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Beaudette. Rear: BG Joel Tyler Fort Bliss is a post in the U.S. States of and, with its headquarters located in. Named in honor of (1815-1853), a mathematical genius who was the son-in-law of President, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km 2); it is the largest installation in (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in the Army overall (the largest being the adjacent ). The portion of the post located in, is a with a population of 8,591 as of the time of the.
Fort Bliss provides the largest contiguous tract (1,500 sq mi or 3,900 km 2) of restricted airspace in the, used for missile and artillery training and testing, and at 992,000 acres boasts the largest maneuver area (ahead of the, which has 642,000 acres). Fort Bliss is home to the, which returned to US soil in 2011 after 40 years in Germany. The division is supported by the. The installation is also home to the, the, the (now reflagged as the 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade), and the. The headquarters for the, a federal tactical operational intelligence center, is hosted at Fort Bliss. Its (United States Department of Defense) counterpart, is.
Biggs Field, a military airport located at Fort Bliss, is designated a platform. Is located on the post. Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts, and in Texas, and in. There were 'sub posts or intermediate stations' including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin. Fort Bliss in 1885. Photo courtesy of In 1846, led through, with victories at the and the. Then on 7 November 1848, War Department General Order no.
58 ordered the establishment of a post across from. On 8 September 1849, the garrison party of several companies of the ('The Old Guard', currently the oldest active duty regiment in the US Army), commanded by, found only four small and scattered settlements on the north side of the. The Post Opposite El Paso del Norte was first established at the site of Coon's Ranch (often erroneously referred to as Smith's Ranch, now downtown ): 21 and, along with and other Southwestern outposts, protected recently won territory from harassing and, provided law and order, and escorted the.: 17 also had nominal command of the, the former Presidio of San Elizario, seventeen miles downstream from El Paso del Norte.: 9,17 With constant Indian raids, garrisons had to be moved frequently to meet the shifting threats. In September 1851, the Post Opposite El Paso and the Post at San Elizario were closed, the soldiers moved 40 miles (64 km) north to.: 20–21 Post of El Paso (1854), Fort Bliss, (1854-1868) On 11 January 1854, Companies B, E, I and K of the, under the command of Lt.
Col., established Post of El Paso at under orders from.: 23 The post became Fort Bliss on 8 March 1854.: 23 in honor of Lt. Col., a veteran of the Mexican War (1846-1848) who was cited for gallantry in action. There it remained for the next 14 years, serving as a base for troops guarding the area against Apache attacks. Until 1861 most of these troops were units of the 8th Infantry Brigade.
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At the outbreak of the, ordered the garrison to Fort Bliss to, which Col. Did on 31 March 1861.: 29 Confederate forces consisting of the 2nd Regiment of Texas, under the command of Col., took the post on 1 July 1861,: 29 and used the post as a platform to launch in an effort to force the Union garrisons still in these states to surrender. Initially the Confederate Army had success in their attempts to, but following the Confederate soldiers were forced to retreat. Aerial view of Fort Bliss, 1968, with N-El Paso in background. On New Year's Day,1878,: 36 Fort Bliss was established as a permanent post; the Company L of the and Company C of the, were sent to Fort Bliss to prevent further and the usage of Rio Grande water for irrigation purposes.: 36,39 Prior to this date, the government had had a policy of simply leasing property for its military installations. Now, however, a tract of 135 acres (0.55 km 2) was purchased at Hart's Mill on the river's edge in the Pass, near what is today the.
With a $40,000 appropriation, a building program was begun. The first railroad arrived in 1881, and tracks were laid across the military reservation, thereby solving the supply problems for the fort and the rapidly growing town of El Paso. By 1890, Hart's Mill had outlived its usefulness, and Congress appropriated $150,000 for construction of a military installation: 50 on the mesa approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) east of El Paso's 1890 city limits.
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Although no money was appropriated for the land, $8,250 was easily raised by the local residents, who realized the economic benefit to the area. Noel Parade Field, West Fort Bliss. In the background. Present site (1893-today) The present site of Fort Bliss on La Noria mesa, was laid out by Captain John Ruhlen from 1891 to 1892 and was first occupied by four companies of the in October 1893.: 50 The Pershing Expedition In January 1914, arrived in El Paso to take command of the Army 8th Brigade that was stationed at Fort Bliss.
At the time, the was underway in Mexico, and the 8th Brigade had been assigned the task of securing the. In March 1915, under the command of General, Pershing led the 8th Brigade on the failed 1916–1917 into Mexico in search of outlaw. On Friday, 11 March 2016, members of the 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, (3rd BCT, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss) conducted a at, NM, the former site of Camp Furlong, 2nd Squadron's billet in 1915. They reviewed the terrain of the 9 March 1916 raid by 's forces on the unit 100 years before.
