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Colonel Troy Fink gives Camp Ripley annual update, highlights construction, training and planned burns
Summary
Colonel Troy Fink told the Baxter City Council that Camp Ripley’s mission is steady, noted leadership changes and construction investment (slide referenced ~$60,000,000), and said the installation plans about 15,000 acres of prescribed burns this year (about 40% complete).
Colonel Troy Fink, garrison commander at Camp Ripley, briefed the Baxter City Council on the installation’s annual activities, leadership changes and community outreach.
Fink said Camp Ripley’s mission has remained consistent and noted personnel shifts at multiple command levels, including a command change at the 34th Infantry Division and his own planned retirement in June, with Lieutenant Colonel Steve Ball slated to succeed him. He told the council the installation has increased construction and modernization spending, referencing roughly $60,000,000 in planned work and naming Area 5 as…
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