United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is an army command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Monroe, 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]

Contents 1 TRADOC Mission 2 TRADOC Priorities 3 Major Subordinate Organizations 4 Commanders 5 References

[edit] TRADOC Mission

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).

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

[edit] TRADOC Priorities

1. Leader Development (Training, Education, Experience)
2. Initial Military Training
3. Support ARFORGEN
4. Future Capabilities Integration
5. Army Training Concept
6. Human Capital Core Enterprise

[edit] Major Subordinate Organizations

• 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)

[edit] Commanders

• GEN William E. DePuy 1 July 1973 - 30 June 1977
• GEN Donn A. Starry 1 July 1977 - 31 July 1981
• GEN Glenn K. Otis 1 August 1981 - 10 March 1983
• GEN William R. Richardson 11 March 1983 - 29 June 1986
• GEN Carl E. Vuono 30 June 1986 - 11 June 1987
• GEN Maxwell R. Thurman 29 June 1987 - 1 August 1989
• GEN John W. Foss 2 August 1989 - 22 August 1991
• GEN Frederick M. Franks, Jr. 23 August 1991 - 26 October 1994
• GEN William W. Hartzog 27 October 1994 - 13 September 1998
• GEN John N. Abrams 14 September 1998 - 6 November 2002
• GEN Kevin P. Byrnes 7 November 2002 - 31 July 2005
• LTG Anthony R. Jones (acting) 1 August 2005 – 30 September 2005
• GEN William S. Wallace 5 September 2005 - 8 December 2008
• GEN Martin E. Dempsey 8 December 2008 - present

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• CSM David M. Bruner is the current Command Sergeant Major of the command.

[edit] References

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

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