Midwest Counterdrug Training Center

Midwest Counterdrug Training Center The MCTC focuses Army and Air National Guard capabilities and assets to facilitate tuition-free, high-quality counterdrug training.

Welcome to the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center page, where you will find updates on courses held by this organization. This page aims to keep the public, law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations updated on the great things at the MCTC schoolhouse and nationwide. While this is an open forum, it's also an educational friendly one, so please keep your comments and wall

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09/03/2026

Have training — will travel.

Last week, a Midwest Counterdrug Training Center Mobile Training Team (MTT) traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to conduct Tactical Medicine training for law enforcement and public safety personnel.

MTTs allow MCTC to bring courses directly to requesting agencies across the country, expanding access to valuable, scenario-based training without requiring students to travel to Camp Dodge, in Johnston, Iowa.

Visit www.counterdrugtraining.com to learn more about the MTTs offered by the MCTC.

Last week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center sent a Mobile Training Team to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to deliver our mi...
08/31/2026

Last week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center sent a Mobile Training Team to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to deliver our military-led Tactical Medicine course to law enforcement officers and public safety personnel.

MCTC MTTs bring the schoolhouse’s high-quality, no-cost courses directly to requesting agencies across the country, expanding access to training without requiring students to travel to Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa.

The Tactical Medicine course prepares law enforcement personnel and basic EMTs to provide advanced first-responder care using Tactical Combat Casualty Care principles. Students train on bleeding control, airway management, chest trauma, IFAK utilization, casualty movement and self-aid and buddy-aid techniques before applying those skills during realistic, scenario-based trauma assessments.

The course is accredited through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation program and is one of many MCTC courses exported nationwide through MTTs.

Kalamazoo Public Safety

08/27/2026

Last week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center hosted the Dogs for Law Enforcement International K-9 Summit at Camp Dodge, in Johnston, Iowa, bringing K-9 teams together for advanced tracking and tactical training.

Instructors from five countries shared techniques in scent discrimination, track acquisition and human tracking, giving handlers practical skills they can take back to their agencies and operational missions.

The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center leverages Iowa National Guard capabilities to provide professional development, close training gaps, and enhance counterdrug and tactical response capabilities for law enforcement and community partners.

🚨 Seats are filling for the MCTC’s Basic Narcotics Investigations CourseThis course provides new narcotics officers with...
08/27/2026

🚨 Seats are filling for the MCTC’s Basic Narcotics Investigations Course

This course provides new narcotics officers with a comprehensive overview of the major responsibilities required of an agent or investigator to handle a case from intelligence to prosecution. Students engage in hands-on practical exercises covering informants, investigative interviewing, physical surveillance, undercover operations, and warrants. The curriculum also details drug identification, current narcotic trends, tactical operational planning, and narcotics crime scene management.

Monday, September 14 - Friday, September 25, 2026
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
This course is tuition-free

Seats are open—register now:
https://counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=8419

The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center leverages National Guard capabilities to provide professional development, close training gaps, and enhance counterdrug and tactical response capabilities for law enforcement and community partners.

🔽 Get registered for Drug Trafficking in Transportation and Service IndustriesThis course provides investigative methodo...
08/25/2026

🔽 Get registered for Drug Trafficking in Transportation and Service Industries

This course provides investigative methodologies to detect and interdict illegal drugs, bulk currency, and human trafficking flowing through legitimate commercial transportation enterprises and service hubs. The curriculum details specialized investigation techniques for airports, commercial trains, buses, parcel shipping companies, hotels, self-storage businesses, and rental vehicle companies. Training emphasizes establishing effective liaisons with civilian counterparts and addresses the interdiction of dangerous items that threat actors may store in preparation for attacks on U.S. soil.

Johnston, Iowa
Wednesday, September 2 - Friday, September 4, 2026
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Limited no-cost lodging available
This course is tuition-free

Seats are open—register now:
https://counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=8289&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center leverages National Guard capabilities to provide professional development, close training gaps, and enhance counterdrug and tactical response capabilities for law enforcement and community partners.

This week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center and Iowa National Guard Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Office h...
08/22/2026

This week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center and Iowa National Guard Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Office hosted the Iowa Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault Training at Camp Dodge, Johnston Iowa.

The two-day course brought multijurisdictional professionals together to strengthen the coordinated response to drug-facilitated sexual assault cases, from initial response and investigation through prosecution. The training focused on forensic science, trauma-informed practices, legal considerations and building a stronger, victim-centered response.

This week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center hosted the Dogs for Law Enforcement Canine Seminar at Camp Dodge in J...
08/21/2026

This week, the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center hosted the Dogs for Law Enforcement Canine Seminar at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, bringing K-9 teams together for advanced, real-world training.

Instructors from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and Sweden shared expertise in trail laying, scent discrimination, track acquisition and reacquisition, component tracking and tactical techniques for tracking humans.

Dogs for Law Enforcement seminars are designed to sharpen handlers’ skills, introduce evolving techniques and help close the gap between training and operational deployments. By bringing experienced instructors and K-9 teams together, the MCTC continues to provide law enforcement professionals with relevant training they can take back to their agencies and communities.

Get registered for Tactical Medicine.Built for real-world threats, Tactical Medicine trains law enforcement and EMT-B pe...
08/08/2026

Get registered for Tactical Medicine.

Built for real-world threats, Tactical Medicine trains law enforcement and EMT-B personnel in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC), advanced bleeding control, airway and chest trauma, IFAK application, and casualty movement. The course combines classroom instruction with dynamic hands-on scenarios to strengthen self-aid and buddy-aid capabilities when seconds matter.

Johnston, Iowa
Thursday, September 10 - Friday, September 11, 2026
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Limited no-cost lodging available
This course is tuition-free

Seats are open—register now:
https://counterdrugtraining.com/EBForms.aspx?EBID=8281&EBType=R&RefID=

The Midwest Counterdrug Training Center leverages National Guard capabilities to provide professional development, close training gaps, and enhance counterdrug and tactical response capabilities for law enforcement and community partners.

Senior leaders from the South Carolina National Guard visit the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, July 27, 2026, whil...
07/28/2026

Senior leaders from the South Carolina National Guard visit the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, July 27, 2026, while touring Iowa National Guard facilities at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa.

Lt. Col. Thomas Karpuk, the Iowa Counterdrug Task Force’s commandant, briefed Maj. Gen. Jeff Jones, South Carolina’s deputy adjutant general; Brig. Gen. Linda Riedel, assistant adjutant general; and Brig. Gen. Chris Hyman, director of the joint staff, on the MCTC’s mission to provide relevant, no-cost training to law enforcement professionals nationwide. The leaders also received an overview of the Iowa Counterdrug Task Force’s operational impact through criminal analysis and Drug Demand Reduction Outreach efforts that strengthen investigations, prevention programs and community partnerships.

Through the service of Iowa Counterdrug Task Force Soldiers and Airmen and the nationwide training delivered by the Midwest Counterdrug Training Center, the Iowa National Guard’s impact extends far beyond state lines.

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7105 NW 70th Avenue, Bldg 3585
Johnston, IA
50131

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Tuesday 7:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5pm
Friday 7:30am - 5pm

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