Due to a declining number of wounded soldiers in specialized treatment units, the Army is closing three units and downsizing others, including one at Fort Campbell. The warrior transition units were created in 2007 to address reports of substandard care for wounded soldiers. But the number of soldiers in these 36 units has dropped from a high of more than 12,000 last June to about 9,500 currently. The Army announced last month three units at installations in Kansas and Alabama will close. Units that will be downsized are at posts in Kansas, Georgia, Washington and the Fort Campbell installation on the Tennessee-Kentucky border. Two units in Virginia will merge. Officials say the decrease is because the Army last year imposed stricter screening procedures for admitting wounded soldiers into the units.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
