Oklahoma’s Fort Sill to get 3 percent increase in soldiers

Army officials were notifying members of Congress on Wednesday of details of how they intend to reduce the active-duty force from 490,000 soldiers to 450,000 within two years.

Schumer, D-N.Y., who submitted a statement when a public hearing on Fort Drum’s future was held in March, said the minimal cuts are a victory for the base.

“We are happy the Army recognized what we have to offer the country here in the Lawton-Fort Sill community”, Joe Gallagher, deputy to the commanding general of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill.

Fort Carson now has around 24,000 active duty soldiers. By the end of that, 26,500 soldiers will be stationed at Fort Campbell, down from 31,000 in 2013.

Phillips says the base is why he lives in Leesville. Paul, along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, sent multiple letters advocating for Fort Campbell to the Department of Defense.

The Army-wide cuts will affect the post’s mission, however, Cloutier said.

Brownback said that although no cuts would be preferable, Kansas’ forts fared better than many across the country.

Kaine called it “crisis budgeting” and noted that the decision to cut Army manpower was made prior to the emergence of Islamic State, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, rising tensions in the South China Sea and the Ebola crisis.

The potential troop cut comes as the Obama administration is pondering its next moves against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria. But Fayetteville Mayor Nat Robertson took a slight sigh of relief when he received news that Fort Bragg had ended up with a relatively modest troop cut and will not lose any civilian jobs.

Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, taking the largest reductions. The post is also home to other key units, such as the 128th Aviation Brigade that trains crew members that maintain all Army helicopters.

Fort Carson will lose 365 soldiers by the 2017 fiscal year, according to the plan, but more cuts could be on the way. I want to thank our Washington delegation for their work to save Ft.

Should the Army troop levels drop to 420,000 by 2019, it would mean “a cumulative loss of 150,000 soldiers from the regular Army, a 26 percent cut over a seven-year period”, the Army warned in the announcement.

The cuts are due to the Budget Control Act of 2011, which aimed to reduce defense spending.

We are blessed by Fort Campbell and @austinpeay is privileged to serve our soldiers, veterans and their families.

The other two gaining Army installations are Fort Meade, Maryland, with a net increase of 99 personnel, and Fort Gordon, Georgia, with a net increase of 41 personnel.

If current law budget caps, commonly referred to as sequestration, are not addressed, the Army end-strength will be further reduced to 420K Soldiers by FY2019.

The Mountain Post will lose about 365 soldiers, a fraction of the 16,000 once deemed possible.