Cuts announced by the Army Thursday were the first round in the branch's effort to reduce troops over the next three years. A review of the reductions at 30 military installations across the country show that the cuts announced by the Army were lower than the 40,000 planned to be released. Fort Carson will lose 365 soldiers by the 2017 fiscal year, according to the Army's initial proposal, but the number of troops cut could be greater. An aviation restructuring, reduction of enabler forces and changes to the institutional Army are being studied and were not reflected in numbers released Thursday, said Lt.