Fort Report: Rabbi makes trek to celebrate New Year

By Thom WilliamsSeptember 10, 2021

Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, a religious leader who serves Fort Huachuca, Ariz. walks on Fort Huachuca, Ariz. accompanied by Soldiers en route to the Main Post Chapel where he will lead a Rosh Hashanah service to celebrate the Jewish New Year.
Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, a religious leader who serves Fort Huachuca, Ariz. walks on Fort Huachuca, Ariz. accompanied by Soldiers en route to the Main Post Chapel where he will lead a Rosh Hashanah service to celebrate the Jewish New Year. (Photo Credit: Thom Williams) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The leader of the Jewish congregation made the annual trek from his home in Sierra Vista, Ariz. to the Main Post Chapel to lead the community in a Rosh Hashanah service to celebrate the New Year.

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Fort Huachuca is home to the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command and more than 48 supported tenants representing a diverse, multiservice population. Our unique environment encompasses 964 square miles of restricted airspace and 2,500 square miles of protected electronic ranges, key components to the national defense mission.

Located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about 15 miles north of the border with Mexico, Fort Huachuca is an Army installation with a rich frontier history. Established in 1877, the Fort was declared a national landmark in 1976.

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