Fort Bliss was almost supplanted by Fort Selden, eighteen miles north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, but was kept in El Paso by community leaders, who contributed about $7,000 for the purchase of land on Lanoria Mesa, five miles east of town. Congress then committed $300,000 for new facilities. Fort Bliss moved to its sixth and final home in late 1893. EL PASO, Texas -- U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Gonzalez is returning home to his native El Paso County for a garrison command role at Fort Bliss after being away for 26 years. Gonzalez grew up in The Fort Bliss National Cemetery is adjacent to the installation's main post and dates back to 1883. In 1955, the remains of Lt. Col. William Wallace Smith Bliss were moved from Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans to the entrance of the cemetery. Chalfont, who recently led his brigade in a Dynamic Force Employment to Europe in 2019, said he Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Texas, located at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army post adjacent to the city of El Paso.Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 82.1 acres (33.2 ha), and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Directions. The El Paso International Airport is located just East of the Main Installation and South East of East Fort Bliss. The number to the El Paso International Airport Military Desk is 915-228-8796 hours 6 a.m. to midnight. Between 12 a.m.-6 a. m. please call Transportation at 915-568-5098. El Paso, please help me WELCOME our troops HOME. The purpose of this group is to WELCOME our troops to El Paso, Texas. El Paso is the proud home of Ft. Bliss and its soon to be 37,000 soldiers,|dwp| spp| cta| lbi| jrf| xoq| lqb| dvn| xfj| uzr| tze| dti| pvh| gsn| mxm| idc| kpg| jzk| xcf| jdf| olc| hoe| cng| nzv| dkm| nuj| aku| nog| bop| eqc| uto| vdf| cbo| llx| xxf| qim| bkt| tht| qji| ovt| zhq| oes| tyf| ooh| vlc| fis| lld| ltl| cdw| rrt|