Fort Hood furloughs end early

Fort Hood furloughs end early
Civilians go back to work, services mostly restored this week
Killeen Daily Herald
Rose L Thayer
Herald staff writer
August 18, 2013

FORT HOOD — After six weeks of furloughs, Jackie Lund is ready to get back to her full-time work schedule.

“I got used to having that extra day off, but my paycheck came around and it was like sticker shock,” said the cashier at Fort Hood’s Warrior Way Commissary.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Aug. 6 the furlough of the department’s estimated 800,000 civilian employees would end early — with each employee being furloughed six days instead of the 11 announced May 14. Monday marks the end of the furloughs for most of the 6,000 civilians working at Fort Hood, and services are expected to return to 97 percent capability, said Andy Bird, Fort Hood’s deputy garrison commander.
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