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, established on 3 March 1877 as Camp Huachuca. The garrison is now under the command of the
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. It is in
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in southeast
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, approximately north of the border with Mexico and at the northern end of the
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, adjacent to the town of
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. From 1913 to 1933, the fort was the base for the "
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s" of the
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. During the build-up of World War II, the fort had quarters for more than 25,000 male soldiers and hundreds of WACs. In the 2010 census, Fort Huachuca had a population of about 6,500 active duty soldiers, 7,400 military family members, and 5,000 civilian employees. Fort Huachuca has over 18,000 people on post during weekday work hours. The major tenant units are the United States
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(NETCOM) and the
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. Libby Army Airfield is on post and shares its runway with
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. It was an alternate but never used landing location for the
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. Fort Huachuca is the headquarters of Army
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. Other units include the
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, the Information Systems Engineering Command, the Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG), and the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Directorate. The fort has a
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-equipped aerostat (
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), one of a series maintained for the
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(DEA) by Harris Corporation. The aerostat is northeast of Garden Canyon and supports the DEA drug interdiction mission by detecting low-flying aircraft attempting to enter the United States from Mexico. Fort Huachuca contains the Western Division of the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center which is based at the 139th Airlift Wing,
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in
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.


History

The installation was founded to counter the
Chiricahua Apache Chiricahua ( ) is a band of Apache Native Americans. Based in the Southern Plains and Southwestern United States, the Chiricahua (Tsokanende ) are related to other Apache groups: Ndendahe (Mogollon, Carrizaleño), Tchihende (Mimbreño), Sehend ...
threat and secure the border with Mexico during the
Apache Wars The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexic ...
. On 3 March 1877,
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Samuel Marmaduke Whitside led two companies of the 6th Cavalry and chose a site at the base of the
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that provided sheltering hills and a perennial stream.Russell, Major Samuel L., "Selfless Service: The Cavalry Career of Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside from 1858 to 1902." MMAS Thesis, Fort Leavenworth: U.S. Command and General Staff College, 2002. In 1882, Camp Huachuca was redesignated a fort. General
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commanded Fort Huachuca as his headquarters in his campaign against
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in 1886. After the surrender of Geronimo in 1886, the Apache threat was extinguished, but the army continued to operate Fort Huachuca because of its strategic border position. In 1913, the fort became the base for the "
Buffalo Soldier Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This nickname was given to the Black Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in th ...
s", the
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composed of African Americans. It served this purpose for twenty years. During General Pershing's failed Punitive Expedition of 1916–1917, he used the fort as a forward logistics and supply base. From 1916 to 1917, the base was commanded by
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, the first African American to be promoted to colonel. He left for medical reasons. In 1933, the 25th Infantry Regiment replaced the 10th Cavalry at the fort. With the build-up during World War II, the fort had an area of , with quarters for 1,251 officers and 24,437 enlisted soldiers. The 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions, composed of African-American troops, trained at Huachuca. In 1947, the post was closed and turned over to the
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. However, at the outbreak of the
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, a January 1951 letter from the
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to the Governor of Arizona invoked the reversion clause of a 1949 deed. On 1 February 1951 the
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took official possession of Fort Huachuca, making it one of the few army installations to have had an existence as an
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. The army retook possession of the base a month later and reopened the post in May 1951 to train engineers in airfield construction as part of the Korean War build up. The engineers built today's
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. On 1 May 1953, after the Korean War, the post was again placed on inactive status with only a
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. On 1 February 1954, Huachuca was reactivated after a seven-month shut-down following the Korean War. It was the beginning of a new era for this one-time cavalry outpost, which saw Huachuca focused on
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. The army's Electronic Proving Ground opened in 1954, followed by the
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Test and Evaluation Center in 1960, the Combat Surveillance and Target Acquisition Training Command in 1964, and the Electronic Warfare School in 1966. Also in 1966 the U.S. Army established the 1st Combat Support Training Brigade, whose mission was to train soldiers in the specialties of field wire and communication, telegraph communications (O5B wired and wireless), light tactical vehicle driving, wheeled vehicle maintenance, and food service and administration due to the expanding need for these skills in
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. In 1967, Fort Huachuca became the headquarters of the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command, which became the U.S. Army Communications Command in 1973, and U.S. Army Information Systems Command in 1984. It is now known as NETCOM after the army dropped the 9th Signal Command (Army) designation on 1 October 2011. NETCOM was realigned in 2014 as a subordinate command to United States Army Cyber Command from a direct reporting unit to the Headquarters, Department of the Army CIO/G6."Fort Huachuca – General History"
U.S. Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca, Accessed 2 March 2018
Fort Huachuca was declared a
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in 1976 for its role in ending the
Apache Wars The Apache Wars were a series of armed conflicts between the United States Army and various Apache tribal confederations fought in the southwest between 1849 and 1886, though minor hostilities continued until as late as 1924. After the Mexic ...
, the last major military actions against Native Americans, and as the site of the Buffalo Soldiers. Fort Huachuca maintains a cemetery known as the Fort Huachuca Post Cemetery. Some 3,800 veterans and family members are buried there. In 1980, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) conducted aircraft training exercises from Fort Huachuca in preparation for
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. This operation aimed to rescue captive American personnel in Iran. It was developed in the wake of
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's failure. The environment near the fort enabled 160th SOAR pilots to train and simulate flying in the mountainous desert terrain of Iran. The fort was the site of the 2007 Conseil International du Sport Militaire.


