Military
Army names New Fort Bliss commander
A new commander for Fort Bliss was named Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Sean B. MacFarland will replace Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, the Army announced. MacFarland is scheduled to take over at Fort Bliss in May. MacFarland served as a cavalry officer in the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, ...
Watch: Military dad surprises daughter at school
Trista Sarles-Redfield was sitting on the carpet, listening to her teacher read a story about Martin Luther King Jr, when she received the surprise of a lifetime. By Leigh Armstrong
Digging gets underway to find WWII Spitfire planes believed buried in Myanmar
The Spitfire, Britain's iconic World War Two fighter plane, could be about to resurface in an unlikely location. The aircraft played a decisive role in the Battle of Britain against Germans forces in 1940, but they were also used against Japanese forces from what was then the British colony of ...
Obama visits troops in Hawaii
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited soldiers and their families at a Marine Corps base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on Tuesday (December 25). During a short speech Obama thanked the hundreds of service members as they ate an early Christmas dinner. "Obviously we are still in ...
Overweight soldiers getting cut, Ft. Bliss leads way in physical fitness
Physical standards didn't carry as much weight when the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq first broke out. The army needed people to fill platoons and brigades as soon as possible. But now, things are changing all across the board and here at home. Fort Bliss says they are leading the ...
Local veterans see faster disability claims processing
Veterans around the state looking to be compensated for their disability claims can't, at least not efficiently, because of the enormous backlog within Veteran Affairs. On Saturday, the Texas Veterans Commission stepped in locally to make that process a little less painstaking. "It's a long process," said William Luellman, an ...
Fallen police officer laid to rest
A fallen hero was laid to rest Friday. Friends, family, the El Paso Police Department and city leaders said goodbye to El Paso Officer Jonathan Molina. Molina died one week ago, while off duty, after being beaten while trying to stop teenagers from vandalizing his car, police said. It was a ...
Fallen officer honored with military Mass
El Paso police officer Jonathan Molina, who was beaten and killed Sept. 25, was laid to rest Friday at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in North East El Paso. Over 100 people attended the ceremony. The sound of bagpipes rang through the air as law enforcers, Marines, family members and people ...
State Rep. tries to help soldiers transition out of military
Sgt. Dale Holloway is a communications team leader on Fort Bliss. "We provide communications for the combat aviation brigade," Holloway said. He also works with satellite transmissions, routing and switching. "It took a couple of years to get to the level where I'm at," Holloway said. In two weeks Holloway ...
Soldier serving 3-day jail sentence died of natural causes
Sgt. James Brown, who died while serving a three-day sentence at the El Paso County Jail, is said to have died of sickle cell crisis, officials said. Brown, 26, of Fort Bliss, voluntarily checked into the county jail the evening of July 13. He reported to serve two days of ...
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