Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD)

Breaking Doctrine: What’s Worth Fighting for in the Arctic?

Why is the Arctic gaining more and more national and military attention? In episode 97 of the Breaking Doctrine podcast, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hilbert, former commanding general of the 11th Airborne Division (Arctic), and Rich Creed, director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, join host Capt. Ed Garibay to discuss the growing importance of the Arctic region and the release of ATP 3-90.96, Arctic and Extreme Cold Weather Operations.

CADD hosts annual doctrine forum

Lt. Col. Jessamyn Jempson (left), doctrine author, Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, assists Kelly Jones, Ph.D., Maneuver Center of Excellence, with a security issue during the Doctrine Developers’ Forum, Sep. 15, 2025, at the 35th Infantry Division Mission Training Complex, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Breaking Doctrine: LSCO at the Corps Echelon

In episode 96 of the Breaking Doctrine podcast, Lt. Gen. Matthew McFarlane, commanding general of America's First Corps, and Rich Creed, director of the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, joins host Lt. Col. Daniel Gregory to discuss the significance of the corps in large-scale combat operations. They discuss the challenges and solutions to commanding large army organizations, interoperability with the Joint Force, and the future of corps-level doctrine. 

Mission

CADD is the CAC Commander’s Executive Agent for Army Doctrine. CADD manages the Army Doctrine Program to provide soldiers the best doctrine possible in a timely manner in a useable format that facilitates operations and learning.

Vision

CADD ensures that all Army doctrine is clearly written, relevant and as current as possible through proactive integration of most recent lessons learned, results of validated concepts, emerging technology, force design, and current joint, multinational multi-Service doctrine. Ensure that doctrine accounts for the human factor as the driving force behind all doctrine.

 

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Research, write, coordinate, and produce specified Army, joint, multinational and multi-Service doctrine.
  • Integrate all Army doctrine to ensure internal consistency within Army doctrine and external consistency with joint and multination doctrine as required.
  • Support development of joint and multinational concepts and doctrine.
  • Represent the Army in specified joint, multi-Service and multinational doctrine forums.
  • Provide doctrine subject matter experts to support education and training on doctrine.
  • Support CAC echelons above brigade force modernization proponent activities.
    • Develops Organizational and Operational Concepts for echelons above brigade.
    • Assists in developing designs of echelon above brigade headquarters.

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