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  2. Fort Bliss - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion was formed in 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. The 62nd served in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and Europe. They received a unit citation for their activities on D-Day at Omaha Beach. Elements of the unit were transported ashore by USS LCT-209.

  4. 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (United States Army)

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    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.

  5. 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

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    The battalion deactivated in 2007 in Giessen, Germany, and reactivated in 2008 as part of the Ready First Combat Team at Fort Bliss. 2-3 FA deployed to Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar, Afghanistan, from December 2012 to September 2013 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a combined arms task force as well as provided artillery support ...

  6. 82nd Field Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd Battalion, 82nd Artillery arrived in Vietnam on 15 August 1966 as part of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The battalion was equipped as a towed 105mm howitzer unit and first operated in the Tay Ninh area of Vietnam, supporting large operations like Attleboro , Cedar Falls , Gadsden , and Junction City .

  7. 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Activated 1 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 11th Air Defense Artillery was inactivated 26 May 1967 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Activated 1 September 1971 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Group.

  8. 121st Field Artillery Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Battalion 121st Field Artillery Regiment was mobilized between January and October 2013 at Fort Bliss, Texas before deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The regiment again served in Afghanistan between April 2014 and January 2015. [3]

  9. U.S. Army airships - Wikipedia

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    Plans were made for operating airships from both Fort Bliss and Brooks Field, in Texas [10] and Langley Field, Virginia. The first blimp operated by the Army was the A-4, which was operated primarily from Langley until transferred to the new Balloon and Airship School at Scott Field , Illinois.