I remember the ranges at Ft Cambell where the brush
was so grown up you couldnt see the pop-up targets.
Lot of work to maintain these bases.
Hope the fire doesn`t get away from them
Huachuca was one of the best TDY’s ever.
I really enjoyed hiking and exploring the based and adjacent Coronado National Forest.
Not to mention, the possible benefit of burning the thousands of pounds of garbage, clothes, backpacks, etc, dumped by the illegals running across the border onto the base.
A fellow retired NCO told me recently that the garbage problem was really bad in the shallow valleys leading up to the populated areas of the base.
I remember being stationed there in ‘89. The mountains were hit by a wildfire.
I sat on my apartment balcony in Sorry Vista, watching the fire creep up the mountainside, and admiring the snow - until I realized it was ash...