Breaking Defense:
WASHINGTON: Army Futures Command just officially stood up Friday, but the service has big plans for its new HQ, created to unify rival modernization bureaucracies. Not only will the command ultimately grow to roughly 500 staff and an annual budget of up to $100 million, overseeing the service’s entire $30 plus billion modernization portfolio, Army Secretary Mark Esper said this morning: AFC’s commander and his key subordinates should have direct and regular access to Esper’s successors and other top leaders.
Esper and the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, pore over the modernization budget program by program and get weekly briefings on their top priorities, he told a Defense Writers Group breakfast. He wants that to become a new norm, he said: “What you want is a process to become a habit, something you do every day, like getting up and brushing your teeth.”
