MAJOR UNITS STATIONED AT FORT HUACHUCA 1887-1971

History of Ft. Huachuca, Monograph No. 1 Western Pioneer Series. Pages 31-32.

Transcribed by Jean Walker, June 2024

Elements of the following major units were stationed at Fort Huachuca on dates indicated. The first full regiment station at the post was the 24th Infantry in 1892.

1877: Co's B & M, 6th Cav arrived 3 March. (In 1877, Cavalry units were designated "companies.")

1878: 6th Cav.

1879: 6th Cav; 12th Inf.

1880: 6th Cav; 12th Inf.

1881: 1st, 3rd, 6th Cav; 12th Inf

1882: 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th Cav; 1st, 12th Inf.

1883: 3rd, 7th, 8th Cav; 1st Inf.

1884: 4th, 6th Cav; 1st Inf.

1885: 4th Cav, 1st Inf.

1886: 4th Cav; 1st, 8th Inf.

1887: 4th Cav.

1888: 4th Cav, 9th Inf.

1889: 4th Cav, 9th Inf.

1890: 2nd, 4th Cav; 9th Inf.

1891: 2nd Cav; 9th, 11th Inf.

1892: 2nd Cav; 11th, 24th Inf.

1893: Entire 24th Infantry Regiment

1894: 2nd Cav, 24th Inf.

1895: 2nd Cav, 24th Inf.

1896: 1st, 2nd, 7th Cav; 15th, 24th Inf.

1897: 1st, 7th Cav; 15th Inf.

1898: 1st, 7th, 9th Cav; 15th, 22nd, 25th Inf.

1899: 9th Cv, 25th Inf.

1900: 5th, 9th Cav.

1901: 5th 7th, Cav; 15th, 30th Inf.

1902: 7th, 14th Cav; 15th Inf.

1903: 4th, 5th, 14th Cav.

1904: 4th, 5th, 14th Cav; 29th Inf.

1905-07: 5th Cav.

1908: 5th, 6th, 8th Cav.

1909: 6th Cav.

1910: 6th Cav, 18th Inf.

1911: 1st, 6th, 12th Cav; 18th Inf.

1912: 4th, 6th, 9th Cav.

1913: 4th 5th, 10th Cav, 11th Inf.

1914-27: 10th Cav.

1928-31: 10th Cav, 25th Inf.

1932-42: 25th Inf.

1942: 93rd Inf Div.

1943: 93rd Inf Div, 92nd Inf Div.

1944: 92nd Inf Div.

1945: 372nd Inf.

1946-1947: Caretaking Detachment

15 Sep 1947: Inactivated

20 Apr 1951: Reactivated

1951: 417th, 419th Engineer Aviation Brigades

1952: 45th, 304th, 923rd, 934th Engr Av Groups

30 Jun 1953: Inactivated

1 Feb 1954: Reactivated

ACTIVATION OR ARRIVAL DATES SINCE 1954

1954: US Army Electornic Proving Grounds 1st Signal Group, 505th Signal Group

1960: US Army Army Security Agency Test & Evaluation Center

1964: US Army Combat Surveillance School, 1st Combat Support Training Brigade

1966: US Army Electronic Warfare School, 11th Signal Group

1967: US Army Strategic Communications Command, Raymond W. Bliss Army Hospital

1969: Safeguard Communications Agency

1970: US Army Security Agency Training Center & School, US Army Communications - Electronics Engineering Installation Agency, US Army Combat Surveillance & Electronic Warfare School.

1971: US Army Intelligence Center & School

Note: 1971 was the last entry, as the source pamplet was published in 1972

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