Department of the Army *TRADOC Memorandum 1-16
Headquarters, United States Army
Training and Doctrine Command
Fort Eustis, Virginia 23604-5700
25 November 2019
Administration
Distinguished Visitors, Conferences and Ceremonies,
Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
FOR THE COMMANDER:
OFFICIAL: THEODORE D. MARTIN
Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
Deputy Commanding General/
Chief of Staff
WILLIAM T. LASHER
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6
History. This is an administrative revision of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
Memorandum 1-16.
Summary. This memorandum establishes policies, responsibilities, and administrative
procedures governing distinguished visitors, conferences, and ceremonies, at Headquarters, U.S.
Army Training and Doctrine Command.
Applicability. This memorandum applies to all Headquarters, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command staff activities and all U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command TRADOC
organizations located on Fort Eustis.
Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this memorandum is the TRADOC
Executive Services Office. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to
this memorandum. Proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a staff chief or
its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian
equivalent. Staff may request a waiver to this memorandum by providing justification that
includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the staff’s
senior officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the senior leader of the requesting staff
*This memorandum supersedes TRADOC Memorandum 1-16, dated 17 March 2015.
