Fort Bliss

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Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army installation
military base
adjacentTo Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
linked to: Ciudad Juárez

El Paso, Texas
linked to: El Paso
climate arid desert climate
country United States of America
foundedAs U.S. Army post
garrison United States Army
hasFacility Biggs Army Airfield
Doña Ana Range
McGregor Range
training ranges for live‑fire exercises
hasFunction support of operations along the U.S.–Mexico border
hasHousing on‑post family housing areas
hasMission develop and test air and missile defense capabilities
train and deploy combat‑ready forces
hasRole air and missile defense training center
deployment and mobilization platform
testing and evaluation site for Army equipment
hasTrainingArea one of the largest U.S. Army maneuver areas in the continental United States
hasTransportation Biggs Army Airfield
hasUnit 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
1st Armored Division
32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command
402nd Field Artillery Brigade
5th Armored Brigade
93rd Military Police Battalion
US Army Sergeants Major Academy (historically associated at nearby Fort Bliss area)
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
locatedIn Doña Ana County, New Mexico
El Paso County, Texas
New Mexico
Texas
locatedNear Franklin Mountains
Rio Grande
militaryBranch United States Army Air Defense Artillery Branch
namedAfter William Wallace Smith Bliss
notableFor air defense artillery training
extensive desert training grounds
operator United States Army
partOf III Armored Corps support structure
United States Army Forces Command
terrainType Chihuahuan Desert
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
usedFor air defense artillery qualification
joint and combined arms exercises
large‑scale maneuver training

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El Paso hosts Fort Bliss
El Paso County contains Fort Bliss
United States Army Air Defense Artillery School formerlyLocatedIn Fort Bliss, Texas
linked to: Fort Bliss
1st Armored Division garrison Fort Bliss, Texas
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Biggs Army Airfield partOf Fort Bliss
Biggs Army Airfield garrison Fort Bliss
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade headquartersLocation Fort Bliss, Texas
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11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade commandStructure U.S. Army air defense artillery units at Fort Bliss
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11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade trainingLocation Fort Bliss, Texas
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402nd Field Artillery Brigade headquartersLocation Fort Bliss, Texas
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Doña Ana Range partOf Fort Bliss training complex
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Doña Ana Range associatedWith Fort Bliss
Doña Ana Range partOf Fort Bliss Maneuver Area
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McGregor Range partOf Fort Bliss
McGregor Range adjacentTo Fort Bliss main cantonment
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McGregor Range governingBody U.S. Army Garrison Fort Bliss
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Victoriano Huerta placeOfDetention Fort Bliss, Texas, United States
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USASMA locatedIn Fort Bliss
Sergeants Major Course location Fort Bliss, Texas
linked to: Fort Bliss