Free Republic

FORT HUACHUCA -- This Army post's future will soon be in the hands of a select federal commission, a group that will decide if the fort closes, is reduced in size or expands in its missions. Like all of the nation's military installations, Fort Huachuca will be reviewed by being pulled apart and put back together again to see if it meets Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's requirements, which first and foremost require installations to have military value. Two days before Christmas the draft selection criteria for the upcoming Base Realignment and Closure round was published in the Federal Register,...