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Unit News
- Following unprecedented transfer, Fort Bliss NCO Academy now part of USASMA
- FFID Soldier saves fellow Soldier’s life
- Soldier wins Women’s Equality Day essay contest
- Army cook provides fun, flavor to forward-deployed troops
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Year of the NCO
- NATO Allied Command Operations welcomes new senior NCO
- 1st HBCT command sergeant major is bona fide Buffalo Soldier
Community
- 2-6 ADA Soldiers play hard at their last Fort Bliss org day
- High flyin’ Amigo Airsho returns
- Presa Elementary adopts dual-language program
- ACEP helps Airmen sharpen mental skills needed to defeat obstacles
- Requirements for Fort Bliss probate program
- Fort Bliss kicks off 2009 Marfa Lights Festival Parade
- Back to basics: Parents get lesson on how to motivate, encourage
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Sports
Transfer of authority
Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler, left, the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy commandant, joins Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Hall, the Fort Bliss Noncommissioned Officer Academy commandant, to unfurl the academy’s new USASMA flag, representing the transfer of authority from the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center to USASMA during a Sept. 1 ceremony. For more on this story, see Page 1B. Photo by Michael Lewis, USASMA Public Affairs.
Town hall meeting
The Fort Bliss commanding general will host his next televised town hall meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Soldier Hall. The meeting will be broadcast live on cable channel 20. Fort Bliss Commander Maj. Gen. Howard Bromberg will be joined by Fort Bliss Command Sgt. Maj. David Davenport, Garrison Commander Col. Edward Manning, and William Beaumont Army Medical Center Commander Col. James Baunchalk to answer questions from Soldiers, family
members and Fort Bliss civilians. The Fort Bliss community can ask questions by attending in person, calling 569-6325, or e-mailing questions to bliss.townhall@ conus.army.mil. The Main CDC on Haan Road will be open until 8:30 p.m. to provide free child care to town hall attendees. For more information, call the Main CDC at 568-5689.
Fort Bliss News Headlines
- Wounded Warrior honored, Purple Heart awarded
More than 25 Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division’s rear detachment, …
- Customer service survey gives voice to Soldiers, families, civilians
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Whenever you’re asked, “How are you today?” do you usually respond with “fine” or some other quick response? …
- NATO Allied Command Operations welcomes new senior NCO
MONS, Belgium – “This is a very important day for all of us in this family that is Allied Command Operations,” Adm. James Stavridis, …
- Following unprecedented transfer, Fort Bliss NCO Academy now part of USASMA
In a ceremony unique among the Army’s network of noncommissioned officer academies, Command Sgt. Maj. Gary L. Hall took command of Fort Bliss’ NCO Academy as a newly designated arm of the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy. …
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Sergeants Major Class #60
Welcome Sergeants Major Class #60 to Fort Bliss and the great city of El Paso.
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Eye on Safety
Child Passenger Safety
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