Located in El Paso, TX, Fort Bliss is home to the 1st Armored Division, which returned to US soil in 2011, after 40 years in Germany. Fort Bliss is comprised of approximately 1.12 million acres of ...

Maj. Michael Perry, his senior enlisted adviser, joined 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss Garrison leaders for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 29, 2025. The facilities on West Bliss ...

Maj. Gen. Curtis Taylor, commanding general of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss and ceremony host, praised Reyes' contributions during the ceremony. "Two years ago, my predecessor ...

This is part of a regular rotation of troops to support the nation’s commitment to NATO and its allies and partners, officials with Fort Bliss said. The last time the 1AD headquarters deployed ...

In 2005, during Reyes’s tenure in Congress, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided the 1st Armored Division should leave Germany and move to Fort Bliss. The division uncased its ...

Fort Bliss Museum is currently closed for ... Additionally, the museum houses a large exhibit dedicated to the 1st Armored Division, the American military's tank division (called Old Ironsides).

During a ceremony Jan. 10 at Fort Bliss, officials renamed the main entrance to the 1st Armored Division the Silvestre Reyes Gate. A number of El Paso's leaders were on hand for the ceremony ...