FOR THE COMMANDER: Colonel, General Staff

1 Department of the Army *TRADOC Regulation 25-36 Headquarters, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Eustis, Virginia 23604-5700 21 May 2014 Information Management: Publishing and Distributing THE TRADOC DOCTRINE PUBLICATION PROGRAM FOR THE commander : OFFICIAL: KEVIN W. MANGUM Lieutenant General , Army Deputy Commanding General / Chief of Staff CHARLES E. HARRIS, III Colonel, General Staff Deputy Chief of Staff , G-6 History.

2 This is a major revision to United States ( ) Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Regulation 25-36. Summary. This TRADOC regulation prescribes policy for TRADOC s management and development of Army doctrine publications as well as for TRADOC s role in developing joint, multi-Service, and multinational doctrine. It defines responsibilities for all aspects of the Army doctrine process. Applicability. This regulation applies to TRADOC organizations responsible for developing Army doctrine and who are the lead for developing multi-Service doctrine.

3 It advises proponents when to develop training circulars (TCs) and technical manuals (TMs) in lieu of doctrine. It also applies to non-TRADOC organizations performing similar work under a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with TRADOC. Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Commanding General (CG), United States Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. *This regulation supersedes TRADOC Regulation 25-36, 4 September 2012. TRADOC Regulation 25-36 2 Army management control process.

4 This regulation contains management control provisions in accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 11-2, but it does not identify key management controls that must be evaluated. Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of command and local forms is prohibited without prior approval from the Commanding General , Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZL-MCD, 300 McPherson Avenue, Building 463, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1300. Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on Department of the Army (DA) Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to Commanding General , Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, ATTN: ATZL-MCD, 300 McPherson Avenue, Building 463, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1300 or via e-mail at Distribution.

5 This publication is available only in electronic media on the TRADOC web site at Summary of Change TRADOC Regulation 25-36 The TRADOC Doctrine Publication Program This major revision, dated 21 May 2014 o Adds approval authority for other publications (para 3-6 and fig 4-5). o Clarifies proponent staffing (para 4-5c(4)). o Adds form implication requirements (paras 2 -5j, 2-11v, and 4-5c(6)(g)). o Adds United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Form 25-36-1- E (United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Doctrine Publication Checklist) to the doctrine process (paras 4 -5e and 4-6a).

6 O Amends the publishing process (para 4-6a). o Amends the proponents responsibilities when developing a doctrine term, definition, and symbols (app B). o Amends the change process (para G-1a(3)). o Adds Appendix I illustrating sample preface and introduction. o Adds Appendix J illustrating the prescribed form United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Form 25-36-1-E. TRADOC Regulation 25-36 3 Contents Page Chapter 1 Introduction ..5 1- 1. Purpose..5 1- 2. References..5 1- 3.

7 Explanation of abbreviations and terms..5 1- 4. Records management for doctrine materials..6 Chapter 2 Responsibilities ..7 2- 1. Proponent assignment..7 2- 2. Commanding General (CG), United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) ..7 2- 3. Commanding General , United States Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC) as TRADOC lead for doctrine ..7 2- 4. Director, Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate (CADD), USACAC ..11 2- 5. United States Army Training Support Center (USATSC), USACAC-Training.

8 11 2- 6. Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center ..12 2- 7. Deputy Chief of Staff , G-2 (Intelligence) HQ TRADOC ..12 2- 8. Deputy Chief of Staff , G-8 (Resource Management), HQ TRADOC ..13 2- 9. Deputy Chief of Staff , G-6 (Command, Control, Communications, and Computers), HQ TRADOC ..13 2- 10. Director, Command Safety Office, HQ TRADOC ..13 2- 11. Army doctrine proponents..13 2- 12. Doctrine roles of other Army organizations..16 Chapter 3 Foundations of Doctrine ..16 3- 1. Overview..16 3- 2.

9 Concepts..17 3- 3. Army doctrine..17 3- 4. Doctrine 3- 5. Army doctrine 3- 6. Other publications..21 3- 7. Characteristics of effective doctrine..21 3- 8. Doctrine publication content criteria..23 Chapter 4 Development of Doctrine ..25 4- 1. 4- 2. The Army doctrine process..25 4- 3. Assessment..26 4- 4. Planning..29 4- 5. 4- 6. Publishing and implementation..40 4- 7. MilWiki doctrine..44 Chapter 5 Doctrine Publication Management ..45 5- 1. Official repositories for doctrine storage and retrieval.

10 45 5- 2. Boards, working groups, and committees..45 5- 3. Management tools..46 Appendix A References ..48 Appendix B Terminology and Symbology ..51 Appendix C Doctrine Publication Numbering System ..59 TRADOC Regulation 25-36 4 Appendix D Estimated Time Values for Doctrine Development ..62 Appendix E Fiscal Year Doctrine Development Guidance ..63 Appendix F Army Universal Task List Submissions ..64 Appendix G Example of a Published Change to a Manual ..66 Appendix H Foreign Disclosure of Doctrine.