A History of Army 86. Volume 1. Divison 86: The Development of the Heavy Division September 1978 - October 1979This report is a record of how U.S. Army planners of the Training and Doctrine Command developed during 1978-80 modernized concepts and structures for the divisions, corps, and higher echelons of the Army that was envisioned for the late 1980s. This volume treats the background of the effort and its central first task, the development, through October 1979, of Division 86, the heavy division.
American Army doctrine for the post-Cold WarBy John L. Romjue. These studies of training and leader development, and doctrinal and combat developments subjects provide historical perspective to support the Command’s mission of preparing the Army for war and charting its future. This is a study of the development of the U.S. Army's post-Cold War doctrine and provides a documented record of a doctrine thinking and planning process. Headings include: Army doctrine and the strategic shift; rethinking war fighting; a new dynamics of battle; crystallizing a post-Cold War doctrine; doctrine for a new time; and an assessment.
Army History and HeritageArmy History and Heritage is published jointly by the U.S. Army Center of Military History and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The volume instills an understanding and appreciation of the U.S. Army—one of the nation’s oldest institutions—from its formation to the present.
From active defense to Airland battle: the development of Army doctrine 1973-1982The years 1973-1982 encompassed two major revisions of Army tactical doctrine. This monograph is an attempt to record and examine the causes and effects of the doctrinal ferment that led to the NATO-focused doctrine popularly known as the active defense, in 1976, followed six years later by the comprehensive doctrine, worldwide in scope, termed the AirLand Battle.
Modernizing the King of Battle,1973-1991By Boyd L. Dastrup. Modernizing the King of Battle, the companion volume to Boyd L. Dastrup's King of Battle: A Branch History of the U.S. Army's Field Artillery, records the U.S. Army's aggressive program to modernize field artillery during the decades between the end of the Vietnam conflict in 1973 and the start of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
Prepare the Army for war: a historical overview of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, 1973-1998This document describes the Army Training and Doctrine Command, including information on the origins, operations, force design, development of a new generation of weapons, doctrinal renaissance, training revolution, TRADOC in the joint service arena, international activities, organizational structure, adjusting to radical change in the threat, and TRADOC in war and peace.
The Army of Excellence: The development of the 1980s ArmyBy John L. Romjue. The Army of Excellence summarizes the completed Army 86 designs and examines the origins and development of the so-called AOE during 1983, including the conceptual formulation of the new light infantry division.
The Army's training revolution, 1973-1990: an overview (from CARL's Digital Library)By Anne W. Chapman. This study of the Army’s training revolution from the mid-1970s through the decade of the 1980s is based primarily on training chapters prepared by the author and by Mr. Richard P. Weinert for the TRADOC Annual Historical Reviews. Table of contents include: the DePuy-Gorman initiatives; Starry changes to training; major training issues of the Otis and Richardson years; training in Vuono's architecture for the future Army; training and Thurman's vision of the Army; and Foss and new training challenges.
The Army's training revolution, 1973-1990: an overview (from CMH)By Anne W. Chapman. TRADOC Historical Studies are research reports published by the Office of the Command Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. These studies present documented summary accounts of training, doctrinal, and combat developments topics to provide ready reference information to support the Command's mission of preparing the Army for war and charting its future.
The Origins and development of the National Training Center, 1976-1984By Anne W. Chapman. This monograph, prepared by Dr. Anne W. Chapman, Research Historian in the Office of the Command Historian, surveys the TRADOC role in the development of the National Training Center from its origin in the 1976 concept through the end of the first phase of operation in 1984. It provides a documented historical analysis of how and why such a landmark event in Anny training was launched, examining attendant policy issues, funding, instrumentation, and training problems involved in bringing the project from concept to reality. The work also furnishes a record of how a major defense project was brought on line, making it valuable as a case study.
TRADOC Support to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm: A Preliminary StudyWith the commitment of U.S. forces to the United Nations military action to counter the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the Army Training and Doctrine Command TRADOC played an important role in support of the subsequent U.S. Army deployment of 300,000 troops to the Persian Gulf as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Deciding what has to be done: General William E. Depuy and the 1976 edition of FM 100-5, OperationsThis paper deals with the writing of doctrine and focuses on the efforts of General DePuy, the first TRADOC commander, to forge a coherent fighting doctrine for an increasingly complex Army in a time of turmoil. While the author praises DePuy's emphasis on doctrine and doctrinal change, he charges DePuy with creating a document that failed to engender confidence and thus had to be replaced. Nevertheless, DePuy's important manual revealed a new role for doctrine and sparked a doctrinal renaissance int he Army that led directly to today's widely accepted Air Land Battle doctrine. This demonstrates that a well- conceived doctrine is critical to the Army and the nation, describes why doctrine is so difficult to formulate, places doctrine at the center of peacetime professionalism, and admonishes the Army not to become complacent about the contents of its field manuals.
