so yes, tradoc existed and tradoc was formed in 1973, interesting, story about tradoc came to be. it was pulled together, it stood up in 1973. where was the united states army in 1973? coming out of vietnam. and so the army as is coming out of vietnam at that point was sort of pivoting back to center your. the army leaders took a look at the army and said the army we have is probably not the army that we want to do with the soviet union because as were coming out of vietnam, although we had some unbelievable baroque activity and great courage on the battlefield, we had consumed a noncommissioned officer corps, in vietnam. we did not have a culture of training peer we did not have a modernization program. we had drug problems, race problems. our leadership said i need to change in the army. need to change it from what we have in vietnam to something to do with the soviet union. they change the army. that's what we are for, to drive change. as we went back into iraq in 2003, i was a brigade commander at the time. i tend to reserve criticism for myself and/or the organization unassoc

because the army loves decorative as we refer to it as tradoc. maybe you can give division to free of some questions those that i am talking about. is headed is the tip of the iceberg. that means for the gender in this challenging world so one of the things we do for the army we're looking now to the year 2025m building an army that is not too far around the corner. and we love those geopolitical situations and the challenges we will face and what are the things of that once we have all that to decide the army so to lay out that concept and then write the requirements and then basically put together a blueprint this is what we wanted to look like. that is a responsibility. suspending the day at the recruiting station and you look at the strip mall and we recruit and i think we have some recruiters out there. and with those kids from the audience. and also be run basic training. and with advanced individual training. between helicopter pilots and to that is a broad spectrum and that makes sense to say this is the person and then to recruit those s