Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command

Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command
Pemerintahan Latihan dan Doktrin Tentera Darat
ڤمرينتهن لاتيهن دان دوکترين تنترا دارت
PLDTD Emblem
Founded1 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-01)
Country Malaysia
Branch Malaysian Army
TypeCommand
RoleTo increase the level of military personnel training quality and developing/updating the Malaysian Army’s doctrine
Garrison/HQSegenting Camp, Port Dickson
Nickname(s)"MyTRADOC", "PLDTD"
Motto(s)Latihan Teras Keyakinan
('Training is the Core of Confidence')
Anniversaries5 January[1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Dato' Tengku Muhammad Fauzi bin Tengku Ibrahim
Insignia
Tactical formation patches

The Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command (MyTRADOC, Malay: Pemerintahan Latihan dan Doktrin Tentera Darat, Jawi: ڤمرينتهن لاتيهن دان دوکترين تنترا دارت), known as PL&DTD and PLDTD, is a military command in charge of all Malaysian Army training centres, facilities and museum.

PLDTD is commanded by a major general

History

PLDTD was established on 1 January 1994, which utilised the appointments of the XI Division Headquarters of Pasukan Simpanan Tentera Darat (PSTD, 'Army Reserve'). It was originally located at Imphal Camp, Kuala Lumpur. In the year 2010, PLDTD HQ was relocated to SiRusa Camp, Port Dickson and in the year 2014, it has once again moved to Segenting Camp, Port Dickson till today. The PLDTD organization has three main departments which are the Bahagian Pengurusan Am ('General Management Department'), the Bahagian Pengurusan Latihan ('Training Management Department') and the Bahagian Pembangunan Doktrin ('Doctrine Development Department').

Objective

To increase the level of individual training quality based on the Malaysian Army training philosophy and developing/updating the Malaysian Army’s doctrine to allow the organisation to defend the nation as well as increasing the management of administrative and logistics matters.

Training Establishment under command

  • Institut Pegawai Kanan Tentera Darat (INSPEKA, Army Senior Officers Institute)
  • Akademi Tentera Darat (ATD, Malaysian Army Academy)
  • Pusat Latihan Asas Tentera Darat (PUSASDA, Army Basic Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Tempur Tentera Darat (PULADA, Army Combat Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Peperangan Khusus (PULPAK, Special Warfare Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Muzik Tentera Darat (PUZIDA, Malaysian Army School of Music)
  • Pusat Latihan Askar Wataniah (PUSWATAN, Territorial Army Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Armor (PULAMOR, Armoured Training Centre)
  • Institut Komunikasi Dan Elektronik Tentera Darat (IKED, Army Institute of Communications and Electronics)
  • Institut Kejuruteraan Medan Tentera Darat (IKEM, Army Field Engineering Institute)
  • Pusat Latihan Artileri (PUSARTI, Artillery Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Kor Polis Tentera Diraja (PULAPOT, Royal Military Police Corps Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Kor Perkhidmatan Diraja (PULMAT, Royal Service Corps Training Centre)
  • Pusat Latihan Kor Ordnans (PULNORD, Ordnance Corps Training Centre)
  • Institut Kejuruteraan Tentera Darat (IJED, Army Institute of Engineering)
  • Pusat Latihan Mekanis (PULAMEK, Mechanised Training Centre)
  • Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan (PALAPES, Reserve Officers Training Unit — ROTU) – 17 Units

Commander

Name Year Notes
Major General Dato' Mohd Alias Lafti bin Tan Sri Haji Hussein 1 January 1994 – 24 January 1994
Major General Dato' Mohd Ramli bin Ismail 25 January 1994 – 15 April 1996
Major General Dato' Paduka Ghazali bin Ibrahim 16 April 1996 – 8 December 1996
Major General Dato' Mohd Zahidi bin Haji Zainuddin 9 December 1996 – 29 June 1997
Major General Dato' Mohd Shahrom bin Dato' Haji Nordin 30 June 1997 – 1 December 1997
Major General Dato' Abdul Aziz bin Mansur 2 December 1997 – 1 March 1999
Major General Dato' Abdul Wahid bin Haji Anwar 2 March 1999 – 21 June 2000
Major General Dato' Amir bin Baharudin 22 June 2000 – 8 January 2001
Major General Dato' Mohd Amin bin Md Salleh 9 January 2001 – 20 May 2001
Major General Dato' Tengku Ariffin bin Tengku Mohammed 21 May 2001 – 21 February 2003
Major General Dato' Khalid bin Saad 22 February 2003 – 30 September 2004
Major General Dato' Ahmad Rodi bin Zakaria 1 October 2004 – 15 July 2005
Major General Dato' Mokhtar bin Perman 16 July 2005 – 23 December 2009
Major General Dato' Che Hasni bin Che Ahmad 24 December 2009 – 4 July 2010
Major General Dato' Abdul Rahim bin Haji Mohd Yusuff 5 July 2010 – 15 December 2013
Major General Dato’ Suhaimi Haji Mohd Zuki 16 December 2013 – 12 January 2016
Major General Dato’ Paduka Tengku Ahmad Noor Tuan Chik 13 January 2016 – 6 April 2017
Major General Dato' Wira Md Tajri bin Alwi 7 April 2017 – 8 April 2019
Major General Dato' Hj Mohd Nazir bin Hj Mami 23 April 2019 – 24 July 2019
Major General Dato' Mohammad bin Ab Rahman 25 July 2019 - 10 Jun 2020
Major General Dato' Nazari bin Abdul Hadi 25 July 2019 - 10 Jun 2020
Major General Dato' Tengku Muhammad Fauzi bin Tengku Ibrahim 24 Aug 2022 - 18 April 2023
Major General Datuk Marzuki bin Hj Mokhtar 18 April 2023 - Present

References

  1. ^ "Perbarisan HUT PLDTD Ke-24". btdmonline.net (in Malay). 5 January 2018.