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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 ...
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 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 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.
The DIVARTY has served with the division in World War II and the first Persian Gulf War, and in peacetime at Fort Hood, Fort Bliss, Fort Polk and Germany. The DIVARTY was inactivated in 2007 as part of transformation to modular brigade combat teams , but was reactivated in 2014 to provide fire support coordination and mission command for the ...
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.
4th BCT was organized in 2005 at Fort Bliss, Texas. It was originally part of the 1st Cavalry Division. The brigade reflagged to the 1st Armored Division on 4 March 2008. [2] [3] The first commander of the Highlander Brigade was Colonel Stephen Twitty. The unit was the first brigade combat team to be activated at Fort Bliss from the 1st Armored ...
Composed of in excess of 220 active duty (FT Bliss) soldiers, more than 10 civil service personnel, and numerous contractors, the 32d AAMDC has performed and validated its TMD mission and conducted extensive training during numerous joint and combined exercises – including Prairie Warrior 96, Ulchi Focus Lens 96, 97 & 98, Roving Sands 96 and ...