Fort Bliss
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Fort Bliss is a major United States Army installation in West Texas and New Mexico, known for air defense artillery training and extensive desert training grounds.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army installation
ⓘ
military base ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Ciudad Juárez
ⓘ
surface form:
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
El Paso ⓘ
surface form:
El Paso, Texas
|
| climate | arid desert climate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| foundedAs | U.S. Army post ⓘ |
| garrison | United States Army ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Biggs Army Airfield
ⓘ
Doña Ana Range ⓘ McGregor Range ⓘ training ranges for live‑fire exercises ⓘ |
| hasFunction | support of operations along the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ |
| hasHousing | on‑post family housing areas ⓘ |
| hasMission |
develop and test air and missile defense capabilities
ⓘ
train and deploy combat‑ready forces ⓘ |
| hasRole |
United States Army Air Defense Artillery School
ⓘ
surface form:
air and missile defense training center
deployment and mobilization platform ⓘ testing and evaluation site for Army equipment ⓘ |
| hasTrainingArea | one of the largest U.S. Army maneuver areas in the continental United States ⓘ |
| hasTransportation | Biggs Army Airfield ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
ⓘ
1st Armored Division ⓘ 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command ⓘ 402nd Field Artillery Brigade ⓘ 5th Armored Brigade ⓘ 93rd Military Police Battalion ⓘ United States Army Sergeants Major Academy ⓘ
surface form:
US Army Sergeants Major Academy (historically associated at nearby Fort Bliss area)
William Beaumont Army Medical Center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
El Paso County, Texas ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Franklin Mountains
ⓘ
Rio Grande ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Air Defense Artillery Branch
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Air Defense Artillery Branch
|
| namedAfter | William Wallace Smith Bliss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
air defense artillery training
ⓘ
extensive desert training grounds ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
III Armored Corps support structure
ⓘ
U.S. Army Forces Command ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Forces Command
|
| terrainType | Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ |
| timeZone | Mountain Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense artillery qualification
ⓘ
joint and combined arms exercises ⓘ large‑scale maneuver training ⓘ |
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