Fort Benning Campaign Heats Up as Army Shrinks Troops
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
While the Army shrinks troops at Fort Benning in the latest rounds of budget cuts, an online Defend Fort Benning campaign has collected more than 4,000 signatures, officials said.
Gary Jones, executive vice president of military affairs at the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, said the campaign has been in place about a month and will run through November or early December. Initially part of the chamber, the nonprofit Columbus Chattahoochee Coalition aims to collect 25,000 signatures and present the names of voters to members of the Alabama and Georgia Congressional delegations.
