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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015
Plan now for gate changes beginning Aug. 3
DES release
Signi cant changes to installation ac- land Security Presidential Directive 12,
cess at Fort Huachuca will begin Aug. 3
including a return to the original gate
names and background checks for all in-
dividuals 18 years and older without an
approved form of DOD identi cation.
What is now known as the Main
Gate, will return to its historical name, How to request an access badge
Bu alo Soldier Gate, and will be open
5 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday,
closed weekends and holidays begin-
ning Aug. 3.
e Bu alo Soldier Gate was desig-
nated May 21, 1993 in a ceremony that
was part of Bu alo Soldier Day, an event
co-sponsored by the Sierra Vista Cham-
ber of Commerce and Fort Huachuca
to honor African/American units that
served at Fort Huachuca.
e current East Gate, will return
to its memorialized name, Van Deman
Gate, dedicated July 2, 1992 to Maj.
Gen. Ralph H. Van Deman, the father of
modern U.S. military intelligence.
e Van Deman Gate will be open
24/7 beginning Aug. 3 and will be the
site of the Fort Huachuca Visitor Control which uses the National Crime Infor-
Center, or VCC, to facilitate background
checks of all visitors in accordance with Index, or NCIC III, a Federal Bureau
Homeland Security Presidential Direc-
tive 12.
What to know about access
Beginning Aug. 3, visitors, contrac-
tors and vendors 18 years and older, en-
tering Fort Huachuca, who do not have
a DOD identi cation card, will be sub-
ject to a background check before being
allowed entry to the installation. ose
who present a Common Access Card, or
CAC; Military ID; Military Dependent
ID; Gold Star ID or other valid DOD
credential won’t be a ected.
is change is to ensure that Fort
From SCOUT, Page 1A
e third Post newspaper was the
Apache Sentinel “Guardian of the Fort
Huachuca spirit” published by the
1922nd Service Command Unit which
served as the Garrison unit during
1944-1945.
During the
Korean War,
the Engineer
Aviation Unit
Training Cen-
ter established
the “o cial post
newspaper”
when the Fort
reopened to train
combat engineers
for air eld con-
Huachuca is in compliance with Home-
which requires that 100 percent of visi-
tors be vetted prior to entering the in-
stallation. “While this is a DOD-wide
initiative, we are doing all we can to
streamline the process for accessing
Fort Huachuca, yet ensure the safety and
security of the installation,” said Dan
Ortega, director of Emergency Services.
To complete a background check and
be issued an installation access badge,
visitors must go to the VCC located the
Van Deman Gate beginning Aug. 3 and
complete an access request form. All in-
stallation access badges will be issued
from the Van Deman Gate only. ere
will be no background checks or badges
issued at the Bu alo Soldier Gate.
Contractors and vendors requiring
long term access (over 30 days) will re-
quire a government sponsor. Visitors
seeking short term access (less than
30 days) do not require a government
sponsor. In either case all applicants
undergo a background check.
By submitting the form, individu-
als are agreeing to a background check,
mation Center Interstate Identi cation
of Investigation database that provides
criminal histories.
Be aware that all individuals 18 years
and older entering the installation are
required to have a background check
and installation access badge before
being allowed to enter the installation.
Visitors, contractors and vendors with
an installation access badge can access
the installation at any gate or Access
Control Point.
Badges are valid only for the time-
frame authorized on the badge and all
struction. e Huachuca
Scout was rst published
on Feb. 22, 1952 and
printed its nal issue in
December 1952.
e original Fort
Huachuca Scout, an
o cial Army news-
paper, published its
rst issue on June
18, 1954 and was
edited and pub-
lished on Fort
by the Public
Information
O ce in Building 4011. Ed-
itor-in-chief was Maj. Morton E.
Milliken, Editor was Sgt. Jerry D.
personnel 18 years and older in the ve-
hicle must have a valid installation ac-
cess badge.
About the background check
In accordance with Homeland Se-
curity Presidential Directive 12 and
Army Regulation 190-13, all visitors
and uncleared contractors desiring
unescorted access to Fort Huachuca,
must be vetted through NCIC III, the
Army’s baseline background check for
entrance onto Army installations for
non-CAC or non-DOD ID card hold-
ers. Upon successful completion of a
background check the individual(s)
will be issued a Fort Huachuca instal-
lation access badge. is badge is only
good for access onto the installation
and to be available for presentation to
Installation Security personnel. It is
not to be used as a form of identi ca-
tion for other purposes.
e installation commander will, in
the absence of an approved waiver, deny
uncleared contractors, subcontractors
and visitors unescorted access to the
installation based on the results of the
NCIC III check that contains credible
derogatory information indicating the
individual may present a threat to good
order, discipline, or health and safety on tion.
the installation.
Factors that would constitute an ac-
cess denial:
• The NCIC III contains criminal ar-
rest information about the individual
that causes the Installation Commander
to determine that individual presents a
potential threat to the good order, disci- with known links to terrorism or sup-
pline, or health and safety on the instal- port of terrorist activity.
lation.
• The installation is unable to verify
the individual’s claimed identity based
on the reasonable belief that the indi-
vidual has submitted fraudulent infor-
Prophet and Donald E. Olds was a sta
writer. e Scout was
published in
broad sheet
form con-
sisting of
four pages
with no ad-
vertising.
In Feb-
ruary 1957,
e Fort
Huachuca
Scout was
contracted
and pub-
l i s h e d as a civilian
enterprise in the interest
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mation concerning his or her identity in
the attempt to gain access.
• The individual has a current arrest
warrant in NCIC, regardless of the of-
fense or violation.
• The individual is currently barred
from entry or access to a federal instal-
lation of facility.
- e individual has been convicted
of crimes encompassing sexual assault,
armed robbery, rape, child molestation,
production or possession of child por-
nography tra cking in humans, drug
possession with the intent to sell or drug
distribution.
• The individual has a US conviction
for espionage, sabotage, treason, terror-
ism or murder.
• The individual is a registered sex of-
fender.
• The individual has a felony convic-
tion within the past 10 years, regardless
of the o ense or violation.
• The individual has been convicted
of a felony rearms or explosives viola-
• The individual has engaged in acts
or activities designed to overthrow the
U.S. Government by force.
• The individual is identified in the
Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB)
as known to be or suspected of being a
terrorist or belonging to an organization
Individuals who are not cleared and
denied access, will be given a denial ac-
cess waiver packet to be completed and
returned to the VCC. e denial waiver
committee will review the packet and
determine suitability for access to the
installation.
As a reminder, all vehicle operators
are required to have a valid state driver’s
license and valid motor vehicle insur-
ance.
of the military and civilian personnel of
Fort Huachuca.
Even though the major part
of the newspaper
consisted of news
released through the
Information O ce on
Fort Huachuca, adver-
tising was introduced
to the Scout to help pay
for its publishing and
distribution costs. By
May of 1957, the Scout
was changed from tabloid
size to full size and it aver-
aged eight to ten pages an
issue with a circulation of
4,500.