FORT EUSTIS, Va. – The Army’s Training and Doctrine Command was ceremonially deactivated here Friday, the service’s biggest and most public move so far in a larger effort to downsize the number of general officer positions in the Army.

Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George had been looking to cut 5 percent of senior officer jobs since he took over the service’s top uniformed job two years ago, but the effort went into high gear in May when the Army announced its “transformation initiative," and several days later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the military services to cut 20 percent of three- and four-star jobs and another 10 percent of all general and flag officer jobs.

“Every soldier in our formation has passed through TRADOC establishments, has been trained, developed and i

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