The Washington Post:
When Army officials announced Friday why they decided to put the Army’s new high-tech Futures Command in Austin, they left out many details.
The Lone Star State’s capital of nearly 1 million people was selected from a nationwide list of 150 cities. The service chose Austin after cutting the list of contenders to five finalists — Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Raleigh, N.C., were the others — and a contingent led by Army Under Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy met with state and local officials in each.
Army officials say the creation of Futures Command marks the largest reorganization of its headquarters in 45 years, when it realigned after the Vietnam War and created both Training and Doctrine Command and Forces Command. The organization will be led by a four-star general and tasked with overseeing the planning and purchasing of everything from futuristic helicopters to direct-energy weapons that the Pentagon believes can someday be used in missile defense.
