FORT BLISS, Texas – Brig. Gen. Jennifer Mykins took over as commander of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command during a change-of-command ceremony August 7 at Noel Field on Fort Bliss, Texas. The ceremony was hosted by Lt. Gen. Michael McCurry, the commander of Futures and Concepts Command.
After serving as the JMC commander from 2025-2026, Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner handed over the reins to Mykins. Just prior to the change-of-command ceremony, Mykins was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General in a ceremony also hosted by McCurry.
“It's a great day, but this promotion is about what our Army and our nation needs you to do in the future,” McCurry said during the promotion ceremony. “To quote General of the Army Omar Bradley, a senior officer must constantly look forward to the next war, which will be fought with different weapons, different tactics, and under different conditions. As you promote and take the reins of Joint Modernization Command, you'll be doing just that, living in the future, anticipating where we need to modernize so we can achieve overmatch in all domains.”
As part of Army Transformation and Training Command, and the Army Futures and Concepts Command, JMC executes the Army’s largest modernization experiments, conducting persistent experimentation at locations around the world. These in-the-dirt, multi-echelon, Joint, and multinational experiments support the Army’s modernization strategy utilizing a campaign of continuous learning todeliver the Army of the future, capable of deterring and defeating our adversaries.
Prior to assuming command of JMC, Mykins served as the Deputy Commanding General (Support) for the 10th Mountain Division. Mykins’ other command assignments include commander of the Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne; and commander of the 4th Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade. Mykins has operational experience in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and has deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
During the change-of-command ceremony, Hibner reflected on the past year of JMC’s Army modernization efforts, capped off by Project Convergence Capstone 6, conducted in July at Fort Irwin, California.
“It was a year of enormous change across the Army,” Hibner said. “The Army Transformation Initiative accelerated. Army Futures Command stood down. Transformation and Training Command stood up. Futures and Concepts Command activated. And through all that change, in the world and all around us, at JMC we never lost sight of our mission. In fact, we leaned into it. We started almost immediately with Talisman Saber, then rolled directly into planning what would become the most ambitious Project Convergence Capstone ever conducted.”
Mykins closed the change of command ceremony by focusing on the road ahead as she takes command of JMC.
“JMC gets to help the Army prepare for tomorrow's fight through disciplined experimentation that enables better decisions for the future force,” Mykins said. “But while experimentation is what JMC does, learning is why it exists. Every experiment should leave the Army knowing something that it didn't know before. … To the Soldiers and civilians of Joint Modernization Command, you have my commitment that together we will remain curious enough to ask hard questions, humble enough to keep learning, disciplined in our execution, rigorous in our experimentation, and honest about what we discover, because that's what our Soldiers deserve, and what our Army senior leaders should expect from the Joint Modernization Command. Thank you again to everyone, and I look forward to serving alongside you.”