Mission
TRADOC trains, educates, develops, and builds the Army; establishes standards; drives improvement; and leads change to ensure the Army can deter, fight, and win on any battlefield now and into the future.
Vision
TRADOC builds and sustains the Army’s foundation by Acquiring the best people, Training the most lethal Soldiers, and Developing the most professional leaders as well as providing the connective tissue that Guides Army Culture and Shapes the future force while putting TRADOC on a Sustainable Strategic Path.
Victory Starts Here
The TRADOC Story
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command was created on July 1st, 1973, under General
William E. DePuy, who commanded a battalion in the 90th Infantry Division in World War II and led the 1st
Infantry Division in Vietnam.
Under General DePuy, TRADOC fundamentally transformed the Army into the best trained, equipped, led, and
organized modern land power in the world. Today, TRADOC sustains its proud legacy of shaping the Army through
four primary functions:
- We recruit and train Soldiers, and support unit training
- We develop adaptive leaders – both Soldier and Civilian
- We guide the Army through doctrine
- We shape the Army by building and integrating formations, capabilities, and materiel
Now at Fort Eustis, TRADOC executes its mission through five subordinate commands and centers:
- US Army Center of Military
History - US Army Combined Arms Center (Fort
Leavenworth) - US Army Center Initial
Military Training (Fort Eustis) - US Army Recruiting Command (Fort
Knox) - US Army Cadet Command (Fort Knox)
TRADOC also oversees 32 Army schools organized under 10 Centers of Excellence, each focused on a separate area
of expertise within the Army (such as Maneuver and Signal). These centers train more than 750,000 Soldiers and
service members each year.
TRADOC was born of innovation and agility, and quickly adapts to shifting world, national, and institutional
situations, in both peace and war. TRADOC’s adaptive character and culture ensures our Army remains the
Nation’s “force of decisive action.”