2nd Squadron then participated in a parade with, and Roll Call of the fallen. During this time, the would become one of the homes to the and the, the U.S. Army’s first tactical unit equipped with airplanes. World War I and World War II As (AEF) commander (1917–1918), transferred to Fort Bliss and was responsible for the organization, training, and supply of an inexperienced force that eventually grew from 27,000 men to over 2,000,000—the of.
From 10 December 1917 – 12 May 1918, the wartime existed at Fort Bliss. Similarly, the was initially activated at Fort Bliss on 10 December 1917 and then deactivated in July 1919, but then reactivated at Fort Bliss on 31 August 1920. Predominantly a cavalry post since 1912, Fort Bliss acquired three light, eight medium armored cars, two motorcycles, and two trucks on 8 November 1928. During, Fort Bliss focused on training (AAA). In September 1940 the Coast Artillery's anti-aircraft training center was established, and in 1941 the arrived to fly (the were at the nearby ). On 3 August 1944, the was ordered from to Fort Bliss to make the training of anti-aircraft gunners easier, and they became the dominant force at Fort Bliss following the departure of the. 1942, the War Dept.
Made space available for handling up to 1,350 POWs, while POW camps could be constructed. During the war, the base was used to hold approximately 91 and Americans and from Hawaii (then a territory), who were arrested as potential but, in most cases, denied due process. Group of 104 in 1946 at Fort Bliss (35 were at ) By February 1946, over 100 German scientists had arrived to develop and were attached to the Office of the Chief of, Research and Development Service, Suboffice (Rocket), headed by Major James P. Although the scientists were initially 'pretty much kept ' (resulting in the nickname 'Operation Icebox'), they were subsequently divided into a research group and a group who assisted with. German families began arriving in December 1946, and by the spring of 1948, the number of German rocket specialists (nicknamed ') in the US was 127.
Fort Bliss rocket launches included firings of the at the in April 1945. In 1953, funding cuts caused the cancellation of work on the work that had begun at Fort Bliss. In late 1953 after troops had been trained at the Ft Bliss Guided Missile School, field-firing operations of the were underway at Red Canyon Range Camp, WSPG.: 263 In April 1950, the 1st Guided Missile Group named the the ARMY LOON.: 249 The Cold War. Fort Bliss facility map of main area in 1974 Fort Bliss trained thousands of U.S.
Soldiers during the. As the United States gradually came to master the art of building and operating missiles, Fort Bliss and became more and more important to the country, and were expanded accordingly. On 1 July 1957 the U.S. Army Air Defense Center was established at Fort Bliss.
Located at this Center, in addition to Center Headquarters, are the; Air Defense; the 6th Artillery Group (Air Defense); the 61st Ordnance Group; and other supporting elements. In 1957 Fort Bliss and its anti-aircraft personnel began using, Chaparral, and missiles. Fort Bliss took on the important role of providing a large area for troops to conduct with the missiles. Because of the large number of Army personnel enrolled in the air defense school, Fort Bliss saw two large rounds of construction in 1954 and 1958.
The former was aimed at creating more barracks facilities, while the latter was aimed at building new classrooms, materials labs, a radar park, and a missile laboratory. Between 1953 and 1957 the Army also expanded McGregor Range in an effort to accommodate live fire exercises of the new missile systems. Throughout the Fort Bliss remained a premier site for testing anti-aircraft equipment.
Fort Bliss was used as the Desert Stage of the training course to prepare Ranger School graduates for operations in the deserts of the Middle East. From 1983 to 1987, Fort Bliss was home to the Ranger School's newly formed 4th (Desert Ranger) Training Company. This unit was later expanded in 1987 to form the newly created 's short-lived 7th Ranger Training Battalion, which was then transferred to the in. The deserts of Utah proved to be unsuitable so the 7th Ranger Training Battalion was returned to Fort Bliss from 1991 until the Ranger School's Desert Phase was discontinued in 1995. While the develops doctrine and tactics, training current and future soldiers has always been its core mission.
Until 1990 the post was used for and (AIT), under the 1/56 ADA Regiment, part of 6th ADA. Before 1989, 1/56 had three basic training companies and two AIT.
After 1990, 1/56 dropped basic training, that mission assumed. The unit now had four enlisted batteries for enlisted AIT, one battery for the Officer's Basic Course and Captain's Career Course (added in 2004) and one company that trained army truck drivers ( 88M). Fires from its launch canister. Base Realignment and Closure In 1995, the Department of Defense recommended that the be relocated to,. Efforts to consolidate units from another post with those units that remained at Fort Bliss were overruled by the, leaving Fort Bliss without any armored vehicles. Units operating the US Army's relocated to Fort Bliss during the 1990s.
