Inactivation ceremony held at Fort Eustis to mark end of TRADOC after 52 years

FT. EUSTIS — It's the end of an era for the U.S. Army.

Friday afternoon, an inactivation ceremony was held at Fort Eustis for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command , also known as TRADOC.

The command oversees 32 schools across the country, training more than 750,000 soldiers a year.

As News 3 has reported, after 52 years, the command is being merged with another Army command to form a new command that will be headquartered in Texas.

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The impact this will have on Fort Eustis and on Hampton Roads remained to be seen as of Friday.

Speaking at the ceremony, TRADOC’s commanding general, Gary Brito, had a message for the soldiers and civilians t