TRADOC recruits, trains and educates the Army's Soldiers; develops leaders; supports training in units; develops doctrine; establishes standards; and builds the future Army. TRADOC is the architect of the Army and "thinks for the Army" to meet the demands of a nation at war while simultaneously anticipating solutions to the challenges of tomorrow.
Commanding General TRADOC Vision Victory Starts Here! TRADOC is the Architect
of the Army, and “thinks for the Army” to meet the demands
of a Nation at war while simultaneously anticipating solutions to the
challenges of tomorrow.
To shape both today's Army and the Future Combat Force,
the Army's Architect:
TRADOC Priorities
TRADOC Scope and Scale
In FY08, 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.
Training requirements are currently programmed to increase annually through FY11, when the requirement reaches 592,327.
Headquarters TRADOC is located at Fort Monroe, Va. TRADOC has several major subordinate commands: U.S. Army Accessions Command, headquartered at Fort Monroe; Combined Arms Center, headquartered at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; and the Army Capabilities Integration Center, headquartered at Fort Monroe. The CGs of these commands also serve as TRADOC’s DCGs for initial military training, combined arms and futures, respectively.
Other major parts of TRADOC are the Combined Arms Support Center, Fort Lee, Va.; TRADOC Analysis Center, Fort Leavenworth; the Center for Army Lessons Learned, Fort Leavenworth; and the 33 schools.
Staff and MACOM RelationshipsThe TRADOC headquarters staff analyzes, assesses, provides staff-management oversight and recommends for decision all activities affecting policy, command guidance, developmental processes and implementation / execution processes to support the command in meeting its mission. The staff facilitates the coordination and dissemination of strategic operational concepts and plans, doctrine and training to the Defense Department, Department of the Army, U.S. Joint Forces Command, “sister” services, Congress and external agencies and organizations. Also, the staff supports TRADOC subordinate organizations in executing command initiatives in recruiting, training, educating, designing, testing and evaluating the force.
Deputy Commanding General-Combined Arms/Commanding General, Combined Arms Center
TRADOC’s deputy commanding general-combined arms is dual-hatted as the commanding general of the Combined Arms Center. CAC’s CG serves as the TRADOC proponent for leader development; Professional Military Education (officer, warrant officer, noncommissioned officer and civilian); battle command and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (more commonly known as C4ISR); collective training; Army doctrine; and dissemination of observations/lessons learned.
The CAC commander is responsible for providing guidance, leadership and command supervision to the branch centers/schools to ensure that training remains safe, relevant, realistic and executed to Army standards. CAC’s CG is also responsible for the Army’s combat training center program.
Deputy Commanding General-Futures/Futures Center Director
The DCG-Futures is dual-hatted as director of the Army’s Futures Center. The Futures Center develops and integrates into a Joint warfighting environment, from concept to capability, all aspects of the future force. This DCG and his team develop and integrate Joint and Army concepts, architectures and doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel and facilities (DOTMLPF) capabilities; validate science and technology priorities; and lead future-force experimentation. The DCG-Futures synchronizes and integrates Army capabilities with Joint, interagency and multinational capabilities.
Deputy Commanding General-Initial Military Training/Commanding General, U.S. Army Accessions Command
The DCG-Initial Military Training is dual-hatted as CG USAAC and is the TRADOC executive responsible for the Army’s officer, warrant officer and enlisted accession process from first contact through completion of initial-military training. The DCG-IMT serves as the TRADOC CG’s staff agent and executing commander responsible for recruiting the force. The DCG-IMT is also responsible for providing IMT policy and execution guidance to TRADOC commanders and staff outside the IET/AAC chain of command.
IMT encompasses reception-battalion operations that support IMT; basic combat training; advanced individual training; one-station unit training; Reserve Officer Training Corps; Officer Candidate School; Warrant Officer Candidate School; officer basic courses (which are transitioning to Basic Officer Leader Course Phases II and III); and recruiter, drill sergeant and other IMT cadre training.
Meet the Commanding General
- TRADOC CG page
- Biography for Gen. William S. Wallace, commanding general
- Speeches for Gen. William S. Wallace, commanding general