The Patriot system played an important role in the / in 1991. In commemoration, the expressway in northeast was designated the Patriot Freeway. The War on Terror After the, Fort Bliss provided ADA Battalions for US and NATO use in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has served as one of the major deployment centers for troops bound for and. This mission is accomplished via nearby, which is included in the installation's supporting areas. Following the in 2001 Fort Bliss began training Afghan security forces at the at Fort Bliss, with the hope that these newly trained soldiers would eventually be able to take control of their own national security. Base Realignment and Closure, 2005. See also: In 2005, the Pentagon recommended transforming Fort Bliss into a heavy armor training post, to include approximately 11,500 new troops from the – at that time stationed in Germany -, as well as units from and.
An estimated 15,918 military jobs and 384 civilian jobs were planned to be transferred to Fort Bliss, brought the total number of troops stationed at Fort Bliss under this alignment to a total of 33,500 by 2012. Officials from Fort Bliss and the City of El Paso were thrilled with the decision; the general mood of the city government was perfectly captured by 14 May edition of the, which boldly proclaimed 'BLISS WINS BIG'.
According to, the BRAC commission considered three primary factors to make its decision: The military value of Fort Bliss, the potential for other branches of the armed service to use a post as large as Fort Bliss, and the lack of urban encroachment around Fort Bliss that would otherwise hinder its growth. The arrival of the 11,500 troops from the 1st Armored Division is also expected to create some 20,196 direct and indirect military and civilian jobs in El Paso.
According to the, this is the largest net gain in the United States tied to the Base Realignment and Closure recommendations. Of the 20,196 new jobs expected to come to El Paso as a result of Bliss’ realignment 9,000 would be indirect civilian jobs created by the influx of soldiers to the 'Sun City'. When the BRAC commission recommendations were released Senator 's spokesman reported that El Paso was the only area that came out with a major gain of forces. The news that El Paso had been selected to receive major elements of the 1st Armored Division was met with joy, but at the same time many expressed surprise at the panel's recommendation to transfer the Air Defense Artillery School, and its accompanying equipment (including the ) to.
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On 25 August officials representing Fort Bliss went before the BRAC Commission to plead their case for maintaining the ADA school and its accompanying equipment at Fort Bliss, citing among other thing the size of Fort Bliss and the history of the ADA school in the region. The BRAC Commission ultimately ruled against Fort Bliss, and the roughly 4,500 affected soldiers were transferred to. The entire transfer of soldiers to and from Fort Bliss was completed no later than 15 September 2011. On 25 June 2009, authority over the post was shifted from to. Of Fort Bliss today. Today Among Fort Bliss' missions:.
Provide anti-aircraft and missile defense capabilities. Conduct of nearly every type of Army weapon. Host joint military exercises with other U.S. And foreign units,.
Be home to many maintenance crews and supply units. Be one of the Army's premier bases for test-driving tanks and other equipment. House thousands of military vehicles, including all the equipment needed to set up sites. Hosted the Air Defense Artillery Center from 1942 to 2010. USAADCEN has completed its transfer to. Concomitantly, the German Air Force Air Defense school is going to move to new training facilities in Germany and. In 2013, the German Air Force deactivated its presence at Fort Bliss, while retaining a presence at Holloman Air Force Base; over the previous 47 years, over 50,000 German Airmen received training at this command.
In 2015, due to funding constraints on the planned new facilities in Europe, the German Air Force Air Defense school will stay open at Fort Bliss until 2020. Monitor missile launches conducted by, located 70 miles (110 km) to the north, in. Host the (CRC), the unit-level training site for Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen who are deploying or re-deploying on an individual basis. This CRC consolidates several other centers and now serves the entire Continental United States (CONUS). A secured drone airfield, with a separate 5000 foot runway and dedicated hangar, 20–25 miles north of the main post is under construction, with completion expected by 2016.
It will host a company of 9 Gray Eagles for First Armored Division. Training missions are supported by the McGregor Range Complex, located some 25 miles (40 km) to the northeast of the main post, in New Mexico. Most of Fort Bliss lies in the state of, stretching northeastward along from to the southern boundary of the in; in addition, much of the northwestward side of Highway 54 is part of the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, ranging from the northern side of to the southern boundary of; the main facilities are within the city limits of. According to the city zoning map, the post officially resides in.
Fort Bliss K-12 Schools Separate from the main post are the (which also serves the for the post's ) and a center at the eastern base of the. All of these supporting missions serve the military and retired-military population here, including having served General in his last days. A new warrior transition complex, located at Marshall and Cassidy roads, was opened in June 2011 to replace the older facility serving the warrior transition battalion. The installation is also close to the El Paso Airport (with easy access from the post via Robert E.
