Army leadership\u2019s preliminary recommendations are to move about 200 San Antonio-based soldiers to Fort Bragg \u2014 while roughly 750 positions would remain here, according to Jones\u2019 office.<\/p>\n
Jones said on Thursday that she presented U.S. Army leaders and Texas\u2019 U.S. Senators with a list of missions<\/a> that could be \u201cripe for relocation\u201d in place of the lost jobs.<\/p>\n Navigating the potential job losses posed by the Army restructure is an early test for Jones, who previously served as the Under Secretary of the Air Force under the Biden Administration and held a number of high-level military positions that have given her tremendous insight on the potential restructure.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also campaigned hard as a Democrat, and has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and the Republican administration pushing the current changes.<\/p>\n Earlier this month Jones traveled to Washington, D.C.<\/a>, to make her case to Pentagon leaders tasked with the reorganization, as well as Texas\u2019 Republican leaders on Capitol Hill who could influence the process.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m going to use my background, and what I know, and certainly my network to ensure that we are as proactive as we can be,\u201d Jones said in an interview Thursday. <\/p>\n The idea of Army jobs leaving the state has\u00a0alarmed Texas lawmakers<\/a>, who have limited leverage to stop it as they await a formal announcement in the coming weeks. Jones said that Texas\u2019 U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, both Republicans, had been good partners on working to keep positions in San Antonio.<\/p>\n \u201cThey need a target list, and we can most help ourselves if we can be very specific,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n In a letter shared with the San Antonio Report, Jones suggested that San Antonio could potentially absorb some positions currently located at the Army Contracting Command<\/a> at Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama, which handles contracts and acquisitions for the branch.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve already got a subordinate command related to contracting,\u201d Jones told the Report. \u201cThat major headquarters is in a place where I know that they\u2019re busting at the seams at their current location.\u201d<\/p>\n She also suggested moving medical missions, including some from the Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), which is headquartered at Fort Detrick\u00a0in Maryland, to allow the Army to \u201ctap into [San Antonio\u2019s] world-class medical footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n Another suggestion was to put some \u201csupporting elements\u201d of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, which is located in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., closer to the Army\u2019s Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in Austin.<\/p>\n \u201cAustin and San Antonio can well support the quality-of-service and quality-of-life San Antonio and Bexar County leaders had already been angling to recruit jobs<\/a> from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in Falls Church, Va., including arranging potential facilities <\/a>at Fort Sam Houston.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753207572_680_Brenda-Bazan-mayoral-debate-2025-18-scaled-1.jpg\")
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is urging military leaders to move additional missions to San Antonio, as some jobs appear likely to leave the city in the Trump Administration\u2019s U.S. Army realignment. Credit: Brenda Baz\u00e1n \/ San Antonio Report<\/p>\n
factors important for soldiers and civilians supporting these missions,\u201d Jones wrote.<\/p>\n