Museums

Fort Huachuca has two museums in three buildings on post. The Ft. Huachuca Museum occupies two buildings on Old Post, its main museum and gift shop (Building 41401), and a nearby spillover gallery called the Museum Annex (building 41305). It tells the story of Fort Huachuca and the U.S. Army in the American Southwest, with special emphasis on the Buffalo Soldiers and the Apache War. The Annex across the street (Old Post Theater) has outdoor displays, walkways, sitting areas, and historical statues. The second museum is The U.S. Army Intelligence Museum, in the military intelligence (MI) Library on the MI school campus (Hatfield Street – Building 62723). The museum has a collection of historical artifacts including agent radio communication gear, aerial cameras, cryptographic equipment, an Enigma Code machine, two small drones and a section of the
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. The museum's emphasis is on U.S. Army military intelligence history and includes displays of the organizational development of army intelligence. There is a small military intelligence gift shop with customized Fort Huachuca souvenirs. All visitors, military or civilian, are welcome at the Ft. Huachuca Museum free of charge. Civilian visitors without a DoD ID card must pass a criminal background check before being allowed to pass the gate. Foreign visitors must be escorted by active duty or retired military personnel.


Signal Commands

Fort Huachuca has a rich tradition in Army Signal and is currently home to NETCOM whose mission is to plan, engineer, install, integrate, protect, defend and operate army
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, enabling mission command through all phases of operations. It used to be home to the 11th Signal Brigade. The 11th Signal Brigade has the mission of rapidly deploying worldwide to provide and protect command, control, communications, and computer support for commanders. They were deployed to provide signal operations during the
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. On 7 June 2013, the unit moved to
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, Texas. The Army Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG), a forerunner in the research and development of defense technology, was conducted at Ft. Huachuca for several decades. The software-defined radios, Wideband Networking Waveform, and the Soldier Radio Waveform, were tested at USAEPG in 2014 for a network integration evaluation, NIE 15.2, at
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, in 2015.


Military intelligence

In addition to the US Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca is the home of the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, which conducts MI training for the armed services. The Military Intelligence Officer Basic Leadership Course, Military Intelligence Captain's Career Course, and the
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Basic and Advanced Courses are taught on the installation. The army's MI branch also held the responsibility for
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s until April 2006. The program was reassigned to the Aviation branch's 1st Battalion, 210th Aviation Regiment, now 2nd Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment. Additional training in
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(e.g.,
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,
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), imagery intelligence, and
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and analysis is also conducted by the 111th. The 111th MI Brigade hosts the Joint Intelligence Combat Training Center at Fort Huachuca.


