Army Futures Command is ready for prime time

July 18, 2019

Defense News:

WASHINGTON — The Army Futures Command is set to run on all cylinders by the end of the month when it plans to declare full operational capability, a graduation from the new command’s developmental stage it entered roughly a year ago.

AFC commander Gen. Mike Murray and Bruce Jette, the Army’s acquisition chief, told reporters July 16 at an event showcasing its modernization headway at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, that the command would reach full operational capability July 31.The new four-star command, which is aimed at accelerating modernization and staying ahead of peer adversaries Russia and China, set up shop in a few unfinished floors of a high-rise owned by the University of Texas, overlooking the heart of downtown Austin, in late August 2018.

Those working for the command intended to regularly ditch the uniform in favor of civilian attire and would spend the next year rubbing elbows at the local coffee shops with the young and hip start-up community that permeates the business environment in the city center.

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