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===Planning=== By 2017, a task force was formed to address Army modernization,<ref name= afcTF2017>[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN6391_AD2017-33_Web_Final.pdf Army Directive 2017β33 (Enabling the Army Modernization Task Force) (7 November 2017)] References Decker-Wagner 2011</ref> which triggered shifts of units: [[United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command|CCDC]], and [[United States Army Capabilities Integration Center|ARCIC]], from within [[United States Army Materiel Command|Army Materiel Command]] (AMC), and [[United States Army Training and Doctrine Command|Army Training and Doctrine Command]] (TRADOC), respectively, to a new Army Command (ACOM) in 2018.<ref name= G.O.2018-10>Secretary of the Army, Mark T. Esper (4 June 2018), ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMY FUTURES COMMAND [https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN11199_GO1810_FINAL.pdf Army General order G.O.2018-10]</ref> AFC's mission is modernization reform: to design hardware, as well as to work within the acquisition process which defines materiel for AMC. TRADOC's mission is to define the architecture and organization of the Army, and to train and supply soldiers to FORSCOM.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlNNckJzTY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tDlNNckJzTY |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title="The Future Army," featuring U.S. General David G. Perkins|last=Center for Strategic & International Studies|date=29 April 2014|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{rp|minutes 2:30β15:00}}<ref name=PerkinsAOC/> [[United States Army Futures Command#Cross-functional teams|AFC's cross-functional teams (CFTs)]] are Futures Command's vehicle for sustainable [[United States Army Futures Command#Need for modernization reform|reform of the acquisition process]] for the future.<ref name= acqReformCulture>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/219858/acquisition_reform_requires_culture_shift_officials_say|title=Acquisition reform requires culture shift, officials say|website= Army.mil|date=9 April 2019}}</ref> In order to support the Army's modernization priorities, its FY2020 budget allocated $30 billion for the top six modernization priorities over the next five years.<ref name=fy2020,30billion>{{Cite news|url=https://www.army.mil/article/217813/army_fy20_budget_proposal_realigns_30_billion|title=Army FY20 budget proposal realigns $30 billion|website= army.mil}}</ref> The $30 billion came from $8 billion in cost avoidance and $22 billion in terminations.<ref name=fy2020,30billion />
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