Army leaders tout benefits of revamped oversight council

By Courtney McBride / October 12, 2016 at 8:00 AM
Changes to the Army Requirements Oversight Council process instituted by Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are paying key dividends, according to senior service leaders. Gen. Robert "Abe" Abrams told Inside the Army in an Oct. 3 interview that prior to Milley's reinvigoration of the AROC, senior leaders "had sort of abdicated the execution of our programs to the program management and to the [Army acquisition executive]." In the new, "commander-centric forum," Abrams explained, the chief has "put the...

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