Editing Fort Bliss (section)

==Description==
Among Fort Bliss's missions:
* Home of America's Tank Division, 1st AD (One of 10 active divisions in the Army)
* Largest Joint Mobilization Force Generation Installation (JMFGI) in DoD (FY19: over 72K): 49K MOB/DeMOB/CRC; 23K Pre Mobilization Exercise Training (PMET)
* One of the largest Power Projection Platforms in the Army
* Home to the Army's ONLY CONUS Replacement Center (CRC)
* Interagency operations: El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), Joint Task Force North (JTF-N), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
* Joint Modernization Command (JMC)(Futures Command) conducts Joint Warfighter Assessments/Enhance Multi-Domain C2/Informs Army Modernization
* Ability to fire any weapon (pistol to missile)
* Provide anti-aircraft and missile defense capabilities.
* Conduct [[live fire exercise]]s of nearly every type of Army weapon.
* Host joint military exercises with other U.S. and foreign units,<ref>For example,
* Japan's Air Self-Defense Force held its 50th annual training exercise at Fort Bliss, with {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129055635/http://fortblissbugle.com/japanese-air-defenders-conduct-50th-annual-ada-training/ live-fire from its inventory, which includes Patriot missiles, in Fall of 2014]}} accessdate=2014-11-19</ref>
* Be home to many maintenance crews and supply units.
* Be one of the Army's premier bases for test-driving tanks and other equipment.
* House thousands of military vehicles, including all the equipment needed to set up [[Patriot missile]] sites.
* Hosted the [[United States Army Air Defense Artillery School|USAADCEN]] Air Defense Artillery Center from 1942 to 2010. USAADCEN has completed its transfer to [[Fort Sill]]. Concomitantly, the German Air Force Air Defense school is going to move to new training facilities in Germany and [[Greece]].<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundeswehr586.html |title=Bundeswehr streicht Ausbildung in den USA |access-date=16 February 2012 |language=de}}</ref> In 2013, the German Air Force deactivated its presence at Fort Bliss, while retaining a presence at Holloman Air Force Base. Over the previous 47 years, over 50,000 German Airmen received training at this command.<ref>Sgt. Valerie Lopez, "German Air Force says farewell to Fort Bliss, training continues in Alamogordo" ''Fort Bliss Bugle'', 3 October 2013</ref> In 2015, due to funding constraints on the planned new facilities in Europe, the German Air Force Air Defense school will stay open at Fort Bliss until 2020.<ref>[http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_27326602/german-air-force-maintains-presence-at-bliss-air "German air force maintains presence at Bliss; air defense school to stay open to 2020" ''El Paso Times'' (1/15/2015)] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150126022729/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_27326602/german-air-force-maintains-presence-at-bliss-air |date=26 January 2015 }}</ref>
* Monitor missile launches conducted by [[White Sands Missile Range]], located {{convert|70|mi|km}} to the north, in [[New Mexico]].
* Hosts the [[402nd Field Artillery Brigade (United States)|CONUS Replacement Center]] (CRC), the unit-level training site for Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen who are deploying or re-deploying on an individual basis. This CRC consolidates several other centers and now serves the entire Continental United States (CONUS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortblissbugle.com/402nd-fa-fine-tunes-crc-process-first-deployers-to-arrive-for-training-aug-9/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625164058/http://fortblissbugle.com/402nd-fa-fine-tunes-crc-process-first-deployers-to-arrive-for-training-aug-9/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 June 2014|title=CRC goes live August 9, 2013|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref>
* A secured drone airfield, with a separate 5000 foot runway and dedicated hangar, 20–25 miles north of the main post is under construction, with completion expected by 2016.<ref>Kyle Jahner (8 January 2015). [http://www.armytimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/01/08/army-to-build-dedicated-drone-runway-at-fort-bliss/20260843/ "Army to build dedicated drone runway at Fort Bliss"], ''Army Times''.
* [http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/12/15/army-to-build-all-drone-airport-at-fort-bliss/20462203/ KHOU: Army to build all-drone airport at Fort Bliss (12-15-2014)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201190813/http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/12/15/army-to-build-all-drone-airport-at-fort-bliss/20462203/ |date=1 February 2015 }} accessdate=2015-01-11</ref> It will host a company of 9 [[MQ-1C]] Gray Eagles for First Armored Division.
Training missions are supported by the McGregor Range Complex, located some {{convert|25|mi|km}} to the northeast of the main post, in New Mexico. Most of Fort Bliss lies in the state of [[New Mexico]], stretching northeastward along [[U.S. Route 54]] from [[El Paso County, Texas]] to the southern boundary of the [[Lincoln National Forest]] in [[Otero County, New Mexico]]. Much of the northwestward side of Highway 54 is part of the Fort Bliss Military Reservation, ranging from the northern side of [[Chaparral, New Mexico]] to the southern boundary of [[White Sands Missile Range]].<ref>[[Rand McNally]] map of [[New Mexico]], 2003</ref> The main facilities are within the city limits of [[El Paso, Texas]]. On the city zoning map, the post officially resides in [[Central El Paso]].

