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Army

Army Activates New Futures Command In Downtown Austin

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, August 27th, 2018

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Army Activates New Futures Command In Downtown Austin

Gen. Mike Murray, commander of Army Futures Command

The Army’s new Futures Command (AFC) in downtown Austin, Texas is open for business following a Friday ceremony where the new command’s leader said the effort to bring the service’s entire modernization apparatus under one operation will ensure the force is “more effective and more lethal.”Gen John “Mike” Murray, commander of AFC, joined senior Army leadership breaking ground at the new command’s headquarters, which will bring together non-traditional industry partners to develop future warfighting concepts and combat systems needed to…

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