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Fort Bliss, U.S. army post, 1,122,500 acres (454,300 hectares), W Tex., E of El Paso; est. 1849 and named for Col. William Bliss, Gen. Zachary Taylor's adjutant in the Mexican War. Originally strategically located near the only ice-free pass through the Rocky Mts., it guarded the U.S.-Mexican border and protected West-bound gold seekers from hostile Native Americans; task forces against Cochise Cochise (kōchēs`, kōchē`sā), c.1815–1874, chief of the Chiricahua group of Apache in Arizona. ..... Click the link for more information. and Geronimo Geronimo (jərŏn`əmō'), c.1829–1909, leader of a Chiricahua group of the Apaches , b. Arizona. ..... Click the link for more information. were based there. The fort's location has changed several times as a result of flooding; its present site, on a mesa, was established in 1890. In 1916, post commander Gen. John J. Pershing led an unsuccessful expedition into Mexico to catch the bandit Francisco (Pancho) Villa Villa, Francisco (fränsēs`kō vē`yä), c.1877–1923, Mexican revolutionary, nicknamed Pancho Villa. ..... Click the link for more information. . Fort Bliss is now the Army Air Defense Center, training missilemen, artillerymen, and air-defense units. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The EBCT will be established at Fort Bliss, Texas, in June 2007, and will conduct testing and evaluation at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range. 214, Special Forces Vehicle-Mounted Operations Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, formerly FM 31-23, Special Forces Mounted Operations, Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, encompasses TTPs and lessons learned by SF at Fort Bliss, Fort Campbell, Fort Bragg and overseas. Brown, Assistant Commandant of the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) School at Fort Bliss, Texas. |
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