Fort Belvoir guard cuts draw protests from Fairfax supervisors

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Two Fairfax County supervisors are protesting the slashing of Fort Belvoir’s private gate security, saying the cuts will bog down traffic and complicate a massive troop influx to the base.

As part of an Army-wide reduction, Belvoir will be forced to trim its contract guard staff from 131 to 78 and close one entrance gate and two sparsley-used exits.

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