Army Software Factory experiments with a new culture to unleash coders in its ranks Soldiers work at Army Futures Command's Software Factory on March 22 in Austin, Texas. (Luke J. Allen/U.S. Army) Soldiers work at Army Futures Command's Software Factory on March 22 in Austin, Texas. (Luke J. Allen/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy Boyle started creating software when he was 10 years old. Curious how websites were made, Boyle taught himself how to code using online video how-tos. “I was just always that person that would be looking at tutorials online, trying to figure out how to do it,” Boyle told C4ISRNET. “It just helped me build my way. That went from websites to creating mobile applications to creating Android software — a whole range of variety of things before I went into the Army.”