The Army has achieved initial operational capability for the first eight cross-functional teams tasked with pursuing senior leaders' top modernization priorities, Inside the Army has learned. Acting Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley directed the establishment of the CFTs in an Oct. 6 memorandum. The directive aims "to establish a scalable CFT pilot" involving personnel from communities across the service: "requirements, acquisition, science and technology, test and evaluation, resourcing, contracting, costing, acquisition logisticians, and U.S. Army...
