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What is it?

The Army is the nation's force for decisive action, both at home and abroad, providing the Joint Force the ability to prevent conflict, shape the environment, and if prevention fails, win decisively and dominantly.

To meet the needs of the nation in a complex operating environment, our Army must provide forces that are flexible, operate across the range of military operations, and are agile in our responsiveness.

To do so, the Army is reorganizing formations to provide our national security decision makers greater flexibility in how we defend our nation and U.S. national interests.

The foundation for success into the future is leader development that prepares leaders to operate with competence and confidence in ambiguous and frequently changing circumstances in the complex future security environment.

Doctrine 2015 publications are NOW available online!

Doctrine 2015 is an initiative to provide clear, concise, current and accessible doctrine to the field. Doctrine is important to the U.S. Army; it provides a body of knowledge that serves as the foundation for the Profession and for the successful execution of Unified Land Operations.

Doctrine 2015 accelerates the implementation of new doctrine across the force by providing the U.S. Army with a completely revised structure of manuals. The top level of manuals will be Army Doctrine Publications that are only 10-15 pages in length. Supporting references, Army Doctrine Reference Publications and Field Manuals, increase in length and depth of information. Doctrine 2015 will make these references available at the point of need through interactive media such as mobile applications. Additionally, Army Techniques Pubs will offer a "wiki" means of contributing to doctrine development.

Doctrine 2015 captures the essential lessons learned from 10 years of persistent conflict. It leverages a broader range of available collaborative technologies including wiki, interactive media instruction, video books, blogs and social media. Most importantly, it makes doctrine more accessible to Soldiers.

To learn more on the latest efforts with U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s “doctrine surge,” click here

What is it?

The Army Profession is a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical design, generation, support and application of land combat power, serving under civilian authority, entrusted to defend the Constitution and the rights and interests of the American people.

The Army Profession Campaign is an Army initiative to inspire and engage our Soldiers and civilians in an introspective analysis and professional dialog to make our Profession stronger. The campaign renews our collective commitment to the Army, its ideals, traditions and ethos, as well as to the nation and the American people.

The U.S. Army that weathered the unprecedented demands of the last decade was built by careful, dedicated professionals who never lost focus on the necessity to always care for and improve our Profession. We must ensure our Army remains strong and that it continues as the nation's force for decisive action. As we transition the force to the Army of 2020, every Army Professional has an obligation to maintain the Army's standing as a trusted profession capable of meeting our nation's call in an uncertain future.

To learn more about the Army Profession, click here.

What is it?

The Army Leader Development Strategy, or ALDS, outlines the Army senior leaders’ vision and strategy for leader development of all Army professionals through lifelong training, education and experiences acquired through opportunities in the operational, institutional and self-development domains.

What has the Army done?

The secretary of the Army, chief of staff of the Army and sergeant major of the Army approved the 2013 ALDS June 5, 2013. This is the first time a leader development strategy has been codified in a formal manner by Army senior leadership. This emphasizes the importance senior leaders place on leader development at all levels, and sets forth a vision of an Army that develops competent and committed leaders of character with the skills and attributes necessary to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future?

As a result of the ALDS, units will see a renewed commitment and emphasis on the Army Profession and lifelong learning. The strategy will seek to balance the three components of leader development: training, education and experience. Human Resources Command and Army G-1 will work to develop talent management policies that benefit both the Army and the individual. Those leaders identified as possessing positive leader attributes and proficiency in core competencies will be prepared for responsibility at higher levels. Meanwhile, each cohort will see mission command principles embedded into leader development and will have the opportunity for a broad range of leader experiences and developmental opportunities. The ALDS sets conditions for developing adaptive and creative leaders capable of operating within the complex operational environment and the entire range of military operations.

Why is this important to the Army?

The ALDS lays out the guiding principles by which the Army will develop leaders of character, presence and intellect across the force. It is a strategy for the entire Army — not just for those currently in leadership positions, but for future leaders as well. The mission of leader development is to train, educate and provide experiences to progressively develop leaders to prevail in unified land operations and to lead the Army using mission command in a 21st century environment. The ALDS establishes the framework of leader development as a shared responsibility between the institutional Army (education and training institutions), the operational force (organizations and units) and the individual. The ALDS includes three components: training, education, and experience. Focusing on and balancing these three components will ensure that officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, civilians and strategic leaders achieve the Army’s vision for leader development.

To learn more visit the Center for Army Leadership’s website

What is it?

Strategic Landpower is the ability - by threat, force, or occupation - to gain, sustain, and exploit control over land, resources, and people. It assures success in peace and war because forces on land are uniquely positioned to understand, influence, and control the "human domain."

• Strategic landpower is the application of landpower towards achieving desired strategic outcomes across the range of military operations.

• Successful strategies have a human objective to which elements of national power are directed.

• Landpower is essential to achieving the human objective because influence and control of human activity occurs on land.

• Strategic success or failure most often occurs within the land domain.

• The Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Forces significantly contribute to the activities central to influencing the human domain short of war.

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• Land power fundamental to strategic success within human domain

• Defense leaders: Interoperability vital to strategic land power

What is it?

Army training must prepare Soldiers, leaders and units to operate and succeed in an uncertain operational environment where the nation's enemies will continue to adapt quickly using a full range of threats.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command is fostering groundbreaking initiatives in training by developing Combat Training Center-like training environments at units' home stations,and through the networked blending of live, virtual and constructive training events. These innovations, coupled with regional alignment of units, will provide Soldiers and leaders with relevant, challenging and effective home-station training. By focusing on learning at the point of need and the implementation of digital training applications, TRADOC is leading the way to a significantly improved training experience for the Army of 2020.