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Training and Doctrine Command
Shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1973 – present
Branch	U.S. Army
Garrison/HQ	Fort Eustis
Commanders
Current commander	GEN Robert W. Cone
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

Established 1 July 1973, the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is a command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces, the development of operational doctrine, and the development and procurement of new weapons systems. TRADOC operates 33 schools and centers at 16 Army installations. TRADOC schools conduct 2,734 courses (81 directly in support of mobilization) and 373 language courses. The 2,734 courses include 503,164 seats for 434,424 soldiers; 34,675 other-service personnel; 7,824 international soldiers; and 26,241 civilians.^[1]

TRADOC mission [link]

The official mission statement for TRADOC states:

TRADOC develops the Army's Soldiers and Civilian leaders and designs, develops and integrates capabilities, concepts and doctrine in order to build a campaign-capable, expeditionary Army in support of joint warfighting capability through Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN).^[2]

TRADOC is the official command component that is responsible for training and developing the United States Army.

TRADOC history [link]

TRADOC was established as a major U.S. Army command on 1 July 1973. The new command, along with the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), was created from the Continental Army Command (CONARC) located at Fort Monroe, VA. That action was the major innovation in the Army's post-Vietnam reorganization, in the face of realization that CONARC's obligations and span of control were too broad for efficient focus. The new organization functionally realigned the major Army commands in the continental United States. CONARC, and Headquarters, U.S. Army Combat Developments Command (CDC), situated at Fort Belvoir, VA, were discontinued, with TRADOC and FORSCOM at Fort Belvoir assuming the realigned missions. TRADOC assumed the combat developments mission from CDC, took over the individual training mission formerly the responsibility of CONARC, and assumed command from CONARC of the major Army installations in the United States housing Army training center and Army branch schools. FORSCOM assumed CONARC's operational responsibility for the command and readiness of all divisions and corps in the continental U.S. and for the installations where they were based.

Joined under TRADOC, the major Army missions of individual training and combat developments each had its own lineage. The individual training responsibility had belonged, during World War II, to Headquarters Army Ground Forces (AGF). In 1946 numbered army areas were established in the U.S. under AGF command. At that time, the AGF moved from Washington, D.C. to Fort Monroe, VA. In March 1948, the AGR was replaced at Fort Monroe with the new Office, Chief of Army Field Forces (OCAFF). OCAFF, however, did not command the training establishment. That function was exercised by Headquarters, Department of the Army through the numbered armies to the corps, division, and Army Training Centers. In February 1955, HQ Continental Army Command (CONARC) replaced OCAFF, assuming its missions as well as the training missions from DA. In January, HQ CONARC was redesignated U.S. Continental Army Command. Combat developments emerged as a formal Army mission in the early 1950s, and OCAFF assumed that role in 1952. In 1955, CONARC assumed the mission. In 1962, HQ U.S. Army Combat Development Command (CDC) was established to bring the combat developments function under one major Army command.^[3]

TRADOC priorities [link]

1. Leader development
2. Initial military training
3. Concepts and capabilities integration
4. Human capital enterprise
5. Army training and learning concept
6. Doctrine

Major subordinate organizations [link]

• U.S. Army Accessions Command (USAAC)
• U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)
• U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC)
• U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)
• U.S. Army TRADOC Analysis Center (TRAC)
• U.S. Army Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL)
• U.S. Army Initial Military Training (IMT)

Commanders [link]

The current Commanding General is General Robert W. Cone. In this position, he focuses on a number of issues and creates goals for the future of TRADOC. New initiatives are implemented, affecting the command's 32 schools among other things. His Command Sergeant Major is David M. Bruner.

See also [link]

• Army Correspondence Course Program

References [link]

External links [link]

• TRADOC Website
• TRADOC history
• Fort Monroe, Virginia Website
• TRAC Website

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