Fort Bliss
With 1.1 million acres, Fort Bliss is larger than the state of Rhode Island and can accommodate every weapon system in the Army. Excellent ranges and immense training areas, coupled with America's third longest runway at Biggs Army Airfield, make Fort Bliss a premier facility for training, mobilization, and deploying combat forces. Each year, many military training exercises occur here, including the largest joint training exercise in the world, Roving Sands.
El Paso, TX
From World War II until the 1980s, El Paso boomed into a sprawling city. The expansion of Fort Bliss from a frontier post to a major Cold War military center brought in thousands of soldiers, dependents, and retirees. The industrial economy was dominated by copper smelting, oil refining, and the proliferation of low wage industries (particularly garment making), which drew thousands of Mexican immigrants. New housing subdivisions were built, expanding El Paso far to the west, northeast and east of its original core areas.
Fort Bliss Hotel Map
Bases by Service
Basic Training Bases
- Lackland AFB
- Fort Benning
- Fort Jackson
- Fort Knox
- Fort Leonard Wood
- Fort Sill
- MCRD Parris Island
- MCRD San Diego
- Great Lakes NTC
Popular Bases
Visit Military Bases is an R2 production. © 2008 R2 Productions, LLC.
Military images have been released to the public domain by the DoD. Lodging fulfillment provided by IAN, a division of Expedia, Inc.
Try some of our partner sites at Discover Baltimore Basic Training Graduation Beaches and Towns Network Minor League Baseball Stuff