Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Army had enough land after all

From an editorial in today's Pueblo Chieftain:

...And Fort Carson has found an alternative in Wyoming, where the 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team currently is training at the 65,000-acre Camp Guernsey. about 80 miles north of Cheyenne. The combat team has absorbed new soldiers and is readying itself for another deployment. Fort Carson will continue to use the existing Pinon Canyon land for some of its training, Gen. Doty said, but also having the Wyoming option looks to us like a way it can continue its vital defense mission without further disruption of the important livestock industry of Southeastern Colorado.

THE WESTERNER said all along the Army had more than enough land - they just needed to better manage what they already had.


Now if the other land owning agencies would just follow suit...

1 comment:

Kanani said...

They not only have enough land, they also could utilize the existing National Guard camps. A lot of those could easily use a sprucing up with the attention of the Army.