Annual training exercises set for 4,000 New York Guard members

The military is downsizing the Army by 40,000 troops by 2017 as a part of budget cuts, a reduction that will affect all domestic and foreign posts.

There are around 8,500 troops stationed at the post. Merritt estimated the economic impact of the loss of 365 soldiers at about $25 million.

UPDATE: Mayor John Suthers has issued a statement regarding the cuts at Fort Carson. “Fort Campbell unifies our region and we are better for it”, Hopkinsville Mayor Carter Hendricks also said.

The restructuring will leave Fort Drum relatively unscathed, while other Army installations across the country are asked to pare their forces by 1,000 or more.

Army officials also told members of Congress on Thursday that “if current law budget caps, commonly referred to as sequestration, are not addressed, the Army’s end-strength will be further reduced to 420,000 Soldiers by the end of fiscal year 2019”.

Overall, the Army is dropping troop levels from 490,000 to 450,000.

The money for the four hospitals comes from a special fund in Albany to protect New York military installations from cutbacks.

The division based near Watertown will lose 28 soldiers over two years, as mentioned by USA Sen.

And this one from Sen. In addition, the Development Authority of the North Country will receive funding to help local governments coordinate planning and development projects that impact on the Army post, Ritchie said. But Fort Polk’s survival will result in superior combat readiness and operational efficiency, which is absolutely our desired national security outcome.

Thank you to everyone, at every level, who has supported Fort Carson through the Keep Carson Strong campaign and other efforts.

Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, expressed disappointment at the cuts.

“It allows us additional space where we can do the number of soldiers we are doing now and more if necessary, plus the veterans”, said Ben Moore, River Hospital’s CEO. We regret this loss but recognize it could have been worse. Carson is good news for Colorado Springs and is an indication of the importance of Ft.

Fort Campbell already lost the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade to inactivation earlier this year.