The Army's Training Revolution, 1973-1990: An Overview
Abstract
The United States Army's readiness to carry out its wartime missions is measured in terms of manpower, materiel, and training. Training is especially critical because it is the process by which the Army unites organized manpower and materiel resources within a doctrinal framework to attain levels of performance that can dictate the difference between success and failure in battle. Shortly after the establishment of TRADOC in July 1973, General William E. DePuy, the first TRADOC commander (July 1973 - June 1977), and his Deputy Chief of Staff for Training, Maj Gen. Paul F. Gorman, set out to revamp the Army's training system. Under their successors, the system they had designed was refined, amended, and in some cases fundamentally changed in response to the Army's changing needs. As a new decade began in 1990, the configuration of the Army's training system differed radically from the one that had existed when the command was formed. Indeed, the major fundamental changes that had occurred--and continued to occur--in response to new doctrine, increasingly sophisticated weapons systems, advancing technology, and dramatic changes in the makeup of the training base, constituted a revolution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA275072
Entities
People
- Anne W. Chapman
Organizations
- United States Army Training and Doctrine Command