Lee Road—soon to be renamed Buffalo Soldier Road), Highway 54, and Interstate 10. There is a replica of the Magoffinsville site for Fort Bliss on post, simulating the adobe style of construction. Other items of interest include the memorial statue on Buffalo Soldier Road, at the Buffalo Soldier Gate of entry to the post, and a missile museum on Pleasanton Road. The walls of the old Fort Bliss Officers Club contains adobe bricks that are more than a century old. The building now houses a, where new personnel can learn about the post's activities and support groups.
The Fort Bliss Welcome center, for new arrivals, is nearby, in the Building 500 area. Fort Bliss has been designated a 'No Drone Zone' by the FAA, out to 400 feet beyond the lateral edges of the military reservation. This will be enforced by the Military Police.
Local impact. Fort Bliss soldier running up for his daily. As of 2005, the base contributed about $1.7 billion to the economy of and, and many businesses in the region serve the post's troops. When troops are transferred to other posts or called up for service overseas, the economic fallout can be felt throughout the city. Following the departure of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in 1995, many businesses in the Central and Northeast parts of the city either closed or moved.
Conversely, the influx of troops from the 1st Armored Division led to a boom in construction of housing and schools in the Central and Northeast areas of El Paso. As the Army began downsizing in 2014, Fort Bliss was expected to lose 1,200 soldiers from the then-current 33,500 by 2017. Fort Bliss has also assisted El Paso during local. In 1897, and again in 1925, the fort provided food and housing to those displaced by flood waters. In 2006, Fort Bliss dispatched soldiers and helicopters to the flood-affected areas to help with rescue efforts there. The flooding of El Paso in 2013 and 2014 were not met with this type of official response. As of July 2010, electric power consumption at Fort Bliss had been reduced by three megawatts as the base continues to work towards becoming a 'net zero' energy installation.
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In April 2013, announced a $120 million project to be completed by 2015, consisting of the largest solar farm within the U.S. A joint study by Fort Bliss and El Paso-area city governments found that desalination was a viable method for increasing El Paso's water supply by 25%. The Desalination Plant, on Montana Avenue, is located on Fort Bliss property, and desalinates the groundwater of the Hueco Bolson for use by El Paso and Fort Bliss. This reverse-osmosis plant protects the fresh groundwater supplies from invasion by more brackish water. This plant is currently the largest non-seawater desalination plant in the world.
In 2010, with the assumption of command by Major General, a local that grew up in El Paso, Fort Bliss was made an 'open post' which allowed anyone with a valid driver's license to enter the post. As of 2015 Fort Bliss is no longer an open post. Geography. Location of the in El Paso County. The Fort Bliss is located. According to the, the census-designated place has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.0 km²), all of it land.
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In terms of its, it is a southern part of the. Bunker 11507 An investigation into above-ground dirt-covered bunkers located on the military reservation was opened in June 2013. These former nuclear weapons bunkers were used by the Air Force during the Cold War, when Biggs Air Force Base was a SAC base. Low level radiation was detected in Bunker 11057. The bunker interiors were previously painted with epoxy paint to contain the radiation, and the paint has now chipped. The radiation contamination is confined to the area around the bunker.
The area was closed on 11 July 2013. Demographics. Leaving Fort Bliss As of the census of 2000, there were 8,264 people, 1,527 households, and 1,444 families residing on the post. The population density was 1,340.1 people per square mile (517.1/km²). There were 2,309 housing units at an average density of 374.4/sq mi (144.5/km²). The racial makeup of the post was 58.1%, 25.1%, 2.4%, 1.3%, 0.7%, 8.9% from, and 3.5% from two or more races.
Or of any race were 19.3% of the population. There were 1,527 households out of which 80.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.5% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.4% were non-families. 4.9% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.54 and the average family size was 3.62.
On the post the population was spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 33.6% from 18 to 24, 34.7% from 25 to 44, 2.3% from 45 to 64, and 0.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years.
For every 100 females there were 167.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 204.8 males. The median income for a household on the post was $35,970, and the median income for a family was $34,679. Males had a median income of $19,920 versus $17,227 for females.
The per capita income for the post was $13,201. About 9.5% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Fort Bliss Museums The Replica Museum is located next to the Noel Parade Field and depicts the Post at the Magoffinsville site. This five building museum was authentically constructed with and painted, and includes a store, bunkhouse, and a pottery kiln. The museum depicts the story of Fort Bliss and El Paso from 1848 to 1948 and was dedicated on the 100th anniversary. The Fort Bliss and Ironsides Museums are located next to the Athletic Field and includes outdoor and indoor exhibits.
These include important historical artifacts from the founding of Fort Bliss to the present day, such as General Pershing's Dodge Command Car and a. Heroes 3 maps pack download.