Hundreds attend Fort Campbell ‘listening session’ on cuts
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – A “listening session” on an Army proposal to make deep cuts in personnel stationed at Fort Campbell has attracted a capacity crowd more than an hour before the event.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Kentucky Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen were among the numerous politicians and community leaders scheduled to appear at the Tuesday event on the sprawling post.
The meeting was held at the post’s 600-seat Family Resource Center, and officials set up two satellite locations for the overflow.
According to an Army report, the post could lose up to 16,000 soldiers and civilians, who in turn have more than 24,000 spouses and children living in the community.
