Fort Carson could face massive cut under Pentagon plan
(I have been listening to people having panic attacks over "oh, no, carson is going to CLOSE" and could not figure out what all the hysteria was about. well--the highlighted line says it all, I think.)
Fort Carson could face massive cut under Pentagon plan
Fort Carson could lose two-thirds of its 24,000 soldiers by 2020 under a doomsday plan to deal with budget cuts. Characterized as a worst-case scenario, as many as 16,000 of the post's soldiers would be eliminated, according to documents released Thursday by the Pentagon.
The numbers were released as part of a required environmental assessment of troop reductions, which reflect cuts of 70,000 soldiers Army-wide. The Army says the cut would leave Fort Carson with 9,700 soldiers and civilian workers and take nearly $1 billion per year from the Pikes Peak region economy while dropping regional population by 40,000.
Local leaders said the possibility of huge cuts should spur Colorado's lobbying efforts to keep its military bases intact.
"The key thing is that we have to understand that the possibility of these cuts is here and now, and we have to be working now," said retired Army Lt. Gen. Ed Anderson who heads the National Homeland Defense Foundation in Colorado Springs. "This is going to become very competitive as we go forward."
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***********THE WAY TO AVERT THE CUTS IS TO INCREASE PENTAGON SPENDING*******
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