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It’s Still Unknown Where the 615 Cuts Will Be Made at Fort Riley

It’s been almost two weeks since the announcement was made concerning troop reductions by the U.S. Army with the reduction at Fort Riley totaling 615 soldiers.

JOHN ARMBRUST
John Armbrust, Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council speaking to the Junction City Noon Rotary Club

Where those cuts will be made remains to be unknown, but John Armbrust, the Executive Director of the Governor’s Military Council updated the Junction City Noon Rotary Monday on where he believes the cuts will be made.

“I know some of them are likely going to come from the Brigade Combat Team reorganization, probably the Headquarters part of that. From the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters, there will be some reorganization and some will come out of there. There’s an EOD Battalion that I expect to go away, but there is going to be a DIVARTY (Division Artillery) Headquarters that comes in and so that will be very helpful and that helps offset some of that,” said Armbrust.

Armbrust referred to the remaining cuts as the “infamous other” because it remains unclear where they will be made.

The Army will also be cutting 17,000 civilian jobs across the nation and it remains unclear how many of those cuts will be made at Fort Riley.

“We have to remember that the civilian workforce on Fort Riley is very important, not just in a support function, but they actually are the key trainers in many areas for our men and women that are going into harm’s way.”

The cuts will be made by fiscal year 2017.

Fort Leavenworth in Kansas was also impacted by the troop reductions. They will be losing 60 soldiers.

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