Fort Bliss News

It's tough for some veterans to even think about. "It's just spine chilling," said John Selam, an Army veteran.

A Texas native and serviceman died this week south of the Texas border in a place Fort Bliss has deemed too dangerous for its troops.

Military, friends and families have observed a moment of silence at Fort Hood, Texas and other U.S. military bases as a show of respect for the victims of the shooting rampage.

Fort Bliss and U.S. military bases worldwide observed a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the shooting at Fort Hood.

The number of victims killed in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood now stands at 13.

A medic from Holloman Air Force Base may have been attempting to treat wounded victims in a shooting when he was targeted and killed by gunmen inside a Juarez strip club, a friend of the airman said.

A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said.

Military families make tremendous sacrifices in support of the nation and deserve recognition as well as the best programs and policies the Defense Department can deliver, a defense official said yesterday.

A $79 million freeway proposed for the West Side is on a short list of projects that could receive state money next month.

Back during the early days, when Fort Bliss was Downtown, word arrived that Apaches had stolen several head of cattle plus three mules from San Elizario.

Residents and visitors frequently find it difficult to comprehend the stupendous effect railroads have had upon old and modern El Paso.

Patriot missile sites created by soldiers from this post are now guarding the skies of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

The Fort Bliss-related population boom in El Paso will need the creation of about 90,000 jobs -- mostly in health care and education -- to support the growth, a report released on Tuesday showed.

Few of the 8,000 apartments Fort Bliss officials say are needed for new soldiers have been built, putting El Paso in what a city planner called "a state of urgency" for military housing.

For a week now, Staff Sgt. Nakia Jonathan Dawkins has worn his Army uniform to his civilian trial -- a move that prosecutors have questioned.

The anticipation is palpable on Mexican night at this tiny US base in the mountains of Paktika Province in eastern Afghanistan. Every Thursday, soldiers start lining up an hour early as Spc. Jose Flores hand-rolls more than 200 made-to-order burritos for the base. The creative cook has earned something of a cult following in his unit for his ability to transform military rations into tasty meals.

More anomalous than the appetizing military food though, is the fact that the chef behind it is an Army cook.

A Fort Bliss soldier on trial for capital murder in the beating death of his 2-year-old goddaughter was convicted Saturday of a lesser charge of injury to a child.

A jury found Staff Sgt. Nakia Jonathan Dawkins guilty this afternoon of injury to a child, and not capital murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old child.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance -- www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org -- explains the importance of the nation's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system and what it means to Europe and the United States in a message to the members of MDAA.

A member of the nation's largest animal protection organization was at Fort Bliss on Thursday to train prosecutors and law enforcement officials about animal cruelty issues.