ATLANTA — With the U.S. Army developing plans to cut 80,000 troops from its active-duty roster, one military expert says it will be nearly impossible for Georgia’s three major Army bases to avoid some reduction in personnel. The question is what those cuts will look like, said Gary Jones a retired Army colonel and now executive vice president for military affairs at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. (Photo Courtesy U.S. Army.)
With the U.S. Army developing plans to cut 80,000 troops from its active-duty roster, one military expert says it will be nearly impossible for Georgia’s three major Army bases to avoid some reduction in personnel. The question is what those cuts will look like, said Gary Jones a retired Army colonel and now executive vice president for military affairs at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. (Photo Courtesy U.S. Army.)
With the U.S. Army developing plans to cut 80,000 troops from its active-duty roster, one military expert says it will be nearly impossible for Georgia’s three major Army bases to avoid some reduction in personnel.
The question is what those cuts will look like, said Gary Jones a retired Army colonel and now executive vice president for military affairs at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
“You can’t draw down 80,000 [troops] and not impact every installation,” Jones said.
The Army faces a nearly $500 billion budget cut when the next federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. The cuts are both to align the branch’s operations with that budget and with the new U.S. defense policy underlying it: a 1.5-war scenario.
via Georgia Army Bases Facing Cuts | Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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