Fort Leonard Wood gaining more soldiers

The basic combat training mission at Fort Leonard Wood will see its fiscal 2017 soldier count increase by 4,500.

The increase is part of a larger jump by the Army, which is pushing its troop levels by 28,000 to over 1 million soldiers.

The Fort Leonard Wood increase is expected to start at the end of this month and continue through the summer and fall.

Read more from OzarksFirst.com.