The headquarters for the Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is expected to leave Fort Eustis as part of a large reorganization. The command has been headquartered at Fort Eustis since 2011.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George recently told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee that the headquarters at Fort Eustis will be combined with Army Futures Command in Austin, Tx. to form the new Army Transformation and Training Command.
“Right now we have all these different functions that are trying to do similar things and two commands and we need to combine those together," George said.
The change is part of a Defense Department plan to consolidate commands throughout the services. The Army has not given a timeframe for when the new command will be up and running in Texas.
The Army has not said how many soldiers will leave Fort Eustis under the reorganization.
“TRADOC has over 37,000 Soldiers and civilians nationwide. We are currently laying the groundwork for the Army Transformation Initiative, led by the Army secretary and chief of staff. We’ll share more specifics as soon as we can,” MAJ Chris Robinson said in a written statement.
The Command at Fort Eustis oversees 32 Army schools organized under 10 Centers of Excellence. They train more than 750,000 soldiers a year, according to the Army. The headquarters controls the Center for Military History and the Center for Initial Military Training as well as the Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth.
Between 10,000 to 13,000 soldiers and civilians work on the Army side of Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Training and Doctrine is one of three major elements stationed at the base.
Texas is already the headquarters of Army Futures Command, which was created during the first Trump administration. Both commands are geared toward training and recognizing future threats. Army Training and Doctrine Command was created in 1973 as part of the military’s refocusing at the end of the Vietnam War.
The massive reorganization is expected to involve a number of bases around the country, George told Congress.
“It's also going to get more of our leaders back down into our fighting formations, which is something that I know everybody wants,” he said.
