SAN ANTONIO – Two Army commands currently based in San Antonio are set to relocate to Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
Fort Sam Houston will no longer house Army North and Army South. Instead, they will merge with Force Command (FORSCOM) to create the Western Hemisphere Command, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy A. George announced Tuesday.
KSAT reached out to San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones to ask about the potential impact on Military City USA.
“As Army leaders shared with us earlier this summer, they are taking steps to achieve efficiencies to accomplish their mission,” Jones said in a statement to KSAT. “While I am disappointed to hear the consolidated headquarters will relocate to North Carolina, Army leaders this summer indicated even this outcome could yield a minimal impact to the overall Army footprint at JBSA.”
Jones said they are waiting for details on the number of personnel who will be relocated from San Antonio.
“San Antonio is unmatched in our ability to host military missions and families, and we look forward to working with the Department of War and Department of the Army to identify additional missions San Antonio may be able to host,” she said.
The transition is expected to happen in the next six to eight weeks, George told the Association of the United States Army in its annual meeting on Tuesday.
The merger is part of the U.S. Army’s initiative to slim down headquarters and four-star general officer billets.
“It’s not just the condensing of the headquarters. We want to make sure that we have our warfighters that are out in our combat formations. Our Army has gotten smaller and we have grown headquarters, so we have to reduce the headquarters and I think we can become more efficient,” George said.
KSAT reached out to Fort Sam Houston and Army Public Affairs for comment. Due to the government shutdown, officials were unavailable for comment.
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