Fort Report: Soldiers head home for holidays

By Thom WilliamsDecember 20, 2021

Fort Report: Soldiers head home for holidays
Soldiers attending Advanced Individual Training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, board buses to Tucson International Airport beginning their journey Dec. 20, 2021, to connect with loved ones during Holiday Block Leave while mitigating COVID-19 health risks. (Photo Credit: Thom Williams) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – More than 1,000 Soldiers attending Advanced Individual Training left the training base today to connect with loved ones during Holiday Block Leave while mitigating COVID-19 health risks. (click on highlighted text for video news report)

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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 946 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.

We are the Army’s Home. Learn more at https://home.army.mil/huachuca/.