army training and doctrine command, general david perkins is it possible for selecting and recruiting every u.s. army soldier, training and educating professionals, and designing the future u.s. army to support national security. a graduate of the u.s. military academy at west point in 1980, general perkins has had numerous senior leadership positions over his career. these include special assistant to the speaker of the house, 104th u.s. congress, battalion commander beating over 1000 personnel during operation able sentry, brigade commander leading over 3000 personnel during the invasion of iraq in 2003, executive assistant to the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and division commander leading over 10,000 personnel during the transition of u.s. forces from iraq 2003 2011.q from 2010 through on november 2011 through february 2014, general perkins committed the u.s. army's premier education and leadership institution at fort leavenworth. responsible for training development and support, developing the u.s. army doctrine and the synchronizing leader development, all of which

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