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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Established in 1848, the fort was renamed in 1854 to honor Bvt.Lieut.Colonel William W.S. Bliss (1815–1853), U.S. Army officer, Private Secretary and son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor [6] [7].
In January 1920 the 1st Surveillance Group moved from Kelly Field to Fort Bliss. [1] The airfield was officially named "Biggs Field" on 5 January 1925 after Lieutenant James Berthea "Buster" Biggs, an El Paso native killed in a plane crash on 27 October 1918 at Belrain, France. [2]
Downtown El Paso, Texas is 20 miles (32 km) to the south, Fort Bliss in Texas is 19 miles (31 km) to the south, and the White Sands Missile Range is 30 miles (48 km) to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Chaparral CDP has a total area of 59.2 square miles (153.4 km 2), all land. [4]
The hospital is located in the Central/Northeastern part of El Paso, and provides emergency department services for Northeast El Paso. The current 1.1-million-square-foot, 6-building medical complex opened July 10, 2021, on East Fort Bliss. [1] WBAMC is affiliated with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine which is also located in El Paso, Texas.
Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Texas, located at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army post adjacent to the city of El Paso. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 82.1 acres (33.2 ha), and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments.
A Fort Bliss soldier is accused of two shootings months apart in the El Paso's Cincinnati Entertainment District in Kern Place. El Paso police arrest Fort Bliss soldier in 2 shootings in ...
A shooting that wounded two Fort Bliss men outside Legendz bar in far East El Paso is now a homicide. 1 of 2 Fort Bliss men wounded in Legendz bar shooting has died, El Paso police say Skip to ...
The Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is a 339 acres (137 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 343 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and a contributing site on the Fort Bliss military installation. [1]