Fort Bliss

Established: 1849
Base Type: Army

 

---

About

Fort Bliss hosts a lethal combination of Infantry, Armor and Artillery capabilities. The 1st Armored Division includes the Ready First, Iron, Bulldog, Iron Eagles, Iron Steel, and the Muleskinners. Other commands on Fort Bliss include the Joint Modernization Command, the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, with the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, and Joint Task Force North. Fort Bliss is also home to one of two active joint mobilization stations in the Department of Defense and is currently the largest joint mobilization platform.

Fort Bliss is home to the largest training area in the United States. The Fort Bliss Training Center is part of the largest DoD controlled airspace in the world and can accommodate every weapon system in the US Army. The post is comprised of state-of-the-art training areas, ranges, and facilities. The installation’s ranges have the distance and depth allowing equipment to be tested to the fullest extent. Spread across 1.2 million acres of desert are 54 training areas, 29 villages, and towns, 58 live-fire ranges, 1,700 miles of tank trails, three base camps and rail-head facilities. Overhead, the 343 million cubic acres of airspace allow training on every weapons platform in America’s arsenal. From pistol to missile, from individual tasks to company formations, you can do it all here on the Fort Bliss Training Center.

(Source: https://home.army.mil/bliss/index.php)

---

Gate and Hours

Alabama / Alabama PED: 0500 – 2100 M-F
Buffalo Soldier: 0500 – 2100 M-S
Cassidy: 24/7
Cemetery: CLOSED
Chaffee: 24/7
Constitution: CLOSED
MSG Pena: 0500 – 2100
Fred Wilson: 24/7
2LT Fowler: CLOSED
PVT Minue: 0500 – 1000 M-F
JEB Stuart: CLOSED
McGregor Front: 24/7
McGregor Rear: CLOSED
Old Ironsides: 0500 – 2100 M-S
Pershing: CLOSED
Ross School ECP: 0700 – 0800, 1045 – 1200, 1400 – 1730 M-F
Sheridan: 0500 – 2100 M-F
CSM Barreras: 24/7

---

Quick Reference

Chapels
Center Chapel Two
1542 Sheridan Rd
(915) 568-8856

Hope Chapel
J E B Stuart Rd
(915) 770-5055

1st Armored Division Chapel
Csm E Slewitzke St

Chapel 3
1401 Pershing Rd

Ft. Bliss Chapel 2
Haan Rd & Sheridan Rd, Bldg 315

Dining Facilities
Chow Hall
110, Sheridan Rd

Education Center
Building 2916/2917
(915) 568-6831

Family Advocacy
2494 Ricker Road

West Fort Bliss
24/7 Domestic Violence Hotline
24/7 Child Abuse Hotline

Fire Emergency Services (911)
Fort Bliss Fire Dept. Station 1
(915) 568-6552

Fort Bliss Family Homes
1991 Marshall Rd
(915) 564-0795

Fort Bliss Housing Office
6444-, 6476 Carter Rd

Military and family readiness center
Oveta Culp Hobby Soldier & Family Readiness Center
Battalion Ave, Bldg 18000

---

Base Surroundings

Freedom Crossing
1611 Haan Rd,
Fort Bliss, TX 79906
(915) 564-5311

Sunland Park Mall
750 Sunland Park Dr,
El paso, Tx 79912

Bassett Place
6101 Gateway Blvd W,
El Paso, Tx 79925
(915) 772-7479

El Paso Zoo
4001 El Paso, Texas Dr,
El Paso, Tx 79905
(915) 212-0966

Franklin Mountains State Park
El Paso, Tx 79930
(915) 566-6441

Movie Theatre
Las Palmas Marketplace
El Paso, TX
(915) 590-4676

Kikis Restaurant and Bar
2719 N Piedras St,
El Paso, TX 79930
(915) 565-6713