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Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus, 1st BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs: FORWARD OPERATING BASE WALTON, Afghanistan – Memorial Day is a time to commemorate Soldiers who have fallen in battle – past and present. Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz is, to this date, the only chaplain to have been killed in war since 1970. Goetz, who was the [...]
Claudia R. Kennedy, DoMaD Public Affairs: With the troop drawdown in Afghanistan, more Guard and Reserve Soldiers continue to return to the U.S. from down range. Many demobilize through Fort Bliss. Within the past two months, Bliss experienced two major demobilization surges of approximately 2,500 Guard and Reserve Soldiers. One of the most important documents a [...]
David Crozier, USASMA Public Affairs: The military’s top enlisted leader spent the morning of May 29 talking noncommissioned officer and transition issues with the students of Sergeants Major Course Class 63 at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of [...]
Claudia R. Kennedy, DoMaD Public Affairs: The German Air Force Air Defense School with support from the Unit Training & Certification Division, Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security, performed a safe and successful Patriot missile live-fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., Friday. The exercise consisted of two firing batteries and one information control central. The [...]
Sgt. Brandon K. Anderson, 4th BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs: Eighteen noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers competed for the prestige of being named the Fort Bliss Warrior of the Year here, June 3. The winners will go on to compete for the III Corps Soldier and NCO of the year held at Fort Hood, [...]
Virginia Reza, Garrison Public Affairs: Col. Brant B. Dayley, Garrison commander, recognized Defense Military Pay Office employees June 6 for their dedication, hard work and support to Fort Bliss. Dayley said Fort Bliss leadership recognizes DEMPO’s level of performance is at a record high, which greatly improves the quality of life for Soldiers and families. Susan [...]
Ashley M. Alameda, DoMaD Public Affairs: Dr. Susan S. Kelly visited Fort Bliss and toured areas of importance to the Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program. Kelly learned of various programs Fort Bliss offers the Soldiers stationed here, as well as Reservists and National Guardsmen who mobilize through the installation, before and after a deployment. Kelly [...]
Capt. Steven Abadia, 3rd Bn., 362nd AR, 5th Armored Bde: With the Army’s increased demand for corrections specialists many military police are cross-training into the corrections field. Last month, Soldiers in the 551st Military Police Company from Fort Campbell, Ky., were introduced to the world of detainee operations by members of 3rd Battalion, 362nd Armored Regiment, [...]
Lt. Col. Bob Wagner, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade: The German Air Force Defense Center here has supported Team Bliss for the last three years by giving U.S. Soldiers and Airmen the opportunity to earn the German Weapons Proficiency Badge and the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge. More than 500 American Soldiers and Airmen have competed in [...]
Senior Airman Scott Saldukas, 451st Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs: COMBAT OUTPOST AZIMIJAN KARIZ, Afghanistan – Two brothers who had not seen each other for more than a decade were reunited when missions of the Air Force and Army crossed paths here. Senior Airman Matthew Beck, 25, and Staff Sgt. James Beck, 35, who is deployed [...]
