You have a master's degree in nuclear physics, and you scored off the charts on one of these math tests before joining the Army.
There was a U.S. Army outpost in the region in the 19th century.
And after talking with a single Army Colonel, Army Air Force Colonel, decided that the Desert Bighorn Sheep, who live in the mountains like Sheep Peak, for which it's named, and the mountains to the east, must be an endangered species.
And in 1937, in order to protect the sheep, and that we're talking before World War II, Franklin Roosevelt and the Army Air Force decided that they would station a battalion of anti-aircraft guns with live ammo to protect it.