Combined Arms Center-Training (2024)

Spotlight - News from CAC-T and our Team

CAC-T Senior NCO visits Fires COE April 3, 2024
FY 23 Mission Command Training in Large-Scale Combat Operation, Key Observations March 7, 2024
Lessons Learned from the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces: Command Post Survivability February 6, 2024

Leadership

Deputy Commanding General

BG Scott Woodward

Biography
Senior Enlisted Advisor

SGM Christopher Kohunsky

Biography

Mission

The Combined Arms Center –Training drives change in how the Army trains and prepares to conduct Large Scale Combat Operations to support Army 2030 requirements.CAC-T enables realistic and scalable training capabilities at Combat Training Centers and home station, disseminates lessons learned and best practices, identifies and validates training gaps and requirements, serves as the Army Training Proponent, and manages the training support system enterprise in order to improve Army readiness and develop the professional Leaders and Soldiers required to fight and win our nation’s wars.

CAC-T Videos

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TRADOC Destination of Choice

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Benvenuto, Center for Army Lessons Learned/Combined Arms Center-Training at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., shares why the Training and Doctrine Command is a destination of choice.

Combined Arms Center-Training

Wherever Army training and leader development occur, the Combined Arms Center-Training helps make them happen. The six organizations that make up CAC-T work every day to keep training modern, relevant and realistic so Soldiers are ready.

Digital Job Book and Small Unit Leader Tool

Sgt. Maj. Thomas Conn, senior enlisted advisor to the Combined Arms Center-Training deputy commander, talks about the Digital Job Book and Small Unit Leader Tool that are available on the Army Training Network.

In the News

Training fact sheet: Platoon Leader's Guide to Training Management - update February 2, 2024
CAC-T senior NCO conducts LPD at 1ID February 1, 2024
New connection between training tools eliminates information gap February 1, 2024
Woodward promoted to brigadier general January 30, 2024
Training fact sheet: Training and evaluation outlines = a starting point for assessments January 5, 2024
CAC-T group run December 15, 2023
First-ever senior NCO panel at I/ITSEC December 4, 2023
Training fact sheet: Interactive Training Doctrine Page on Army Training Network November 28, 2023
Training fact sheet: Quarterly training guidance October 27, 2023
October 2023 CAC-T Newsletter October 27, 2023
September 2023 CAC-T Newsletter September 26, 2023
Training fact sheet: Annual training guidance, the commander's intent for training September 25, 2023

From our Team

FY 23 Mission Command Training in Large-Scale Combat Operation, Key Observations March 7, 2024
Lessons Learned from the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces: Command Post Survivability February 6, 2024
Position Areas for Artillery (PAA) Analysis in Severely Restricted Terrain January 25, 2024
Quick-Fire Observations: Rapidly Resolving Issues and Informing the Force January 19, 2024
CALL Insider Newsletter 1st QTR FY 24 January 19, 2024
Modernization Displacement and Repair Sites: Saving Soldier's Time January 18, 2024
Improving Retention within the Organization December 19, 2023
PANAMAX 22 - Operation FUTURO NOBLE November 28, 2023
Lessons for Building Cohesive Teams and Readiness During In-Processing November 28, 2023
Training for Lethality and Retention in the Army National Guard November 28, 2023
Army Operations and the Air Tasking Cycle (ATC) November 29, 2023
Shower and Laundry Operations Handbook October 16, 2023
CALL Insider Newsletter 4th QTR FY 23 September 28, 2023
The Journey Towards Total Army Readiness September 22, 2023
Fighting the Enemy, Not the Plan: The Target Refinement Board and Agile Targetingin a Multidomain Environment September 20, 2023
Leader's Guide to Maintenance and Services September 12, 2023
Mortuary Affairs How-To Guide September 11, 2023
Religious SupportDuring Large-ScaleCombatOperations July 24, 2023
CALL Insider Newsletter 3rd QTR FY 23 June 29, 2023
MCTP hosts ‘Amazing Race’ for SHARP awareness, team building June 23, 2023
U.S. Army South ExerciseSouthern Vanguard 23Security Force Assistancein the Western Hemisphere June 5, 2023
Holistic Health and Fitness - Soldier Readiness System June 5, 2023
Military Guide to the U.S. Embassy May 23, 2023
US and British armies combine to practice large-scale combat operations in upgraded warfighter exercise May 5, 2023
CALL Insider Newsletter 2nd QTR FY 23 April 20, 2023
Personnel Management inReARMM: Enabling PersonnelStability for Army Modernization April 19, 2023
Staff Facilitation of Commander Decision-Making in LSCO April 19, 2023
Platoon Level Training Management April 18, 2023
Team Truscott White Paper: An Army Engineer’s Perspective on the Modernization Program at Fort Stewart, Georgia March 13, 2023
Integrating Civil Affairs in Large-Scale Combat Operations: Trends from the Combat Training Centers March 7, 2023
Company Leadership Audiobook Starter Pack March 3, 2023
Mission Command Training in Large-Scale Combat Operations Key Observations February 7, 2023
CALL Insider 1st QTR, FY23 January 19, 2023
Active Army and Guard divisions pair up against hybrid threat in Warfighter exercise November 30, 2022
US Army tests new multidomain ops doctrine in Warfighter exercise October 18, 2022
CALL Insider 4th QTR, FY22 October 17, 2022
22-716: U.S Army South Exercise SOUTHERN VANGUARD 22 Integrated Deterrence in the Western Hemisphere October 14, 2022
K-State honors alum, Special Forces Soldier for distinguished Army career in front of packed stadium September 19, 2022
22-744 Operationalizing the Protection Prioritized List September 14, 2022
22-732 Fusing Data into a Battle Damage Assessment for the Commander September 2, 2022
22-06 People First Task Force August 18, 2022
22-729 Army Security Force Assistance Newsletter July 14, 2022
22-657 Sustainment in Support of Large Scale Combat Operations July 12, 2022
CALL Insider Newsletter 3rd QTR, FY22 July 11, 2022
Light divisions train to fight armored units during warfighter exercise June 24, 2022
22-712: NFTF - Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) June 6, 2022
MCTP helps train and certify Army task forces’ ability to respond to a nuclear incident in the U.S. May 17, 2022
22-05 Partners and Allies Guide to Combat Training Centers May 13, 2022
CALL Insider Newsletter 2nd QTR, FY22 April 6, 2022
The Deep Area: Misconceptions and Challenges March 30, 2022

