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White, 1st Armored Division, is the Commanding General at Fort Bliss.īecause Fort Bliss is so large, various training exercises and activities occur frequently including: Per the FAA, Fort Bliss is a No Drone Zone, a ruling that the Military Police enforce. Forty-eight soldiers were awarded the badge in the 2017 competition. Although the German Air Force deactivated its command in 2013, they host a competition each year in which American forces on base compete to earn the German Armed Forces Badge in Military Proficiency. The German Air Force has an Air Defense Center at Fort Bliss that it plans to use until 2020, with a possibility of extending their stay. It was estimated that this decision would create 20,196 new jobs including 9,000 civilian jobs as a result of the population growth in the area.

In 2005, the Pentagon decided to make Fort Bliss a heavy armor training post. Fort Bliss sees approximately 30,000 troops (a majority of which are National Guard and Reserves) come through its facilities every year as they undergo training before deployment. In 2001, Afghan security forces began receiving training on base. Post 9/11, Fort Bliss became a major deployment station for Iraq- and Afghanistan-bound troops. Soldiers through their training during the Cold War era. During World War II, Fort Bliss was used for anti-aircraft artillery battalion training and was also used to hold POW’s. Pershing trained forces at Fort Bliss that would become the WWI National Army. Fort Bliss National Cemetery is also located onsite. Grant, Fort Bliss was used as a Confederate garrison.įort Bliss has the Army’s largest maneuver area at 992,000 acres and the largest airspace in the continental United States at 1,500 sq. Fort Bliss is also home to the headquarters for the El Paso Intelligence Center and Biggs Field military airport. Army Air Defense Artillery Center until June 2009 when the Center was moved to Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort Bliss is home to more than 38,500 active duty military personnel, over 39,000 military families, 1,000 reservists and 13,000+ civilians. While the main post is in El Paso, TX, most of the training grounds are located in New Mexico.