Military
Names of 13 fallen Fort Bliss soldiers honored at memorial service
The widow of a soldier along with other families attended a memorial serives for fallen soldiers that were assigned to Fort Bliss Friday. Rosina Nuanes placed her program on top of a monument dedicated to the base's fallen servicemen and rubbed the letters that spelled out her husband's name, Staff Sgt. ...
Update: Military officials say third soldier killed assigned to Fort Bliss
Moments after Fort Bliss released the names of two of its soldiers killed while deployed in Afghanistan, military officials said a third soldier assigned to Fort Bliss also died in the same attack. The name of third Fort Bliss soldier hasn't been released. Maj. Joe Buccino said Saturday morning that the ...
Fort Bliss uses unique method to bring awareness to sexual assault epidemic
The United States military has seen a steep rise in sexual assaults in recent years. After watching a compelling documentary, Fort Bliss' commanding general takes immediate action, with all his top leaders. The statistics are alarming. "Twenty percent of women in the service, in the military service, have been sexually assaulted ...
Fort Bliss soldiers save Afghan boy from well
A 3-year-old Afghan boy who had fallen down a 30-foot well in an Afghanistan village was rescued by Fort Bliss and Afghan soldiers over the weekend. "Really, it speaks to the valor that our soldiers have demonstrated in this global war on terror," said Maj. Joe Buccino, Fort Bliss spokesperson. ...
Fort Bliss to make history, set to build largest solar farm in military
Fort Bliss takes one more step to becoming self-sufficient after work is finally set to begin on the largest renewable-energy project in military history. Monday, El Paso Electric was awarded the contract by the Army Corps of Engineers for the 200-acre, 20-megawatt solar field. "This is the first time in ...
Hagel says N. Korea represents 'real and clear danger'
North Korean State TV airs footage of anti-us demonstrations, as Pyongyang continues to harden its posture. North Korea has threatened a nuclear strike on the United States and missile attacks on its Pacific bases after new U.N. sanctions were imposed after the country's third nuclear weapons test in February. Defense ...
Second US warship moving toward Asian Pacific
A second U.S. warship redirected to the Asian Pacific. Pentagon Spokesperson George Little.
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 ...
Spike in burglaries reported at Fort Bliss
A rash of car burglaries and other crimes have been reported in the last few weeks at Fort Bliss, officials said. Officials said thieves have been hitting cars at the post exchange, commissary, Freedom Crossing, the movie theater and soldier barracks. Burglaries aren't the only crimes that have been reported ...
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 ...
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