Fort Stewart will lose nearly 1,400 troops over the next four years as the Army restructures its forces, according to a plan announced by senior Army officials Tuesday.
The coastal Georgia installation is among 10 domestic posts that will lose a brigade combat team by the end of fiscal year 2017 as the Army’s budget shrinks and its roles in two long, foreign wars near an end, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno said.
Although the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team will be deactivated sometime before the end of 2017, according to the plan, many of the unit’s about 3,700 positions will be reassigned within the division’s remaining three brigade combat teams — two based at Fort Stewart and another at Fort Benning.
Nearby Hunter Army Airfield, considered an extension of Fort Stewart, will not be directly impacted by the plan announced Tuesday.
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