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Early release Monday, April 27, for Fort Leonard Wood personnel

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (April 27, 2026) – Due to forecasted inclement weather, an early, staggered release for non-mission essential personnel is authorized for Monday, April 27.

Supervisors are encouraged to manage early release with the following guidance beginning at 2 p.m. today:

2 p.m., personnel who reside 30 miles or more from Fort Leonard Wood

2:15 p.m., personnel who reside 20 miles or more from Fort Leonard Wood

2:30 p.m., personnel who reside 10 to 20 miles from Fort Leonard Wood

2:45 p.m., personnel who reside less than 10 miles from Fort Leonard Wood

3 p.m., personnel who reside on the installation.

A reminder to parents, Child Development Center 615, Child Development Center 408 and School Age Center at 573.596.0239 will close at 3:30 p.m. (30 minutes after the last release).

All MWR facilities, to include fitness centers, will close at 3:30 p.m. (30 minutes after the first release). Check the MWR web pages www.leonardwood.armymwr.com/ and www.facebook.com/mwr.ftwood for details.

For current road conditions on the installation, call the weather hotline at 573.563.4141, or visit the weather web page at https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/Garrison/weather.

Updates can also be found on the official Fort Leonard Wood Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fortleonardwoodmissouri/.

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 80 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains nearly 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

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