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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 ...
Between 1954 and 1965 the U.S. Army expanded its McGregor Range facilities at Fort Bliss onto Otero Mesa by purchasing ranches. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] In 2005, the Bureau of Land Management approved the area for exploratory drilling for oil and gas, [ 59 ] but that approval is currently being litigated [ citation needed ] by the state of New Mexico and ...
Located at 32.145833, -106.506111 on the Doña Ana Range Complex, which is part of Fort Bliss Training Center at Fort Bliss. Used for training by the U.S. Army. [31] [32] McGregor Base Camp, near Alvarado, Otero County, New Mexico. Located at 32.080557483526924, -106.17666465823983 on the McGregor Range Complex, which is part of Fort Bliss ...
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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.
McGregor Range in extreme southeast of map. The McGregor Range extends north–south to the west of Fitch Glacier, which runs south to join Man-o-War Glacier, which in turn runs southwest to join Tucker Glacier. On its east the range is bounded by Leander Glacier, which runs along its north and west sides to join Tucker Glacier. Mount Brazil is ...
[2] [3] The majority of its personnel volunteered for full-time service at McGregor Range, administered by Fort Bliss. [4] [5] As a result, the battalion was affiliated with the active 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and under the control of Central Command and Forces Command. [6]
Topo map NTS 93I3 Gleason Creek [ 2 ] The McGregor Range is a mountain range in the Central Interior of British Columbia , located between the main spine of the Rocky Mountains and the Fraser River on the northeast and southwest, and between the Torpy River on its southeast and the McGregor River on its northwest.