Welcome to the Fort Leonard Wood Region
Excellent restaurants, outdoor adventure, and family-friendly fun. Experience more Missouri in the FLW Region.
Youâll find affordable eateries offering casual food options and unique tastes from countries around the world. Pick up new hobbies,explore museums, and enjoy the scenery with the windows down on Route 66. Our region offers more opportunities for you to spend quality time with those who matter most.
Whether youâre retired, raising a family, orenjoying the single life, the region offersadventure activities to get your heart racing. Youâll find thousands of miles of hiking and biking trails, rivers and lakes for boating,fishing, and kayaking, and many state parks, as well as the Mark Twain National Forest.
Outdoor recreation options are accessible and affordable, many museums and attractions offer free admission, and commerical jetservice makes it quick and easy to visit the region. Community festivals and events, as well as a variety of lodging options provide a way for all to experience the regionâs culture.
âIt's a beautiful place to visit...we get a lot of people that like to travel through here to take in all the tourist events we have. We have great wineries, we've got great great fishing. You can stay a lifetime here or just pass through for a visit.â
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Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport
FLW Region: Military Spouse Employment
In 2022, as part of the Fort Leonard Wood (FLW) Installation Strategic Sustainability Planning program the SOP, in conjunction with the Fort Wood Community Spouses Club, conducted a FLW Regional Military Spouse Employment Needs Assessment Survey.
This online survey took approximately seven minutes to complete and sought to collect input from all military spouses (active, guard, reserve, retired, veteran, and all branches of service) regarding their professional and career experiences while living in the FLW Region.
Respondents were informed that all responses were anonymous, and we set a goal to obtain 300 total responses. We also incentivized military spouses by offering a drawing for a restaurant gift card (six total) for those who completed the survey and voluntarily provided us with their email addresses.
Fort Leonard Wood is the 5th largest employer in the state and the installation makes a huge impact on Missouri. Every business that thrives due to activity from Fort Leonard Wood pays state taxes, which fund critical programs like education, transportation, etc. for the whole state of Missouri.
Approximately 36,400 direct and indirect jobs are created in Missouri due to Fort Leonard Wood and an estimated 200,000 family members visit Fort Leonard Wood each year, resulting in a total economic output of $2.8 billion (including household earnings, personnel spending, etc.). If your business is looking for customers, this is the place to find them!
Our region also provides a talented pool of job candidates due to the local school districtsâ dedication to preparing students for college and careers. After high school graduation, students have access to a number of two and four-year colleges and universities in the region.Â
Due to the Armyâs focus on extending education programs to spouses, the region also has a constant stream of well-educated and trained potential employees looking for work. Our region is also home to a high percentage of veterans.Â
There are multiple Missouri Career Centers in the area that also do a great job of matching qualified job applicants with open positions within area businesses.
Our Installation: Fort Leonard Wood
- 63,270 acres of land – 53,224 acres for training & 9,687 acre cantonment area – with 4 access control points
- Includes 35 training ranges and 89 training sites
- 45% of the installation borders the Mark Twain National Forest – no encroachment, environmental, or noise concerns
- 359 acre off-post Lake of the Ozarks Recreation area operated by Morale, Welfare, & Recreation
- 6,038 feet of available runway at Forney Airfield for daily scheduled commercial jet service and military aircraft usage; joint use airport on the installation
- 27.7 miles of railway available for movement of equipment and training materials and 273 miles of road – 157 paved and 116 unpaved
- 2,355 buildings on post, providing 15.4 million square feet of facilities for unique and highly technical training and support activities
- Digital Training Facility for advanced-level digital battle simulation training and experimentation – 85 seat capacity with theater style layout digital experimentation center with Secret Classification level capability
- 2 reconfigurable Simulation Labs
- 1,806 family housing units | 1,540 lodging rooms | 928 unaccompanied personnel housing units
- Live experimentation venues including diverse training areas, complexes, and ranges: Protection & Sustainment | Subterranean | Urban Search and Rescue | Airfields | Unmanned Arial Vehicle Operations | Demolitions | Wet Gap Crossing Chemical Defense | Incident Response | Forensic Science | Counter Explosive Hazards | Law Enforcement Village Complex
Fort Leonard Wood
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The Fort Leonard Wood Mission
- 81,000+ military & civilians trained each year in active component courses & 12,000 – 13,000 people from 120 Reserve & other non-tenant units
- Approximately 400 international students are trained here each year
- Conducts gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers
- Home to three U.S. Army schools: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear; Engineer; and Military Police – Home of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineersâ Prime Power School and several deployable U.S. Army Forces Command units
- Trains all DOD Motor Transport service members
- Home of the 102nd Army Reserve Training Division (Maneuver Support) and the Missouri National Guardâs 35th Engineer Brigade
- Trains the largest Marine Corps contingent outside of a Marine or Naval base, as well as Air Force and Navy personnel
- Supports the Army in solving challenges including Wet Gap Crossing, Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction/CBRN Defense and Protection
Fort Leonard Wood's Future
Capability: Access to Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy Seabees, multi-component, multi-agency, and Multi-National Forces
Capacity: Modern facilities, infrastructure and training areas; University of Missouri Technology Park, focused and secure environment
Community: Strong partnerships; nearby Engineering-focused University; support for mutually beneficial growth; ready, resilient, and engaged
Hub of Intellectual Capital: Non-profit research organizations and networks; research consortiums; strong partnership with Missouri University of Science & Technology
Location: Centrally located in the U.S with interstate access and daily commercial jet service on the installation; variety of terrain & hydrology
Quality of Life: High performing public schools, affordable housing, utilities, transportation, and healthcare
Available Workforce: Experienced and educated military and civilian workforce including military veterans and military Families
Future: Potential to accommodate new, expanded, or consolidated missions, functions, and organizations