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'''Fort Bliss K–12 Schools'''
<br />[[El Paso Independent School District#Elementary schools|Bliss Elementary]]
<br />[[El Paso Independent School District#Elementary schools|Logan Elementary]]
<br />[[El Paso Independent School District#Elementary schools|Milam Elementary]]
<br />[[El Paso Independent School District#Elementary schools|Colin Powell Elementary]]
<br />[[Captain John L. Chapin High School|Chapin High]]<ref>
The construction of Colin Powell Elementary, the classrooms at Chapin, Bliss, Logan, and Milam are funded by the El Paso Independent School District 2007 Bond, not federal or military funds; the schools are on federal property, but are built, funded and maintained by EPISD – [[Morale, Welfare and Recreation|MWR]] (18 June 2009), "Fort Bliss Town Hall meeting Q&A", ''The Monitor'', Special Section, p. 7
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Separate from the main post are the [[William Beaumont Army Medical Center]], which also serves the [[Army Wounded Warrior Program|warrior transition battalion]] for the post's [[wounded warrior]]s, and a [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] center at the eastern base of the [[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]]. All of these supporting missions serve the military and retired-military population here, including having served [[General of the Army]] [[Omar N. Bradley]] in his last days. In June 2011, a new warrior transition complex, located at Marshall and Cassidy roads, was opened to replace the older facility serving the warrior transition battalion. A new location for William Beaumont Army Medical Center, to be located at Spur 601 and Loop 375, is rescheduled to be completed in September 2019.<ref name=WBAMC>[https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/military/ft-bliss/2018/06/12/fort-bliss-william-beaumont-army-medical-center-hospital-cost-increase-design-errors-audit/694585002/ Vic Kolenc, ''El Paso Times'' (12 June 2018) Design errors, delays add $408M in costs to new Fort Bliss hospital complex, audit finds]</ref>

The installation is close to the El Paso Airport (with easy access from the post via Buffalo Soldier Road),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortblissbugle.com/cgs-commentary-4/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233847/http://fortblissbugle.com/cgs-commentary-4/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 October 2013|title=MG MacFarland (9-17-2013) ''Fort Bliss Bugle''|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> Highway 54, and Interstate 10. There is a replica of the Magoffinsville site for Fort Bliss on post, simulating the adobe style of construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=309255&sid=2606293|title=Philip Varela and Chris Fumagalli. Early Fort Bliss Occupied Pioneer Sites. EPCC: Borderlands.|access-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> Other items of interest include the [[Buffalo Soldier]] memorial statue at the Buffalo Soldier Gate of entry to the post, and a missile museum on Pleasanton Road.

[[File:FtBliss,today.JPG|thumb|Building 500 area<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120513165027/https://www.bliss.army.mil/WelcomeCenter/ Building 500 area]</ref> of Fort Bliss, 2007]]

The walls of the old Fort Bliss Officers Club contain adobe bricks that are more than a century old. The building houses a [[Family Readiness Group]], where new personnel can learn about the post's activities and support groups. The Fort Bliss Welcome center, for new arrivals, is nearby, in the Building 500 area.

Fort Bliss has been designated a "No Drone Zone" by the FAA, out to 400 feet beyond the lateral edges of the military reservation. This is enforced by the Military Police.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170413071823/http://fortblissbugle.com/faa-restricts-drone-operations-over-certain-military-installations/ FAA restricts drone operations over certain military installations]}} accessdate=2017-04-12</ref> Counter-UAS training is available on-post.<ref name = counterUas >{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20191018001216/http://fortblissbugle.com/2019/10/16/5th-armored-brigade-first-in-the-army-to-offer-counter-uas-best-practices/ Capt. Matthew L. Blair, 5th Armored Brigade (October 16, 2019) 5th Armored Brigade first in the Army to offer counter UAS, best practices ]}} Countering drones</ref>