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RECOGNIZING U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AND FORT
HUACHUA
Ms. SINEMA. Mr. President, Senator Mark Kelly and I have the distinct privilege of honoring the outstanding men and women of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, AZ. On October 6, 2021, MG Anthony G. Hale, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca, will officially recognize the 50-year anniversary of Fort Huachuca as the ``Home of Military Intelligence.'' This is a momentous occasion, and we congratulate all members of the Fort Huachuca community on their invaluable achievements.
Military intelligence has been critical to successful combat operations since the U.S. Army's inception in 1775. Tragic events in our Nation's 246-year history have continually underscored the importance of properly trained intelligence professionals, not only for combat operations, but in times of peace as well. The U.S. Army's first centralized peacetime intelligence school was established at Fort Holabird, MD, in 1955, but moved to Fort Huachuca in 1971 to better meet intelligence requirements. Fort Huachuca subsequently received the moniker of ``Home of Military Intelligence.''
Over the next 50 years, the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School would absorb several other intelligence training centers until it had responsibility for all military intelligence training. This includes initial military training and professional military education for all ranks and intelligence specialties, for both Active and Reserve components, civilians, and foreign students from allied countries.
The Commanding General serves as the proponent for the Military Intelligence Branch and Chief of the Military Intelligence Corps and is responsible for recruitment, accession, and retention of the Army's entire military intelligence force, while developing concepts, doctrine, organizational designs, and materiel solutions. The Intelligence Center and School have gradually morphed into today's U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, notably becoming the place where military intelligence professionals are symbolically bound together as one unified organization. It continues to be, now more than ever, the home of military intelligence.
As the Army prepares for future contingencies, the work of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence is paramount. The center's military and civilian personnel work tirelessly to shape the future of Army intelligence while ensuring intelligence professionals are trained and equipped to protect our Nation. Fort Huachuca is postured to combat our adversaries in the domains of spectrum and space and continues to provide key contributions to the defense of the Nation.
Senator Kelly and I are immensely proud of the men and women at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca. They deserve our deepest gratitude for the contributions they have made to the U.S. Army and our Nation over the past 50 years. I know we both look forward to seeing what they accomplish over the next half-century.
Again, congratulations on this proud occasion.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 176
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