October 2023 CAC-T Newsletter October 27, 2023
September 2023 CAC-T Newsletter September 26, 2023
August 2023 CAC-T Newsletter August 18, 2023
July 2023 CAC-T Newsletter July 21, 2023
June 2023 CAC-T Newsletter June 28, 2023
May 2023 CAC-T Newsletter May 30, 2023
April 2023 CAC-T Newsletter April 24, 2023

Working Together

Combined Arms Center-Training has six subordinate organizations.

Our Team

Army Training Support Center

The Army Training Support Center (ATSC) is a dynamic organization with a vast and varied mission. It is responsible for managing the Army Training Support Enterprise (TSE), providing oversight for many programs that enable the development, delivery and sustainment of training and education (T&E) support capabilities worldwide.

With a staff of more than 400 Soldiers, civilians and contractors, ATSC works closely with many partners, stakeholders and customers to ensure the Army has the T&E support capabilities it needs to accomplish its mission.

ATSC is located at Fort Eustis, VA.

Army Training Support Center (ATSC) | US Army Combined Arms Center
Center For Army Lessons Learned

The Center for Army Lessons Learned leads the Army Lessons Learned Program and delivers timely and relevant information to resolve gaps, enhance readiness, and inform modernization.

The Center for Army Lessons Learned is the Army's daily focal point for adaptive learning based on lessons and best practices from the total force and provides timely and relevant knowledge to the warfighter and our unified action partners utilizing integrated systems and interactive technology in order to simplify winning in a complex world.

CALL (army.mil)
Combat Training Center Directorate

Combat Training Center Directorate (CTCD) facilitates the validation, administration and integration of the Army’s Combat Training Center (CTC) program and its three maneuver CTCs (National Training Center, Joint Readiness Training Center and the Joint Multinational Readiness Center) and Mission Command Training Program worldwide deployable CTC.

Additionally, CTCD is responsible for ensuring CTC program requirements and modernization are linked to a viable resourcing strategy and CTC vision for the future. CTCD assists in programming and integrating DOD Training Transformation (that is, Joint National Training Capability) initiatives into the CTC program.

Combat Training Center Directorate (CTCD) | US Army Combined Arms Center
Mission Command Training Program

Mission Command Training Program supports the collective training of Army units as directed by the Chief of Staff of the Army and scheduled by Forces Command to provide Commanders and Leaders the opportunity to train on Mission Command in Unified Land Operations.

Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) | US Army Combined Arms Center
National Simulation Center

We exist to ensure that the Army has the right live and synthetic training tools to train Leaders and Soldiers to fight and win in a complex environment.

National Simulation Center (NSC) | US Army Combined Arms Center
Training Management Directorate

As the Army lead and proponent for training management, TMD manages, develops and sustains Training Management doctrine, processes, products and systems to enable institutions and units to train, educate and develop Soldiers and Army Civilians across the Institutional, Operational and Self Development Training Domains in support of Army readiness to execute Unified Land Operations.

Training Management Directorate (TMD) | US Army Combined Arms Center