Fort Bragg Invites Public to 'Listening Session'

Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, Commander of XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, and senior Fort Bragg leaders will hold a listening session concerning the Army's future end strength reductions and its potential impact on our local community. 

The session will be held on Monday, April 22 at 9:00 a.m. at the Embassy Suite's Wiggons Conference Center on Lake Valley Dr. in Fayetteville.

"We encourage our community leaders to engage with us in this forum to
ensure we share your insights with senior Army leadership as they decide the
way-ahead for the reduction of forces, " said Allyn.  "The input provided by
other military communities using this forum has proven invaluable to all
senior leaders."

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The Army must reduce and reorganize its force structure in order to achieve the fiscal reductions and to remain consistent with Defense Strategy.  To accomplish this, the Army is currently analyzing all available options.  At this time no decisions have been made; however, the Army anticipates an Active Component reduction of 80,000 Soldiers (from a 2010 high of 570,000 to 490,000 by the end of FY2017) that many Army installations will be impacted.

The Army is conducting community listening sessions to provide communities an opportunity to provide input to inform Army decisions about force structure changes. We value community input in order to make the best decisions about reorganization, and to mitigate -- as much as possible -- the impact on local communities.

No decisions have been made, according to the Army, and community input is highly encouraged.