In almost every city with barracks or other army installations the ASV kept a training center. Apart from providing the training equipment, the most important task of the local sections was the promotion of youth sports.
The uniform ASV tracksuit, brown polyamide with yellow and red stripes on the arms and the oval ASVemblem on the left chest, attained very popular cult status amongst youth after the German reunification.
History
The Central Training Administration (German: Hauptverwaltung Ausbildung) (de) (HVA) founded its own sports association SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig in Leipzig in 1950. In the same year, the Main Administration Sea Police (German: Hauptverwaltung Ausbildung) (de) (HVS) founded its own sports association SV Sturmvogel in Parow. The Barracked People's Police (German: Kasernierte Volkspolizei) (KVP) was then established by the HSA on 1 July 1952. The sports association SV Vorwärts der HVA was consequently renamed SV Vorwärts der KVP.[1] SV Sturmvogel was joined with SV Vorwärts der KVP on 1 August 1953.[1]