Fort Huachuca

Welcome to Fort Huachuca, home of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Army Signal Command. Located in Cochise County, in southeast Arizona, about 15 miles north of the border with Mexico, Fort Huachuca was annexed in 1971 by the city of Sierra Vista and was declared a national landmark in 1976. It was here that the Army organized a strike force that chased Geronimo and his followers through Mexico's Sierra Madre during the summer of 1886, compelling their surrender. Fort Huachuca was also the headquarters of the famed 9th and 10th Cavalry, the "Buffalo Soldiers," one of the Army's elite black cavalry corps. The Old Post historic district contains many notable buildings, including the original officers' quarters, built of adobe and dating from the 1880's.  You'll also see Brown Parade Field.  It was from this site that General John Pershing, along with then-Lieutenant George S. Patton, led the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa in 1916.