JOIN US! Fort Carson Community Listening Session - Tuesday, February 3 at 4PM, Centennial Hall Auditorium at 200 S. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs Fort Carson and Department of Army headquarters officials will hold a community listening session to provide area leaders and citizens a forum to comment on the factors they believe Army leadership should consider when making decisions about force reductions and restructuring that could affect the Pikes Peak region. The Army must reduce and reorganize its force structure to achieve the fiscal reductions required by the Budge Control Act of 2011, while staying postured to best meet the nation’s defense needs. This also will involve a reduction of at least 40,000 active-duty Soldiers for a total end strength of 450,000 active-duty Soldiers. If sequestration-level cuts are imposed in fiscal year 2016 and beyond, all components of the Army would be further reduced, with an active duty end strength dropping to 420,000. In general terms, a decrease of Soldiers would also result in some level of reduction in civilian positions across the Army. Fort Carson’s community listening session will be one of 30 Army installations listening sessions that will take place through March. The comments made at each community listening session will be provided to Army leadership for their review and consideration before any force structure decisions are made. For more information contact the Fort Carson Public Affairs Office at (719) 526-4143/7525.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 04:56:12 +0000
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