Bettering Army acquisitions with Futures Command means changing personnel policy too

Federal News Radio: The Army’s Futures Command is officially up and running in Austin, and while the command promises to completely reform the service’s equipping practices, it’s also spurring change in the personnel realm.

“I’ve talked a lot about how we’re changing our industrial age acquisition processes. We are also in the process of changing our personnel management systems and I would argue that we also have an industrial age personnel management system,” said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville on Tuesday during a conference in Washington.

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