[Eulogy for General William E. Depuy.] Remarks by General Paul F. Gorman, USA (R)General Paul Gorman's distinguished career is unique in the balance between tactical focus, service-oriented expertise, and the skills and capabilities required by a joint strategist. He was a pioneer in engagement simulation and key to design of the Army Training Evaluation Program, the adoption of the After Action Review, creation of a National Training Center, reorganization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and employment of low intensity conflict. As the first Deputy Chief of Staff for Training at the newly organized Training and Doctrine Command, he changed training from formal school house instruction and large scale field maneuvers, to first line supervisors training skilled crews and teams within units. He pioneered engagement simulation to achieve fiscal economy while providing credible combat seasoning. He brought systems thinking to training a force undergoing massive restructuring and reequipping.
General Paul F. Gorman, USA (R) - Letter to Commandants, TRADOC Service Schools.Documents contains two letters. First letter dated 2 November 1976 is on the subject teaching training management in resident courses. The second letter dated 15 October 1976 is on the improvement of training in the US Army. [Please note: The Combined Arms Research Library does not have the original documents, just digital copies.]
General Paul F. Gorman, USA (R) - TRADOC training, November 1973Document contains text of briefing and VGTs. The presentation is broad overview of ongoing activities and projects which come under the purview of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training and School, TRADOC. [Please note: The Combined Arms Research Library does not have the original documents, just digital copies.]
In tribute to General William E. DePuyGeneral William E. DePuy changed the U.S. Army. As the first commander of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), he created the mechanisms to restore the Army's self-image as a conventional combat force trained and configured for continental warfare. He made it a doctrinal Army for the first time in its 200-year history. He laid the foundation for the training revolution that followed in the 1980s and for the development and fielding of the extraordinary combat systems that proved themselves in Operation Desert Storm. Personally, and as the leader of a major Army command, he took hold of a defeated and discouraged Army and put it on the road to victory. After his retirement, General DePuy became something of a philosopher of war. He wrote frequently for Army magazine on topics of doctrinal interest and, even more important, remained a figure to reckon with internally in the Army high command as the institution followed through on the reforms and initiatives he had set in.
Press on! : Selected Works of General Donn A. Starry Volume IGeneral Donn A. Starry's intellectual legacy is a rich collection of speeches, articles, cables, and letters on a myriad of professional topics. He was the second commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command (1977-1981), then headed US Readiness Command (1981-1983) before his retirement after 35 years of service. As the materials in this collection illustrate, General Starry operated from the conviction that "doctrine rules". selected, edited, annotated, and with an introductory essay by Lewis Sorley.
Press on! : Selected Works of General Donn A. Starry Volume IIGeneral Donn A. Starry's intellectual legacy is a rich collection of speeches, articles, cables, and letters on a myriad of professional topics. He was the second commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command (1977-1981), then headed US Readiness Command (1981-1983) before his retirement after 35 years of service. As the materials in this collection illustrate, General Starry operated from the conviction that "doctrine rules". selected, edited, annotated, and with an introductory essay by Lewis Sorley.
Selected papers of General William E. DePuy : first commander, US Army, Training and Doctrine Command, 1 July 1973Writings and communications of General DePuy. In three parts, part I covers the pre-Tradoc years, 1954-1973, part II the Tradoc years 1974-77, and part III, retirement years, 1978-91. In the seventeen years between General DePuy's creation of TRADOC and the beginning of the Gulf War, the Army never stood still. Many of the decisions taken by General DePuy were later modified as conditions changed and opinions shifted. Doctrine became more comprehensive and sophisticated. Military education broadened. Training methodologies grew, and the "Big Five" were fielded and improved. The Army DePuy built did not fight the Soviet Army in Europe but, before being demobilized, proved its capability on another battlefield in the Gulf War. The DePuy legacy remains as an attitude toward hard training and readiness for battle. It remains in a consciousness, now institutionalized, that doctrine must remain a living codification of coherent beliefs about warfighting, a body of beliefs that evolve as conditions change. General DePuy is also survived by a legacy of hard, robust thinking and precise, disciplined writing that can serve as a model for his successors who will deal with different challenges, though ones no less in need of sound analysis and decision.
Additional CARL Libguides
Doctrine: Army LeadershipThis guide provides information on manuals, circulars, and pamphlets for effective application and training of the principles and techniques of Army leadership.
Doctrine: Army OperationsThis guide provides information about the U.S. Army's operations doctrine: ADP 3-0, FM 3-0, FM 100-5, and Field Service Regulations.
Doctrine: Large UnitsThe purpose of this guide is to provide information on and links to Army Large Unit Doctrine. This includes Field Service Regulations, Field Manuals, Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) and Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP) for divisions, corps, and armies.
Finding Military PublicationsThis Research Guide provides information on finding current and obsolete military publications, primarily Army doctrine.
