In April 1981, the functional responsibility for the Student Detachment was transferred from the Directorate of Personnel and Community Activities to the Troop Brigade, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. In October 1993, the unit was relocated to Fort Jackson and was aligned as a separate unit under the command and control of the Training Center Command. The Student Detachment consists of a detachment headquarters and three subordinate support sections arranged to provide administrative services at the company and battalion PAC levels. The detachment is the liaison between the students and the servicing Adjutant General Division and the Defense Accounting Office. Another of the detachment's major tasks is command.
Command entails providing for the morale, welfare, and discipline of the assigned soldiers.
The detachment accomplishes command for the student through the use of student liaison officers and coordination with Army advisors, Professors of Military Science, and the Defense Attach Officials at installations near the student's school. The United States Army Student Detachment is the Army's largest company-size unit with a multitude of responsibilities.