The current commanding general of TRADOC summarizes its function as an organization to design, develop, and build[1] the Army.

[2] Thus, three major commands of the Army (TRADOC, FORSCOM, and AMC) shape its present "men and materiel".

That action was the major innovation in the Army's post-Vietnam reorganization, in the face of realization that CONARC's obligations and span of control were too broad for efficient focus.

Joined under TRADOC, the major Army missions of individual training and combat developments each had its own lineage.

The individual training responsibility had belonged, during World War II, to Headquarters Army Ground Forces (AGF).

In March 1948, the AGF was replaced at Fort Monroe with the new Office, Chief of Army Field Forces (OCAFF).