Leaders at Fort Benning are considering an Army directive that calls for 25 percent cuts from its budget and personnel costs at the headquarters level.

The Maneuver Center of Excellence under the command of Maj. Gen. H.R. McMaster and other installations were notified in an Aug. 14 memo from Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno and Secretary of the Army John McHugh. An Army Force Area Review Group will look for ways to make cuts at installations with headquarter elements at the major general level and above.

Details of the review were reported by Defense News, which obtained a copy of the memo. A deadline for the review is Sept. 11, more than two weeks before the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1.

Gary Jones, the director of public affairs at Fort Benning, said officials are still studying the internal document.

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