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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 ...
48th Chemical Brigade, Fort Cavazos, TX; 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Campbell, KY; 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Carson, CO; 32nd Army Air & Missile Defense Command Fort Bliss, TX 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss, TX; 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK; 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Cavazos, TX
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 ...
The former Biggs AFB remained under DoD control in a caretaker status until 1973 when it was transferred to the U.S. Army as a sub-post of nearby Fort Bliss. Renamed Biggs Army Airfield, the installation was reactivated in 1973 as a permanent airfield for the U.S. Army, which turned into the world’s largest Army Airfield at that time. [10]
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.
It was reactivated in November 1948 at Fort Bliss, Texas. [2] [better source needed] The 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade subsequently moved to Fort Meade, Maryland in 1950 to provide anti-aircraft defense of Washington, DC and to plan the defense of other cities in the vicinity.
Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States. This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world.
First Army Division East was activated at Fort Meade, Maryland. First Army Division West was activated on 7 March 2007, at Fort Carson , Colorado , and was transferred to its current headquarters at Fort Cavazos , Texas as part of the 4th Infantry Division realignment.