Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard It remains the greatest honor and privilege to serve with each of you.
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Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, 1st AD and Fort Bliss Commanding General: Preventable Soldier Death You may have noticed our Preventable Soldier Death tracker was reset to zero days on Tuesday. Team Bliss lost a Soldier to a suspected suicide this week. Though his death from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is still under investigation, [...]
Col.Brant V. Dayley Garrison Commander: Balfour Beatty Communities, the Defense Commissary Agency and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, are three of our Fort Bliss partners doing great things for the entire community of active and Reserve components, family members and retirees which gives them opportunities to take part in many things Team Bliss [...]
Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, 1st AD and Fort Bliss Commanding General: Fallen Comrades Saturday, May 4th was a dark day for Fort Bliss and El Paso as five of our Soldiers from 1/1 AD were killed in a single IED blast in the Maiwand district of Helmand province. Our Soldiers, assigned to HHC, 1-36 [...]
Col. Brant V. Dayley, Garrison Commander: Hello Team Bliss! Monday, we will be having the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Indoor Aquatics center at East Fort Bliss. The first of its kind, the center is the culmination of six years of hard work by many members of the Garrison team and is currently the [...]
Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, 1st AD and Fort Bliss Commanding General: Unit Updates 4/1 & Combat Aviation Brigade Our Combat Aviation Brigade continues to outperform all expectations while deployed to Afghanistan and Kuwait. Each of their battalions has flown more than 2,000 hours in the last 40 days! In addition, Iron Eagle pilots in Afghanistan are [...]
Col.Bryant V.Dayley, Garrison Commander: An education is the key to success, whether a goal is to become financially successful or for personal fulfillment, learning is a lifelong journey. To begin that journey there are milestones that must be met and these are outlined in this year’s education campaign. The El Paso and Fort Bliss community are [...]
Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, 1st AD and Fort Bliss Commanding General: Unit Update: 212th Fires Brigade and 3/1 AD This week the 212th Fires (Gunstone) and 3/1 AD (Bulldog) Brigades are conducting their Warfighter Command Post Exercise at the Mission Training Center on East Bliss. The training event serves as a great opportunity for [...]
Col. Brant V. Dayley, Garrison Commander: The United States Army is the most superior fighting force in the world and we owe much of that superiority to the constant innovation and betterment of our Soldiers. When the Vietnam War ended and with it, the draft, the Army began to seek and cultivate better educated Soldiers, knowing [...]
Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard,1st AD and Fort Bliss Commanding General: 1/1 AD and Afghan Partners Save an Afghan Boy Last week, Soldiers from 1-36 Infantry, 1/1 AD, along with their partners in the Afghan National Army, were on a partnered patrol when they were alerted to a 30-foot-well that a 3-year-old Afghan boy [...]
Col. Brant V. Dayley, Garrison Commander: As many of you are aware, a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through Sept. 30, has been passed by both houses of Congress and the president. Although, this resolution does not negate the $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, this is still welcome news for Team Bliss. This [...]
