[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 176 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   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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