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FORT HUACHUCA — For nearly a half century the 11th Signal Brigade headquarters has been associated with this southern Arizona Army post in some form or another, first as the 11th Signal Group which arrived in 1966. But on Feb. 18, the Department approved the relocation of the approximately 100 personnel headquarters to Fort Hood, Texas. The local announcement was made Monday. However, the brigade’s 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, consisting of nearly 500 people, will remain on Fort Huachuca, according to the 11th’s public affairs noncommissioned officer Staff Sgt. Kelvin Ringold. The brigade headquarters returned from a deployment to Afghanistan...

If you're traveling the back roads outside Tucson next week, be on the lookout for camouflage and combat boots. More than 1,000 troops from Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista will be living in tents, driving Humvees and scurrying around in battle fatigues during a weeklong drill aimed at honing their skills in case they're called back to war. The soldiers from the Army's 11th Signal Brigade will be camped out in remote areas surrounding Fort Huachuca and near Bisbee, Safford, Chandler, and Florence, said brigade spokesman Sgt. Michael Petersen. The outdoor exercise runs from Sunday through next Saturday. The troops...