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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km 2); it is the largest installation in FORSCOM (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in ...
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is an Armored Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. First organized in 1944, as Reserve Command, 1st Armored Division, the unit fought in Italy in World War 2, in Operation Desert Storm and in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
The 5th Armored Brigade is an AC/RC (active component/reserve component) unit based at Fort Bliss, Texas.The unit is responsible for training selected United States Army Reserve (USAR) & Army National Guard units west of the Mississippi River before they deploy to conduct combat operations overseas.
Deploying units include a terminal high-altitude area defense battery and associated air defense headquarters elements from Fort Bliss. Fort Bliss soldiers among approximately 900 troops deploying ...
1 May 2009 battalion moves [4] from Fort Polk, LA, to Fort Bliss, TX. 26 May 2011 142nd conducts Relief in Place [ 5 ] for the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Bagram Airfield Afghanistan 28 April 2012 142nd conducts Transfer of Authority [ 6 ] to the 548th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Bagram Airfield Afghanistan
Master Sgt. Janina Simmons became the first Black woman to graduate Army Ranger School, one of the military's toughest combat training courses. 'It is special to me': Fort Bliss soldier is first ...
The first Army dental training school was established at the Fort Bliss Post Hospital in September 1916 by Captain Robert T. Oliver. [23] The dental school at the Fort Bliss Post Hospital served as a model for similar efforts in the mobilization camps after the April 6, 1917, declaration of war against Germany. [24]
The battalion is subordinate to 89th Military Police Brigade.It numbers over 800 soldiers who are stationed at its headquarters at Fort Bliss, Texas. The battalion consists of one Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, one Law Enforcement Activities (LEA) Company, one Law Enforcement Detachment - the 513th Military Working Dog (MWD) detachment - and three Military Police Companies: