{"id":35530,"date":"2018-09-14T19:40:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/14\/will-army-futures-command-work-house-lawmakers-skeptical-but-hopeful\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:52:25","slug":"will-army-futures-command-work-house-lawmakers-skeptical-but-hopeful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/09\/14\/will-army-futures-command-work-house-lawmakers-skeptical-but-hopeful\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Army Futures Command work? House lawmakers skeptical, but hopeful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Setting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/07\/13\/why-the-army-picked-austin-for-futures-command\/\" target=\"_blank\">a brand-new four-star command<\/a> to try to improve the way the U.S. Army develops and acquires capabilities for future operations is a big deal. Pair that with the service\u2019s relatively abysmal track record in fielding new weapons and there\u2019s bound to be skepticism in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2017\/10\/09\/the-army-is-creating-a-new-modernization-command-to-keep-projects-on-track\/\" target=\"_blank\">the service\u2019s drastic plan to fix a broken system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army leadership got mixed reactions from lawmakers during a Sept. 13 House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee hearing that ranged from deep skepticism to hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Army Futures Command would put all modernization tasks that \u201cgenerate a war-fighting capability under one roof,\u201d Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at the hearing. \u201cThese tasks include war-fighting concepts, requirements, experimentation, and fielding of materiel and non-materiel solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command was officially activated last month in Austin, Texas. The Army envisions the command as nimble, agile and better able to communicate and work with academia, entrepreneurs and innovators.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/08\/28\/can-austin-make-the-army-weird\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFCUPTIGHT.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can Austin make the Army weird?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Austin is free-thinking, creative and now a burgeoning technology innovation hub, but can its fearlessness to take risk rub off on the Army as it seeks to develop game-changing technology to stay ahead in battlefield capabilities?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has argued that establishing a new four-star command is a disruptive and innovative way to address problems of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But lawmakers had questions on the roles and mission of the new command, asking upfront \u201cwill it help\u201d in the title given to the hearing itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army\u2019s past attempts to change internal policies, command relationships and organizational structures in an effort to improve the acquisition process has met mixed results,&#8221; the subcommittee\u2019s ranking member Rep. Madeleine Bordallo, D-Gaum, said in her opening testimony. So I look forward to hearing how you believe it will be different this time,\u201d she said, addressing Army leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bordallo said she was concerned that the service was at risk of creating another massive bureaucracy, that it might be duplicating the role of the Army\u2019s staff and that the new command could create \u201clong-term risk to civilian control of the acquisition system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that the four-star command would have up to three lieutenant generals as deputies to the commander \u201cwithout a clearly defined command relationship and an organizational plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy took pains to explain the command is not like anything seen in the Defense Department before. \u201cThis is not your normal Army command. It can\u2019t be,\u201d he said. \u201cTo thrive in the information age, we must operate in a fast-paced, dynamic and evolving ecosystem. We\u2019ll become comfortable being uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2018\/03\/26\/army-futures-command-taking-charge-of-conjuring-up-new-capability\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/McCarthy-Tight-3-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army Futures Command taking charge of conjuring up new capability<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is closing in on choosing a location and a commander for its new Futures Command as it prepares to stand the organization up this coming June.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means no uniforms down in Austin, Gen. Mike Murray, the new AFC commander, testified during the hearing, and it also means having the ability to get out into communities that can help the Army modernize, whether that\u2019s embedding a group of personnel at an entrepreneurial hub or working alongside engineers at a university lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army isn\u2019t just creating a new command, Murray emphasized; it\u2019s finding a way to get commands to better work together from beginning to end in the acquisition process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The command will be built from existing organizations dispersed across the United States, he said, and will involve everyone \u2014 from requirements developers, to testers, to maintainers and sustainers \u2014 being at the table from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, Murray explained that parts of Army Training and Doctrine Command, like the Army\u2019s Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), will now fall under the AFC as well as elements of Army Materiel Command and Forces Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/11\/08\/fundamental-changes-afoot-at-major-commands-as-army-sets-up-new-modernization-outfit\/\" target=_blank>reorganization helps to better define and focus commands already in existence<\/a>, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy added that now TRADOC will hone in on assessing individuals and preparing them for the operational force. FORSCOM will focus on readiness and, by taking out the research and development portion of Army Materiel Command and moving it to AFC, AMC will now be able to look solely at sustaining the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray will have a deputy commander, Lt. Gen. James Richardson, but a few other stakeholders within the Army\u2019s enterprise will be direct reports as well, including the military deputy to the acquisition chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy said that the acquisition chief\u2019s deputy is being tied to the new command so that he can perform oversight and management of the program managers that are \u201cmatrixed\u201d into the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AFC is focused on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/11\/06\/armys-modernization-command-taking-shape-under-freshly-picked-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\"> six major modernization priorities, and cross-functional teams<\/a> have been created to work on each. Those teams will be tied to traditional program managers to help move development out of science and technology and into soldiers\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy stressed that the military deputy\u2019s instructions will come from the acquisition chief, as has always been the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several lawmakers asked how the command would know if it is succeeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray said that for him, the \u201cultimate metric\u201d for measuring the value of the organization is \u201csoldiers on the battlefield being able to utilize the equipment and concepts we\u2019ll produce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others were concerned the new command might take money from basic and applied research to pay for its endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murray assured lawmakers that the Army was preserving that funding and would not use it to cover the development work being done within his command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And addressing the concern that the command was imbalanced with too many general officers at the top and not enough civilian leadership, Murray stressed that he is working to hire civilian talent, particularly a chief technology officer, that will help the Army recognize feasible technologies that can be realistically pursued and help understand how they can be effectively integrated into capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While members of the subcommittee peppered Army leadership with skeptical questions, several lawmakers said they believed a move like creating a new command seemed like a good solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI actually have optimism for it because if you look at where our acquisition process has been, we have a long line of almost hall-of-fame-type failures to show for what has not worked in the last 30 years,\u201d said Rep. 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Murray in his military career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFuture Combat System, Crusader, Comanche, Land Warrior, melting plastic rifles at Fort Benning that we almost adopted and thank God we didn\u2019t,\u201d Russell listed among the failures of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Army also saw success in communications equipment development, unmanned aircraft and night vision capabilities, largely driven by the special operations forces community circumventing traditional acquisition processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe warriors know what they need and this is an approach to try to get at it,\u201d Russell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House lawmakers are both skeptical and hopeful that the Army will be able to pull off a major overhaul of how it will modernize and acquire weapons and equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":14,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","pentagon-congress","left-column","home","middle-column"],"primary_category":"your-military"},"5":{"categories":["your-army","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters","pentagon-congress"],"primary_category":"your-army"},"9":{"categories":["it-networks","home","daily-brief","newsletters"],"primary_category":"it-networks"}}},"categories":[8,160,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3330],"class_list":["post-35530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress","category-daily-news-roundup","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"MQI4EQ5TKVCB3CBB2426L4RGBU","arc_canonical_url":"\/land\/2018\/09\/14\/will-army-futures-command-work-house-lawmakers-skeptical-but-hopeful\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will Army Futures Command work? 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