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WASHINGTON \u2014 Details are scant on what the Army\u2019s new Futures Command<\/a> will look like or how it will be organized, but the service\u2019s under secretary<\/a> said it could reside in a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will probably be in a city where we are going to put this Futures Command,\u201d Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy said at a Brookings Institution event Feb. 8, \u201cwhere there is access to academia and business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The type of command the Army is looking for \u201cdoesn\u2019t have flags out front or old tanks in front of it,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is waiting to unveil a good deal about how the command will take shape at the end of March after it gets recommendations on the way forward from a task force led by Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon<\/a>, who is the director of the Army\u2019s Office of Business Transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service announced it was standing up the command in October at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference in Washington. The plan is to realign the Army\u2019s modernization priorities under a new organization that will implement cross-functional teams that correspond with its top six modernization priorities: Long-Range Precision Fires, Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Future Vertical Lift, the network, air-and-missile defense and soldier lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Army\u2019s modernization command taking shape under freshly picked leaders<\/a><\/i>]
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\u201cThe Army has a lot of different voices about the future and a perfect record of predicting incorrectly, so how do you get more together to get the best ideas possible, make investments against requirements, to get the maximum utility of every dollar?\u201d McCarthy asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A next-generation combat vehicle is a top modernization priority and will be tackled by the Army’s Futures Command. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The under secretary described a visit to the University of Chicago in November as the Army worked to restructure the Army Research Labs, meeting with schools of business, engineering and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe walked into the place, all in dress blues and French cuffs and everyone there is in hoodies and wrinkled khaki pants,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a recognition we want to work with these folks, we need their help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So a command would need to be in an environment where the brightest thinkers in academia want to work with the Army, he stressed. \u201cIt\u2019s got to be more than just me cutting them a check, we need to embrace the cultural dynamics,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army is also is actively recruiting someone who can serve as a chief scientist for the command specifically, according to McCarthy. The position would not eliminate the Army\u2019s chief scientist, but would instead allow a scientist to be fully dedicated to the Futures Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Gen. John Murray<\/a>, the head of the Army\u2019s resourcing branch, told senators during an Armed Services Airland subcommittee hearing on Feb. 7 that the Futures Command would reach initial operational capability in June or July of this year and then full operational capability to follow about a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked what that meant, McCarthy said, \u201cI can tell you in March,\u201d but added some things the Army has already implemented \u2014 like cross-functional teams \u2014 that could be considered already reaching an IOC level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to make the command sustainable over time, there are other capabilities that are needed, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under IOC, \u201cyou will have this capability in place, but you need to get the kinks out to make sure we\u2019ve got it right,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThere may be alterations, changing configuration over time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Futures Command\u2019s existence could also mean major changes to the status quo including potentially big changes to major commands, McCarthy has said previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Fundamental changes afoot at major commands as US Army sets up modernization outfit<\/i><\/a>]
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\u201cWithin this process, we realized we are going to change [Training and Doctrine Command], we are going to change [Army Materiel Command], we are going to change [Forces Command]\u2019s fundamental makeup,\u201d he said in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the decisions made to shape the Futures Command, \u201cwill alter those characteristics of these commands,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correction: Due to an attribution error in an official transcript of the Senate Armed Services Airland Subcommittee hearing, Lt. Gen. John Murray\u2019s statement was previously misidentified.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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