# Training and Doctrine Command **Entity class:** U.S. Army major command **Aliases:** TRADOC ## Definition The **United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)** develops Army training, doctrine, leader development, and future-force concepts. ## Relationships - **intelligence center:** [[wiki/United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence|USAICoE]]. - **simulation ecosystem:** [[wiki/Synthetic Training Environment|STE]], [[wiki/Scenario-Based Training|Scenario-Based Training]], and [[wiki/Mission Rehearsal|Mission Rehearsal]]. - **source context:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]]. ## Austin defense-technology role Historical Army command responsible for doctrine, training, and schools. The article records its 2025 merger with Army Futures Command into T2COM. Innovation offices connect commercial builders with military requirements and suitable acquisition mechanisms. Soldier software development contributes an additional route for operational experience to become a product. T2COM brings force design, development, generation, training, and doctrine into a combined command structure. These institutions perform different functions within a common regional capability environment. ### Regional relationships - **2025 merger successor:** [[wiki/Transformation and Training Command|Transformation and Training Command]]. - **other merged command:** [[wiki/Army Futures Command|Army Futures Command]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ### Austin sources - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Second Placement: The Pentagon Moves Its Front Door|Austin defense-tech article — The Second Placement: The Pentagon Moves Its Front Door]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [Association of the United States Army, Army Stands Up Transformation and Training Command](https://www.ausa.org/news/army-stands-transformation-and-training-command) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Joint Base Langley-Eustis|Joint Base Langley-Eustis]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.