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The U.S. Army Capstone Concept

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What is it?

The U.S. Army Capstone Concept provides a framework to help Army leaders think about future war, guide Army modernization and describe what the Army must do as part of the joint force to achieve the nation's strategic objectives. This description is based on the Army's enduring missions and the operational environment. The U.S. Army Capstone Concept describes the required capabilities the future Army will need to prevent conflict, shape the environment and win the nation's wars.

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Leading the Transition to the Army of 2020

What is it?

The Army is the nation's force for decisive action, both at home and abroad, providing the Joint Force the ability to prevent conflict, shape the environment, and if prevention fails, win decisively and dominantly.

To meet the needs of the nation in a complex operating environment, our Army must provide forces that are flexible, operate across the range of military operations, and are agile in our responsiveness.

To do so, the Army is reorganizing formations to provide our national security decision makers greater flexibility in how we defend our nation and U.S. national interests.

The foundation for success into the future is leader development that prepares leaders to operate with competence and confidence in ambiguous and frequently changing circumstances in the complex future security environment.

Doctrine 2015

Doctrine 2015 publications are NOW available online!

Doctrine 2015 is an initiative to provide clear, concise, current and accessible doctrine to the field. Doctrine is important to the U.S. Army; it provides a body of knowledge that serves as the foundation for the Profession and for the successful execution of Unified Land Operations.

Doctrine 2015 accelerates the implementation of new doctrine across the force by providing the U.S. Army with a completely revised structure of manuals. The top level of manuals will be Army Doctrine Publications that are only 10-15 pages in length. Supporting references, Army Doctrine Reference Publications and Field Manuals, increase in length and depth of information. Doctrine 2015 will make these references available at the point of need through interactive media such as mobile applications. Additionally, Army Techniques Pubs will offer a "wiki" means of contributing to doctrine development.

Doctrine 2015 captures the essential lessons learned from 10 years of persistent conflict. It leverages a broader range of available collaborative technologies including wiki, interactive media instruction, video books, blogs and social media. Most importantly, it makes doctrine more accessible to Soldiers.

To learn more on the latest efforts with U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s “doctrine surge,” click here

The Army Profession Campaign

What is it?

The Army Profession is a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical design, generation, support and application of land combat power, serving under civilian authority, entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people.

The Army Profession Campaign is an Army initiative to inspire and engage our Soldiers and civilians in an introspective analysis and professional dialog to make our Profession stronger. The campaign renews our collective commitment to the Army, its ideals, traditions and ethos, as well as to the nation and the American people.

The U.S. Army that weathered the unprecedented demands of the last decade was built by careful, dedicated professionals who never lost focus on the necessity to always care for and improve our Profession. We must ensure our Army remains strong and that it continues as the nation's force for decisive action. As we transition the force to the Army of 2020, every Army Professional has an obligation to maintain the Army's standing as a trusted profession capable of meeting our nation's call in an uncertain future.

To learn more about the Army Profession, click here.

Army Leader Development Strategy for a 21st Century Army

What is it?

Leader development is a mutually shared responsibility between three domains: the institutional Army ("schoolhouse"), the operational force ("tactical units") and the individual ("self development"). The three components of leader development -- training, education and experience -- must reside in each of the three domains. No domain has exclusive rights to any one or more of the three leader development components. Each of the domains also has an important responsibility to ensure balance among all three leader development components.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command alone does not and cannot develop adaptive, agile leaders, nor can 1st Cavalry Division or 10th Mountain Division, but collectively, we all contribute to the development of our leaders. Regardless of a leader's physical location at any point in time, we owe it to our leaders to maximize to the extent possible their training, education and experiences.

To learn more visit the Center for Army Leadership’s website

The Squad: Foundation of the Decisive Force

What is it?

The U.S. Army is working to ensure the Squad possesses "overmatch" over its adversaries. U.S. Army Squads will focus on situational awareness, networked communications, mobility and lethality to overmatch their opponents.

The Squad is the base unit in the U.S. Army -- the Foundation of the Decisive Force. "The Squad" initiative will identify and close gaps in training, leader development, network and equipment capability within the Squad.

To learn more on the latest efforts with empowering the Squad to overmatch its enemies, click here.

21st Century Training

What is it?

Army training must prepare Soldiers, leaders and units to operate and succeed in an uncertain operational environment where the nation's enemies will continue to adapt quickly using a full range of threats.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command is fostering groundbreaking initiatives in training by developing Combat Training Center-like training environments at units' home stations,and through the networked blending of live, virtual and constructive training events. These innovations, coupled with regional alignment of units, will provide Soldiers and leaders with relevant, challenging and effective home-station training. By focusing on learning at the point of need and the implementation of digital training applications, TRADOC is leading the way to a significantly improved training experience for the Army of 2020.

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"While our operational forces, our battalions, our brigades and divisions are out there winning the battles using the doctrine, training and education and weapons that TRADOC provides, TRADOC is busy making sure that they will be even more successful in the next fight. It is an organization of sunparalleled importance to the future of our Army and our nation."
ROBERT W. CONE
General, U.S. Army
Commanding
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