Education

Fort Huachuca Accommodation Schools is the school district for dependent children living on the base. The schools are: Colonel Johnston Elementary School (K-2), General Myer Elementary School (3-5), and Colonel Smith Middle School (6-8). The zoned high school is Buena High School, operated by the
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, in
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.


Notable people

People who have served or lived at Fort Huachuca: * Brigadier General
Samuel Whitside Samuel M. Whitside was a United States Cavalry officer who served from 1858 to 1902. He commanded at every level from company to department for 32 of his 43 years in service, including Army posts such a Camp Huachuca, Jefferson Barracks, and Fort ...
, founded Camp Huachuca. * Major General
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,
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recipient and Chief of Staff of the Army from 1910 to 1914 (after whom
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in Missouri is named). * Colonel Cornelius C. Smith, Medal of Honor recipient and head of the
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from 1910 to 1912. He accepted surrender of Mexican Colonel
Emilio Kosterlitzky Emilio Kosterlitzky (Russian: Эмилио Костерлицкий; 16 November 1853 – 2 March 1928) was a Russian-born Mexicans, Mexican colonel during the Mexican Revolution. He had also served in the Apache–Mexico Wars, Mexican Apache ...
while stationed at Huachuca in 1913 and was later Huachuca commandant from 1918 to 1919. *
Bullet Rogan Wilber Joe Rogan, also known as "Bullet Joe" (July 28, 1893 – March 4, 1967), was an American pitcher, outfielder, and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro baseball leagues from 1920 to 1938. Renowned as a two-way player who cou ...
( Negro league baseball) 25th Infantry Regiment * Cornelius C. Smith Jr., historian of Arizona, California, and the Southwestern United States. * John Henry, played professional baseball for the Washington Senators and Boston Braves from 1910 to 1918. * Colonel Sidney Mashbir, Commandant of
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,
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during World War II. * General
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, decorated officer who commanded Army and Marine forces in the
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and later the 7th Army in Europe during World War II. * General James Gavin (
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) * General
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(
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) * Lieutenant General Sidney T. Weinstein, one of the driving forces behind reorganizing Army intelligence in late 1970s and 1980s. * Captain
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, junta leader in the West African country of
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, completed intelligence training at Fort Huachuca in 2008. * Specialist 5
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, Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees, 1967–1969. 1st Training Brigade. *
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, goalkeeper for the
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of
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, was born at Fort Huachuca in 1984. *
Jayne Cortez Jayne Cortez (May 10, 1934 – December 28, 2012) was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and ...
, poet, born at Fort Huachuca in 1934. * Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley Jr., served as the Commanding General of the Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca from April 2013 to July 2015. * Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, served as the Commanding General of the Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca from July 2015 to July 2017.https://www.afcea.org/event/sites/default/files/files/Berrier%2C%20LTG%20Scott%20D_%20Bio.pdf


In popular culture

* ''
Captain Newman, MD ''Captain Newman, M.D.'' is a 1963 American comedy drama film directed by David Miller and starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Eddie Albert and Bobby Darin. Peck's Brentwood Production also co-produced the film. ...
'' (1963), starring Gregory Peck as the title character, was filmed at Fort Huachuca. * The opening sequence of '' Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'' (1969) was filmed at Ft. Huachuca. This movie was supported by the 1st Training Brigade. It stars Brian Keith and Tony Curtis. * In Scent of a Woman (1992) starring
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as Lt. Colonel Frank Slade, Slade tells his companion Charlie Simms that he dreamed of The Oak Room's rolls when he was at Fort Huachuca. "Bread's no good west of the Colorado. Water's too alkaline."


Climate


Gallery


References


Further reading

* Smith, Cornelius C. Jr. ''Fort Huachuca: The Story of a Frontier Post''. Fort Huachuca, Arizona: 1978.


External links


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