THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
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DATE: Saturday, October 15, 1994 TAG: 9410150203
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Lt. Gen. William W. Hartzog will be formally installed as the new commanding general of the Army Training and Doctrine Command in ceremonies Oct. 27, replacing Gen. Frederick M. Franks Jr., who is retiring.
Hartzog, 52, currently the deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command in Norfolk, will be promoted to the four-star rank of general.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Continental Park at Fort Monroe and will be open to the public.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan is scheduled to be the guest speaker.
The training and doctrine command, or TRADOC, is the ``think tank'' of the Army where the doctrine, weapons systems, equipment, organization and training needs are developed to ensure that soldiers are ready to fight on tomorrow's battlefields. TRADOC was formed in 1973.
Hartzog is a graduate of the Citadel in South Carolina. He began his military career 31 years ago and previously served at Fort Monroe as executive officer to the commanding general of TRADOC. He also served as assistant commandant of the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.
He served two tours of duty in Vietnam and was chief of operations of the U.S. Southern Command in Panama during Operation Just Cause. He later became commanding general of U.S Army South in Panama and also was commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Riley, Kan.
Franks, 58, is scheduled to retire at the end of November after more than 35 years in the military. He is one of 11 four-star generals in the Army.
As a major, he was severely wounded in 1970 in Cambodia when he was hit by a grenade. Despite losing his left leg, he stayed in the Army, earned master's degrees in philosophy and English from Columbia University and led the massive VII Corps to victory in the Persian Gulf war.
Franks is credited with developing the Army's post-Cold War doctrine, protecting the integrity of the Army's training system during a period of major downsizing.
TRADOC operates nearly two dozen service schools, several entry-level training centers, combat-development activities, integrating centers, the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps and the Army Training Support Center.
More than 90,000 officers and enlisted personnel are under the command. They are based at 17 installations across the U.S. where they operate 16 branch schools, one service college, seven noncommissioned officers' academies and drill sergeant schools, 10 airfields and several special activities. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
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