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Army Considering 30 Cities As Potential Futures Command Headquarters

Army Considering 30 Cities As Potential Futures Command Headquarters
Under Secretary of the U.S. Army Ryan D. McCarthy speaks during the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) quarterly public meeting. The DIB was established to help identify innovative private-sector practices and technological solutions that the DoD could employ in the future.

Army officials have drawn up a list of 30 U.S. cities with the right talent pool, academic institutions and business development needed for the locations of its new Futures Command.Senior service officials will get their first look at that list and other recommendations as early as this week, according to Undersecretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy.Between now and mid-spring, the list of potential will be whittled to 10, then to four that he and Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James…

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