FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Bliss, Texas ~ 20 NOV 2018

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Road Trip: Fort Bliss, Texas

Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters located in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815-1853), a mathematical genius who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles; it is the largest installation in FORSCOM (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in the Army overall (the largest being the adjacent White Sands Missile Range).

Fort Bliss is home to the 1st Armored Division, which returned to US soil in 2011 after 40 years in Germany. The division is supported by the 15th Sustainment Brigade. The installation is also home to the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, the 212th Fires Brigade (now reflagged as the 1st Armored Division Artillery Brigade), and the 402nd Field Artillery Brigade.

Training missions are supported by the McGregor Range Complex, located some 25 miles to the northeast of the main post, in New Mexico. Most of Fort Bliss lies in the state of New Mexico, stretching northeastward along U.S. Route 54 from El Paso County, Texas to the southern boundary of the Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico; in addition, much of the northwestward side of Highway 54 is part of the Fort Bliss Military

Reservation, ranging from the northern side of Chaparral, New Mexico to the southern boundary of White Sands Missile Range; the main facilities are within the city limits of El Paso, Texas. According to the city zoning map, the post officially resides in Central El Paso.

Separate from the main post are the William Beaumont Army Medical Center (which also serves the warrior transition battalion for the post's wounded warriors) and a Department of Veterans Affairs center at the eastern base of the Franklin Mountains. All of these supporting missions serve the military and retired-military population here, including having served General Omar N. Bradley 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. A new location for William Beaumont Army Medical Center, to be located at Spur 601 and Loop 375, is now rescheduled to be completed in September 2019.

Learn More About Fort Bliss HERE!!

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[Rummyfan]

Rummyfan Jr is stationed there.

[thescourged1]

16R10 Vulcan crewman here, 2/44 ADA Kaiserslautern W.Germany 1987-89. Now you know a combat ADA type :)

[luvie]

LOL!

[Mark]

My basic training was there in 1966. Not a lot of fun.

[redcatcherb412]

Basic Training there September 1966.

Was back at Bliss for 3 months in the Beaumont Army medical center recouping from my Vietnam tour/vacation lol.

I was from Albuquerque so it was just a short hop from home for me for a while.

[DLfromthedesert]

My son did his AIT (Advanced Individual Training) there in 1993 ... Missile Defense.

[GSAonce]

1st of 7th ADA, 24E20, 1973-. My second daughter was born at the base hospital. Spent a lot of time at White Sands Missile Range. Training and firing out Israelis and Jordanians. Hawk missiles at $100,000 a pop. Seemed like a lot of money then.

Use to love being there at night. The range next door was for the Vulcan’s they would fire out at night. You would hear someone cut one and look over to see the steady stream of tracers headed down range. Then hear the sound of cars and buses rolling down the range.
When I was young.

[SkyDancer]

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[IndispensableDestiny]

REMF Fort.

I don't think 1AD would like to be called REMF. It's composed of 1 SBCT, 2 ABCT, 3 ABCT, DIVARTY, a CAB, and a sustainment brigade.

[SC DOC]

Stationed at WBAMC at Ft. Bliss ‘73-‘74.

[The Mayor]

Thank you for the thread!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Did you end up with a nice day for a trip to the lake? Gizmo was probably ready to let ‘er rip after your last trip was cut short. :-)

[E.G.C.]

Yep, we had a great time out there. Weather was nice and yes he let er' rip((LOL))

The guy from Orkin is coming later today so we'll see how things go today.

[Night Hides Not]

16R10 Vulcan crewman here, 2/44 ADA Kaiserslautern W.Germany 1987-89. Now you know a combat ADA type :)

14B SHORAD Officer - Chaparral/Vulcan. 6/56 ADA 77-81, did two years at Hahn (C Battery) and 2 years at Spangdahlem (Battalion Staff, Asst S-3, PBO, and S-4).

Followed my last Battalion Commander to Fort Bliss, worked for him again at the Air Defense Board (after Advance Course).

Met my wife there, she worked in my operations section at the Board. She's outranked me ever since...lol.

[Night Hides Not]

Stationed at WBAMC at Ft. Bliss ‘73-‘74.

Back in the good old days...I recall strippers at the Beaumont O'Club a couple days a week during lunch.

[Night Hides Not]

REMF Fort. Sorry Bliss has been ADA for years even in the 60’s. I knew no ADA combat types, but; frankly the ADA officer corps had some with MSAE’s. Smart as hell.

Where in Hades did that come from? ADA was moved back to Fort Sill years ago.

[radu]

Glad you had a nice day to get out. Those days will be hard to come by before long.

I guess your chill has moved over here since we have a nippy day ahead. But it’ll warm back up fairly nicely the rest of the week.

[antidisestablishment]

Not Fort Bliss!

Really nice PX area! It looks much better in comparison to the sandbox. You don’t appreciate the water (or beer) until it’s gone...