Combat Aviation Brigade considered for Ft. Carson
Mark Hanrahan
The United State Army plans to study the effects of adding an Infantry Brigade Combat Team and a Combat Aviation Brigade to Fort Carson. Tuesday, the Army announced that it plans to prepare an environmental impact statement for the proposed expansion.
In a release issued to News First, the Army said it "intends to prepare and EIS to analyze (1) the environmental and socioeconomic impacts resulting from the decision to station a new Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Fort Carson and (2) Fort Carson's Butts Army Airfield as a potential location for stationing a Combat Aviation Brigade in the future."
It's been known since December of 2007 that Fort Carson would get an additional combat brigade. Its part of the Grow the Army Initiative; the Army is adding five combat brigades to its current force. Tuesday, though, was the first announcement of possibly getting a Combat Aviation Brigade as well.
The release also states, "The Proposed Action is the construction of new facilities at Fort Carson to support an IBCT (approximately 3,900 Soldiers and their dependents) and the potential stationing of a CAB (approximately 2,800 Soldiers and their dependents). The Proposed Action includes construction or upgrade of live-fire training ranges and an increase in the intensity of maneuver training at Fort Carson and the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site."
Fort Carson is holding several meetings to discuss with the public the impact the additional Soldiers will have on the post. Times and dates are listed below.
Trinidad State College
600 Prospect Street
Trinidad, Colorado 81082
May 20, 2008
6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m
Crowne Plaza Colorado Springs Hotel
2886 S Cirlce Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906
May 21st, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Otero Junior Collge
1802 Colorado Avenue
La Junta, Colorado 81050
May 22, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
