# Transformation and Training Command ## Definition Army command stood up in Austin on October 2, 2025, combining Army Futures Command and TRADOC. Its mission connects force design, development, generation, doctrine, training, and institutional learning. ## Regional role 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. ## Relationships - **article’s institutional interpretation:** [[wiki/Army Institutional Brain|Army Institutional Brain]]. - **October 2025 stand-up commander:** [[wiki/David Hodne|David Hodne]]. - **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]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[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. - [U.S. Army — activation, October 2, 2025](https://www.army.mil/article/289007/transformation_and_training_command_activated) - [U.S. Army — T2COM institutional homepage](https://www.army.mil/t2com) - [Association of the United States Army, Army Stands Up Transformation and Training Command](https://www.ausa.org/news/army-stands-transformation-and-training-command) ## Program details and reading distinctions T2COM activated in Austin on **October 2, 2025**, under General David Hodne, combining Army Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command. The later [[wiki/Army Futures and Concepts Command|Army Futures and Concepts Command]] activated under T2COM and retains its own institutional identity. [Army activation account](https://www.army.mil/article/289007/transformation_and_training_command_activated). ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Army Futures Command|Army Futures Command]], [[wiki/Training and Doctrine Command|Training and Doctrine Command]], [[wiki/David Hodne|David Hodne]], [[wiki/Force Design|Force Design]], [[wiki/Force Development|Force Development]], [[wiki/Force Generation|Force Generation]], [[wiki/Military Doctrine|Military Doctrine]], [[wiki/Military Training|Military Training]], [[wiki/Leader Development|Leader Development]], [[wiki/Rapid Institutional Learning|Rapid Institutional Learning]], [[wiki/Army Institutional Brain|Army Institutional Brain]], [[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.