Inside the Army highlights

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

1. The Army is preparing to stand up a new command charged with overseeing modernization -- a dramatic step for a service that has struggled with such efforts in recent years, according to multiple sources.

Full story: Army to establish new modernization command

2. While the inaugural Strategic Portfolio Analysis Review "took a near-term focus," for the second iteration the Army is "shifting our focus to the mid-term," according to the director of force development in the office of the deputy chief of staff (G-8).

Full story: SPAR 20 focused on identifying mid-term priorities

3. Several elements of Army leadership are working together to facilitate accelerated fielding of the service's new security force assistance brigades.

Full story: George: Army 'leaned forward' on SFABs to suit strategy shift

4. Despite skepticism among panel members over the Army's request to restructure its network acquisition strategy, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is open to potential changes in fiscal year 2018.

Full story: Thornberry: 'No reason to wait' until FY-19 for Army network changes