Inside the Army highlights

Some must-reads from this week's edition of Inside the Army:

1. Army senior leaders have narrowed the list of potential locations for Army Futures Command to 15 cities.

Full story: Fifteen cities in contention for Army Futures Command

2. The Army's second in command is cautioning against the service becoming too dependent on technology as it heads into the future battlefield.

Full story: Army vice chief: Future systems should come with a back-up plan

3. Army senior leaders have decided to pure-fleet the Double-V Hull upgrade to all of the service's Stryker vehicles, though they are still working to allocate funding to support the effort.

Full story: Entire Stryker fleet slated for Double-V Hull upgrade, contingent on funding

4. The Army's first security force assistance brigade is "on the ground" in Afghanistan and providing support to local forces, but the service has yet to realize its goal of using the new units to free up brigade combat teams.

Full story: First SFAB largely on target, but dearth of enablers presents challenge