1. TRADOC Overview 25 September 2019 victory starts here!
Name of Group (Audience size and description)
Who intros
Special Notes
Good Morning Team (or special greeting)!
Tailor intro to audience
TD CDR for 6 months now…I am in awe of what this command does…for our Army…and our Nation…the team that builds the greatest Army in the world…
Next Slide- “We Take This”
victory starts here!
As of 25 SEP 2019

2. TRADOC VISION VICTORY STARTS HERE!
ACQUIRE – BUILD – IMPROVE – REFORM – LEAD – INFORM
TRADOC makes America’s Army Ready and Strong Through:
TRAINING
MAINTAINING
MORALE
DISCIPLINE
Training Programs
Institutions
Combat Readiness
Mission Support
Combined Arms
Technical Expertise
Empower Leaders
8-Step Training Model
Continuous Improvement
Focused Fundamentals
Sustain the Mission
Service Program
Establish Stability
Preserve Continuity
Resiliency
Family & Community
Comprehensive Fitness
& Wellness
TOTAL FORCE
BE GOOD NEIGHBORS
SCHOOLS
SOLDIERS
ARMY CIVILIANS
FAMILIES
UNITS
COMMUNITIES
Catch People Doing
Things Right
Mentorship
Education/Counseling
Sponsorship
Quality of Life
Be a Source of Counsel
Soldier For Life-Transition
Assistance Program
Dignity and Respect
Secure Yourself First
Personal Responsibility
Accountability
High Standards
Use Resources Wisely
Share Best Practices
Safety
Steward the Profession
Trust
READY & RESILIENT
PROGRAMS FOR:
We took the format you have used in the past to lay out your vision for our leaders as TRADOC trains and maintains our Army while building morale, discipline and teamwork for the TOTAL Army – soldiers, army civilians, families, units and communities. (Next Slide)
DO WHAT IS RIGHT WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING
HOLISTIC ARMY WARRIORS
KNOW WHY
WE SERVE
BUILD TENACITY
TEAMWORK
Forge America’s Army to deter, fight, and win on any battlefield now and into the Future!
VICTORY STARTS HERE!

3. TRADOC Organizational Chart
…architect and general contractor
…Design-Acquire-Build-Improve
LTG Wesley (ARCIC) – transitioning to AFC
…designs the Army
MG Muth (USAREC) and MG Evans (USACC)
…acquires raw materials (one of our Army’s toughest jobs)
…I’ve learned we don’t fully appreciate why SQD LDRS are so important to filling our Recruiter and Drill Sergeant ranks
…I’ve also learned a lot about the challenges and risk in recruiting
MG Frost (CIMT) – and teammates across the TD enterprise
…build our Army
LTG Lundy (CAC) – and teammates…COE CDRs…CMDNTs
…constantly improve our products and ship them back to FC
…your link back to TRADOC is thru your Branch School/CMDNT
NEXT SLIDE – Near Term Priorities
Commanding General
Command
Sergeant Major
Deputy Commanding
General / Chief of Staff
Deputy
Chief of Staff
Deputy Commanding
General - National Guard
Deputy Commanding
General - Army Reserve
Acquire
Improve
U.S. Army
Recruiting Command X
x 7
U.S. Army
Cadet
Command X
x 8
DCG Initial Military Training/ CG Center for IMT
DCG Combined Arms /CG Combined Arms Center
Rapid Equipping Force
Center of Military History
OPCON to IMT
108th
Training
Command
80th
Training
Command
Army U
CAC
Training
Recruiting
ROTC
OPCON
104th
Training Div
Army
Training
Center
Asymmetric
Warfare
Group
Build and Improve
Mission Command CoE
Armor
School
Infantry
Maneuver CoE
ADA
School
Artillery
Fires CoE
Aviation CoE
Aviation
School
Cyber CoE
Cyber
School
Signal
Intelligence CoE
Intelligence
School
Engineer
School MP
CBRN
Maneuver Support CoE QM
School
Ordnance
SSI
Transport
CASCOM
(Sustainment CoE)
HRCoE/
AMEDD
Legend
Core Function Lead
U.S. Army Sergeants
Major Academy
For External Use
Proponency

4. Soldiers Deserve Great Leadership BUILD Formations Ready for War
TRADOC “PURSUIT OF VICTORY STARTS HERE”
ACQUIRE - BUILD - IMPROVE - REFORM – LEAD & INSPIRE - INFORM
TRADOC recruits, trains, educates, develops, and builds the Army; establishes standards, drives improvement, and leads change to ensure the Army can deter, fight, and win on any battlefield now and into the future.
IMPROVE
Soldiers Deserve Great Leadership
BUILD
Formations Ready for War
AQUIRE
Soldiers Prepared for Battle
Sir, working with the G3/5/7 we have continued to refine this slide. The essential functions and key efforts are the ones recommended here along with their definitions and the resulting desired end state.
Acquire, Build, Improve and Reform nest explicitly within the TRADOC Campaign Plan being developed by the G3 and each of these are supported by the command’s efforts of lead and inform.
This framework will be useful within CPG as we develop and rationalize both your engagements and your messaging. (Next Slide)
REFORM
Drive Innovation and Improvement
INFORM
Connect America to its Army, Soldiers for Life
LEAD AND INSPIRE
Lead Change to Ensure Victory

5. FUNK’S FUNDAMENTALS 1. Always secure yourself first
2. If you can’t talk, you can’t win
3. You can save your own life
4. Simplicity is the most important principle of war
5. Common sense is the most important principle of patrolling
6. Talking isn’t fighting
7. Never fight a fair fight
8. Don’t accept No from someone who can’t say Yes
9. Trust but verify
10. Never be unreachable
11. Never waste good coffee
12. Never take anything for granted
13. Never go anywhere without a knife
14. Never pass up a chance to use a clean bathroom
15. A good idea only becomes great when it is shared
16. There is no such thing as a coincidence
17. When in charge, take charge
18. Good units do routine things routinely
19. Great units master the basics
20. Clean up your own mess
21. PCC/PCI
22. Communication is established lower to higher
23. The higher up the flagpole you go the more your ass shows
24. Ten pats on the back for every one kick in the ass
25. The Army is a people business
26. Humans learn two ways: significant emotional experience and repetition
27. There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance
28. Nobody cares how much you know until they know you care
29. Screamer – folks will turn the other way to avoid you. Unpredictable – your team will be confused. Calm and resolute – your Soldiers will look for the disappointment in your voice and seek to avoid it
30. Love the one you are with; whatever unit and job you have, it is the best in the Army. If not so, make it so.
31. Balance and moderation – don’t confuse enthusiasm with capability
32. High standards, positive outlook, and excellence are contagious
33. You are a professional, a professional athlete warrior, in a profession of arms, carrying your national colors – be proud, train, and act like one
34. If you think you are important try ordering around someone else’s dog
35. TOPS – Take Other People’s Stuff
36. Don’t let analysis cause paralysis
37. Training schedules are priorities of work tied to a timeline
38. Training is a journey not a destination
39. Leadership is a contact sport; it requires daily interaction
40. Leave the jersey in a better place than you found it

6. Victory starts here!