Today the Department of the Army announced force structure
and stationing decisions associated with the active component end-strength
reduction of 80,000 soldiers, resulting in an Army end-strength of 490,000 by
2017.
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A BCT will inactivate at each of the following locations by
2017:
Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg,
N.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Fort Hood, Texas;
Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Stewart, Ga., and
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
Two BCTs, stationed at Baumholder and Grafenwoehr, Germany, will complete their
inactivation in Fiscal Year 2013, leaving two BCTs in Europe to fulfill
strategic commitments.
Based on extensive analysis, the lessons of a dozen years of combat and the need to increase operational
capability and flexibility, the Army will make the following changes to its
force structure:
- Reorganize infantry and armor brigade combat teams (BCTs) to restore
the third maneuver battalion and increase engineer and fires capability.
- Reduce
active component BCTs from 45 modular to 33 reorganized BCTs.
- Continue
growth in aviation, special operations, missile defense and cyber capabilities.
This active component force structure, in conjunction with
Army National Guard and Army Reserve capabilities, supports the current defense
strategy and meets combatant command requirements through regional alignment of
forces and global responsiveness for contingencies.
The decision to restructure armor and
infantry BCTs helps mitigate the loss of BCTs by eliminating the headquarters
but preserving 13 Armor and Infantry battalions that would be lost without the
reorganization.
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Stationing decisions necess- itated by the reductions and
reorgan- ization were based on a compre- hensive analysis of installation
quantitative and qualitative considerations to include training, power
projection, well-being, expansibility, regeneration, geographic distribution,
environmental and socio-economic impacts, cost, and alignment with the defense
strategy. Opportunities for
community input
were included through both the programmatic environment assessment public comment
period and
community listening sessions
conducted in parallel with the military value analysis and qualitative
stationing analysis, prior to the final decision.
The reduction of 80,000 soldiers from the force represents a
14 percent reduction across the AC force. The specific impacts of these
decisions on individual installations are being provided to affected
Congressional delegations. The Army will conduct Congressional notification in
accordance with Section 993, Title 10 U.S.C. prior to taking any irrevocable
actions to implement these decisions.
These reductions are consistent with fiscal constraints
resulting from the Budget Control Act of 2011 and defense planning guidance
issued in 2012, but do not reflect
additional reductions that will be required if sequestration-driven
funding reductions remain unmitigated.
For more information on this release, please contact Lt.
Col. Peggy Kageleiry at 703-697-7550 or Wayne Hall at 703-693-7589, Office of
the Chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Army.
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