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Fort Bliss reports 5,000 rounds of ammunition missing
Fort Bliss officials said 5,000 rounds of ammunition was reported missing after a routine check. Officials said the 5.56mm rounds went missing sometime between October and November 2012. The army's criminal investigation command is investigating as to what happened to the ammunition.
Veteran pays for Fort Bliss soldier's tires
A man walked into a tire shop and left with brand new tires paid for by a complete stranger. It's something no one at Martin Tire Co. in Northeast El Paso had ever seen before. For most, it may be just a few new tires. A routine change. Or a ...
Furlough days reduced; Fort Bliss responds
The Department of Defense announced the 700,000 civilian employees forced to take a pay cut due to automatic spending cuts won't see as much of a salary reduction as initially planned. Just over $10 billion has been shifted from other parts of the defense budget to maintenance and operations as ...
Ten years later, former Fort Bliss POWs reflect on deadly ambush
The 507th maintenance company attack is one of the most remembered locally when a Fort Bliss convoy took a wrong turn in Nasiriyah, Iraq just days into Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ten years later, two local soldiers taken as prisoners of war that day recall the ordeal, from their capture, to ...
10 years later, families of those killed in 507th ambush reflect
Saturday marks 10 years since a deadly ambush killed 11 soldiers, nine of them stationed at Fort Bliss. It was March 23, 2003, just days into the start of the war in Iraq. Battling fatigue, isolation and harsh environmental conditions -- the 507th maintenance company made a wrong turn in ...
Veteran unemployment rate drops, Bliss gives insight into possible factors
According to a study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for veterans who served since Sept. 11, 2001 has dropped from 12.1 to 9.9 percent in 2012. "Soldiers that served in combat, they do bring some really employable skill sets, they do bring some skillsets skill ...
President nominates former Fort Bliss generals for Army Promotion
A pair of former Fort Bliss Army generals along with a White Sands Missile Range general were nominated by President Barack Obama for promotions, Fort Bliss officials said. Maj. Gen. David L Mann was the former commander of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command at Fort Bliss. He ...
Thousands march in honor of those lost in WWII death march
It's considered one of the worst atrocities in modern wartime history and its it's affected many right here in New Mexico. Sunday, thousands took part to honor heroes, some lost and some who made it through. "I can't explain how I feel about it, it's really touching," said William Eldridge, ...
Fort Bliss gives clearer picture of how spending cuts will affect local area
It's now been two days since those automatic spending cuts went into effect. The $85 billion dollars in cuts will be spread across the board and Texas looks to be one of the hardest hit states. Though things haven't quite changed overnight, Fort Bliss now has a clearer picture of ...
Doolittle Raider 70th anniversary celebration
The 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was commemorated at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday. Four of the five surviving crew members attended the ceremony.
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