[5] The origins of the command date to a mission dispatched by the COAS to see how foreign armies ran their training schools.

The report of the committee recommended the adoption of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command model.

It serves as a liaison between the army and educational establishments in ensuring the professional development of junior officers in the field.

When more than one Nigerian Army divisions deploy, it serves as a corps headquarters to command them.

[2][7] TRADOC also sponsors the Nigerian Military School at Zaria.