Troop realignment may help Fort Gordon

An article by Jeremy Craig in the Augusta Chronicle notes that Fort Gordon could stand to gain troops if all goes well with the President's plan to pull some troops out of Europe and Asia.

But the area won't know for sure until after the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure round.

Fort Stewart and Fort Benning, the largest of Georgia's Army posts, could see more troops as part of the shift, said Philip Y. Browning Jr., the executive director of the Georgia Military Affairs Coordinating Committee.
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I hope this is correct for Fort Gordon. Some say President Bush's announced plans last week to pull about 70,000 troops from bases in Europe and Asia as part of a shift of troops from their Cold War-era stationing is separate from the BRAC process, which affects only domestic bases.

But in truth, I have been convinced that part of BRAC would involve the recognition that many NATO troops would be moved, and I knew Fort Stewart would benefit from this. I hope Fort Gordon does as well.

This is important to many civilian jobs in Georgia, not to mention the state's economy. Let's keep our fingers crossed.