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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 4th Battalion of the 27th Field Artillery Regiment (4-27 FA) is a mechanized artillery battalion stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas.One of five combat battalions assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (1AD), 4-27 FA currently fields approximately 600 artillery and support personnel, operating self-propelled M109A6 howitzers, and providing direct fire support to the brigade.
Garrison/HQ: Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss: Nickname(s) Iron Eagles: Motto(s) Iron Eagles Iron Soldiers: Commanders; Commanding Officer: COL Margaret Stick: Command Chief Warrant Officer: CW5 Scott Bean: Command Sergeant Major: CSM Bryston Manintin
The DIVARTY was the first active division artillery to field the Initial Fire Support Automated System (IFSAS). As part of continued force reductions across the Army, the 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery redeployed from Germany to Fort Lewis, Washington with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, the brigade it habitually supported. [7]
Inactivated 27 April 1953 at Fort Tilden, New York. Activated 15 January 1955 at Camp Stewart, Georgia. HHB, 11th AAA Group (Continental) was redesignated as Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 11th Artillery Group (Air Defense) on 20 March 1958. Transferred from Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 15 May 58.
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.
Fort Bliss was directed to surrender to Confederate forces on 31 Mar 1861 after Texas withdrew from the Union, to include the garrison hospital. [15] [16] Fort Bliss and the hospital remained Confederate until 20 Aug 1862. [15] The retreating Confederate troops destroyed all of Fort Bliss, except for the hospital, which housed their sick and ...