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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 ...
Morale, Welfare and Recreation, abbreviated MWR, is a network of support and leisure services designed for use by U.S. servicemembers (active, Reserve, and Guard), their families, military retirees, veterans with 100 percent service-connected disability, current and retired DoD civilian employees, and other eligible participants.
Fort Cavazos: Killeen: Fort Bliss: El Paso: Fort Wolters: Mineral Wells: Naval Air Station Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi: Naval Air Station Kingsville: Kingsville: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth: Fort Worth: Carswell AFB Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex: Grand Prairie: Hensley Field: Grand Prairie Camp Mabry: Austin ...
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.
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 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 ...
The 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Battalion Headquarters in Fort Cavazos, Tx. is named in his honor. The gym on main post Fort Bliss is also named in his honor. [9] SGT Stout is the only US Army Air Defense Artillerymen to earn the Medal of Honor. [10]
Fort Johnson (Vernon Parish, Louisiana), the current home of the Joint Readiness Training Center; Fort Chaffee (Fort Smith, Arkansas), the home of the Joint Readiness Training Center from 1987 to 1993; Fort Lewis (Tacoma, Washington) Fort Bliss (El Paso, Texas)