Fort Bliss News

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, eats lunch with Soldiers on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Feb.

Women in combat has always been a touchy subject. But in point of fact, women have been in combat -- effectively, if not officially -- for some time.

Aamber Alderson's sweetheart - her husband, Staff Sergeant James Alderson - will be thousands of miles away from her on Valentine's Day.

El Paso, Tex.FORT BLISS may be the least British place on earth. It's a million acres of Texas and New Mexico desert where it always seems hot, it practically never rains and virtually everything has been sun-scorched brown.

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Feb. 10, 2012 - At a forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff dropped by today to meet with the leadership of Task Force Bulldog, have lunch with the troops, and present awards to eight soldiers, including a Bronze Star Medal to a soldier from the Czech Republic.

Edah Quinton, 85, of Sterling, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Sterling.

An evening of music, dancing, fashion and art promises to be an entertaining and fun way to remember and recognize the contributions of African-Americans, organizers said.

In this Aug. 10, 2009 photo, U.S. Marine Female Engagement Team members Lance Cpl.

At Fort Bliss, Cupid's arrows are acquiring some strategic and tactical long-range capabilities as Valentine's Day approaches.

The family of a man hit and killed while driving his scooter Monday said they are praying for the man, a Fort Bliss soldier, that hit him.

The "It's a Great Day to Love a Soldier" event will be from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at Freedom Crossing's atrium.

The El Paso Department of Transportation held a meeting to discuss the plans for a proposed roundabout at Montwood and Wedgewood.

Julia Bussinger, director of the El Paso Museum of Archeology, 4301 Trans Mountain, stands near one of the museum's exhibits.

RICHMOND, VA - Saturday evening, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed 49-year-old Brig.

Awash in pride and anxiety, an Army Reserve Unit based in Miami gets a rousing send-off en route to Afghanistan.

The company, totaling 170 men and women, left about a year ago, first traveling to Fort Bliss, Texas for training before heading to Afghanistan.

The West is known for the colorful horseback adventures it offers. Although the horseback adventures of the open range Buffalo Soldiers are now a thing of the past, U.S. soldiers still enjoy the nostalgia of the Old West.

Investigators released a mugshot of the suspect in the shooting deaths of two Fort Bliss soldiers outside a Central El Paso nightclub.

Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner, 49, of New Haven, Conn., the commander of Fort Hood's 13th Sustainment Command died Friday in Kabul, Afghanistan, evidently of natural causes, the Army said.

Key leaders on Fort Bliss -- including the commanding general -- attended dignity and respect training at the Centennial Club on Biggs Army Airfield during Jan.