United States Army Initial Military Training

The United States Army Initial Military Training (DCG-IMT) organization was created by an act of Congress on September 24, 2009; under the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

Established 1 July 1973, the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command is an army command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia. It is charged with overseeing training of Army forces, the development of operational doctrine, and the development and procurement of...

 located at Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula...

, Va. Initial Military Training (IMT) was created as a separate, stand-alone organization to maintain senior-level oversight of training related issues. IMT's intent is to motivate Soldiers to become dedicated, productive and qualify in warrior tasks. The knowledge and the training conducted during this period of time teaches Soldiers about the Army's place in a democratic society, inspires the warrior ethos and introduces the Army values.

DCG-IMT is the official command component responsible Army's Initial Entry Training (IET); which is commonly referred to as "Basic Training" or BCT for enlisted soldiers. The term "bootcamp" pertains to the Marine Corps. IMT develops policies to improve and standardize training for Basic Combat Training (BCT), Advanced Individual Training (AIT and One Station Unit Training (OSUT) and the second phase of the Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)

Basic Officer Leaders Course

The Basic Officer Leaders Course is a two-phased training course designed to produce commissioned officers in the United States Army. It is a progressive model designed to produce American Army officers with leadership skills, small unit tactics and certain branch specific capabilities.- BOLC A...

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For more information on Basic Combat Training (BCT) and the Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC)

Basic Officer Leaders Course

The Basic Officer Leaders Course is a two-phased training course designed to produce commissioned officers in the United States Army. It is a progressive model designed to produce American Army officers with leadership skills, small unit tactics and certain branch specific capabilities.- BOLC A...

 please check out The United States Army Initial Military Training (DCG-IMT) web page and the IMT Facebook Page

IMT Mission

The official mission statement for IMT states:
The Initial Military Training - Center of Excellence directs and assesses the training, education, and integration of new Soldiers into the Profession of Arms in order to ensure the appropriate level of standardization, relevance and rigor; to support ARFORGEN, and to ensure these Soldiers are prepared to contribute as a leader or member of a team upon arrival at their first units of assignment.
Commander's Intent:
In order to ensure IMT training is standardized, relevant and rigorous, and that IMT Soldiers are prepared to contribute to their first units of assignment, IMT must accomplish the following key tasks:

-Improve the quality of life and resilience of IMT Soldiers, families and civilians

-Direct the training and development of Soldiers and junior leaders

-Direct the training and development of IMT cadre

-Direct the development of and assess training and education (T&E)

IMT Focus

Success in IMT is defined as:
Soldiers, families and civilians who are:

-Resilient to meet the demands of Army Service

-Cared for by quality programs

Soldiers and junior leaders who:

-Live the Army Values

-Are disciplined and motivated

-Are competent in their initial military and MOS/branch skills

-Are physically ready

Cadre who:

-Model the Warrior Ethos

-Are expert trainers and mentors

-Are physically ready

Training and education that is:

-Standardized to ensure consistency

-Relevant to the Operational Environment (OE)

-Mentally and physically rigorous

IMT Major Subordinate Organizations

1. Basic Combat training Center of Excellence, Fort Jackson, SC (BCT-CoE),
2. 80th TASS
3. 108th Training Command,

Commanders

1. MG Richard Longo
   Richard Longo
   Major General Richard Longo, USA, is currently the deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training for the at Fort Monroe, Virginia.-Recent Commands:...
   
    9 March 2011 - present
2. LTG Mark P. Hertling
   Mark Hertling
   Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling, USA is the Commanding General, US Army Europe and Seventh Army. In that role, he is the Commander of the approximately 42,000 US Army forces assigned to Europe, and he is the Army Component Commander of US European Command...
   
   24 September 2009– 8 March 2011