Fort Campbell BOSS Looking Out for the Single Soldier

BOSS Looking Out for the Single Soldier

Steven Willis Reporting
swillis@clarksvillenow.com

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Every Thursday the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers, (BOSS) stands before a room full of anywhere from 150 to 400 newcomers to Fort Campbell to inform the men and women how to get involved in the program, but who is BOSS and what do they do for the Fort Campbell community?

Over 30,000 men and women are stationed at Fort Campbell. Each soldier is more than an individual who has headed the call to serve their nation. The soldiers are still just men and women often times hundreds of miles away from their family and friends.

A little more than 16,000 of the Ft. Campbell soldiers, approximately 52 percent, are single and in their early twenties. In any industry or business, happy employees are healthy and productive employees. The Army is no different. A young, single soldier who is miles away from loved ones in an unfamiliar city can quickly become overwhelmed by loneliness and boredom.

This is where Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers comes in.

Soldiers do not have to sign up for or pay a fee to be a member of BOSS. As a single soldier each person is already a member and all they have to do is take part whenever or in whatever the program has planned.

At Fort Campbell, Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers has been established to help keep a soldier’s moral up and make them feel more a part of the community they are stationed in. The program is designed to make sure the overall quality of life for a single Soldier is the best it can be while stationed at Ft. Campbell.
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