Before any Soldier steps up to a sniper hide or takes a precision shot, they must first know their weapon inside and out. From day one of basic training, Soldiers are taught to field-strip their rifles, understand the mechanics of the bolt carrier group, and know exactly what to do when the weapon malfunctions. It isn’t magic; it is simply a tool of the trade. The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s newest AI Basics elective course is applying that same philosophy to Artificial Intelligence.

Students and instructors from the Combined Arms Command Transformation Integration Directorate’s Advanced Builder Course pose for a graduation-day photo, July 24, 2026, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Advanced Builder Course is designed to equip participants with digital skills that will accelerate decision-making processes, streamline information management and reinforce command-level synchronization during high-tempo operations. 

The U.S. Army Combined Arms Command has established the Transformation Integration Directorate, a new organization that will help the Army integrate change across the force by connecting operational experience with institutional action. Created as part of the Army's transformation under the U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command, the directorate provides command-level integration across multiple warfighting functions and organizations. 

Army Software Factory noncommissioned officers marked a milestone in their careers as they became Software Operations warrant officers, graduating from Warrant Officer Candidate School at Fort Rucker, Ala., June 10. The 280A Software Operations Technician is the Army’s newest functional area.

The U.S. Army Command and General Staff School has overhauled its intermediate-level professional military education distance learning program, known as the Asynchronous Distance Learning Common Core program.

Col. Joshua Brown (right), deputy director, Mission Command Transformation Integration Directorate, explains use of the Command and Control Integrated Assessment Observation Entry Tool to Maj. Abigail Drew (center), executive officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division; and Master Sgt. Justin O’Donnell, HHBN operations sergeant major, as part of exercise Ivy Sting 5, March 9, 2026, Fort Carson, Colo.

On March 10, 2026, the U.S. Army Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate released a cinematic adaptation of Field Manual 1, The Army: A Primer to Our Profession of Arms. The video is available on YouTube on the CADD (@USACADD) channel.

Leaders at the Combined Arms Command are integrating the use of the Maven Smart System, an artificial intelligence tool, to modernize training and education for command-and-control operations. Initial efforts are underway, led by staff from the Mission Command Center of Excellence, instructors with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and officers assigned to the CAC Command Data and Analytics Office.