▁African ▁Territ orial ▁Reserve . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Origin ▁Dan ie ▁Ther on ▁Com bat ▁School ▁was ▁established ▁near ▁Kim ber ly ▁around ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁aim ed ▁at ▁primary ▁inf antry ▁training ▁for ▁the ▁Comm ando ▁system . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁initially ▁called ▁the ▁Comm ando ▁Com bat ▁School , ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁was ▁renamed ▁in ▁honour ▁of ▁Dan ie ▁Ther on , ▁a ▁ren owned ▁Bo er ▁war ▁soldier . ▁ ▁Oper ations ▁The ▁School ▁was ▁initially ▁responsible ▁for ▁basic ▁military ▁training . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁rec ruits ▁were ▁area ▁bound ▁far mers , ▁business ▁own ers , ▁or ▁ess entials ▁services ). ▁These ▁rec ruits ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁allocated ▁to ▁regional ▁command os ▁after ▁their ▁initial ▁training . ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁prom ot ional ▁training ▁of ▁Civil ian ▁Force ▁officers ▁and ▁non - comm ission ed ▁officers . ▁ ▁Other ▁training ▁modules ▁include ▁conventional ▁and ▁rural ▁counter ▁ins ur gency ▁training . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁Dan ie ▁Ther on ▁Com bat ▁School ▁training / rec ruit ▁wing ▁staff ▁were ▁transferred ▁to ▁a ▁new ▁unit ▁ 1 1 ▁Comm ando ▁( S outh ▁African ). ▁ ▁Prom ot ional ▁and ▁Cor p ▁specific ▁Training ▁was ▁eventually ▁transferred ▁to ▁other ▁Infantry ▁schools ▁by ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Unit ▁In sign ia ▁ ▁Le ad ership ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁South ▁African ▁Comm ando