weapons systems and tactics.

U.S. Marines with 3D Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct Military Operation Urban Terrain drills on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 11, 2017. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is the designated the Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise and assists the Department of the Army and installations in planning, site development, programming and design of ranges.

Range Design Guide

The Range Design Guide (RDG) is a web-based tool that provides guidance for design and construction of US Army Training Ranges; based on the training requirements of TC 25-8.

The RDG includes:

1. Layouts and details for standard ranges

2. Range design requirements

3. Standard range support building designs

Visit the Range Design Guide page.