United States Army Training and Doctrine Command 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 and the development of operational doctrine . TRADOC operates 37 schools and centers at 27 different locations . TRADOC schools conduct 1 , 304 courses and 108 language courses . The 1 , 304 courses include 516 , 000 seats ( resident , on - site and distributed learning ) for 443 , 231 soldiers ; 36 , 145 other - service personnel ; 8 , 314 international soldiers ; and 28 , 310 civilians . TRADOC mission . The official mission statement for TRADOC states : Training and Doctrine Command develops , educates and trains Soldiers , civilians , and leaders ; supports unit training ; and designs , builds and integrates a versatile mix of capabilities , formations , and equipment to strengthen the U . S . Army as America ’ s Force of Decisive Action . TRADOC history . 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 . Commanders . The current Commanding General is General David G . Perkins . The Command Sergeant Major is currently Daniel A . Dailey .