Don't forget to bring a towel!
Army Futures Command…
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/how-mccain-milley-created-army-futures-command-it-almost-didnt-happen/
“None of this would be happening without someone who’s not here today, and that’s Senator John McCain, an American hero,” Milley said to some of the loudest applause of the day. Back in 2015, when Milley himself had just been nominated for Chief of Staff, “it was he and I that met in his office (as) I’m getting ready for confirmation,” Milley said. “He talked to me candidly and said how hosed up the Army was in the world of acquisition and procurement, futures and modernization.”
(Like McCain, Milley is infamous and much appreciated for his blunt language). Links to…
https://breakingdefense.com/2015/10/if-we-fail-fire-us-csa-gen-milley-on-acquisition-changes/
https://www.statesman.com/NEWS/20180824/Army-debuts-its-high-tech-Futures-Command-center-in-Austin
“Our military readiness, and our national security depend on it,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said about the Futures Command to a crowd that included Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, Mayor Steve Adler, UT President Greg Fenves and former UT System chancellor and retired Navy Adm. William McRaven. “In a dangerous world strained by escalating cyberthreats and threatened by the rising power of China and Russia, the U.S. military must continue to lead with technology in order to maintain our strategic advantage.”
The Army has big plans for its Futures Command, which will run out of two floors at the UT System building and also occupy space at downtown startup hub Capital Factory and at the UT campus.
Not sure if circle jerk goes far enough….
Milley said that the Futures Command’s annual starting budget would range from $80 million to $100 million.
?for two floors on the UT campus