1-501st Aviation Regiment

915-744-2874

11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (ADA BDE)

915-568-5843

15th Sustainment Brigade

915-744-2590

1st Armored Division

915-744-6988

The 1st Armored Division, or Old Ironside as its called, was started in 1940 at Fort Knox and became the first American armored division to fight in Operation Torch in North Africa in 1942. The division saw action in Sicily (1943), with occupying Allied Forces in Germany (1945), and then, upon its return to the U.S., at Fort Hood during the Atomic Field tests in the 1950s. Old Ironsides deployed to Fort Stewart for the Cuban Missile Crisis and trained there for several weeks until the crisis died down in 1962. In 1990, the division deployed nearly 18,000 troops to the Middle East during Operations Desert Shield and Storm where it captured over 1,000 prisoners of war and destroyed hundreds of enemy tanks and weapons. In 1995, Old Ironsides was sent to support Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and then to Kosovo in 1999 during Operation Allied Force. In 2003, it became the Army's largest division-based task force in history when it deployed to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 1st Armored Division was a part of several important missions, in addition to stabilizing cities and neighborhoods, and continues to support the Army's operations in the Middle East on location and from Fort Bliss.

1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

915-744-3681

212th Fires Brigade

915-741-4427

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

915-744-7655

31st CSH (Combat Service Hospital)

915-569-7139

32d Army Air Missile Defense Command (AAMDC)

915-568-9402

The 32d AAMDC started as the 32d Artillery Brigade, Coast Artillery Corps at Key West Barracks, Florida, in 1918 and, soon after, arrived in France to fight during World War One. Though inactive from 1927 to 1942, it was reactivated at Fort Bliss and deployed to the Pacific Theatre for WWII. The unit earned a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for its swift action in the Leyte Campaign and remained in the Philippines to train scouts until 1947. They served in England and Germany during the 1950s and soon became the Army's largest air defense unit, thanks to taking over several subordinate units. Another first occurred in 1998 when, tasked with two subordinate Echelon Above Corps Brigades (which each had their own sub-units), the AAMDC became the first multi-component command in the Army. In the same year, the unit deployed to Kuwait as a part of Operations Desert Thunder II/Southern Watch and Desert Fox. The 32d and a majority of its sub units supported Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2001 and spent years upholding the operations success. In 2008, the 32d was sent to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Southeast Asia and continues to provide assistance to Fort Bliss and its deployed members.

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

915-741-1508

402nd Field Artillery Brigade

915-568-6292

https://www.bliss.army.mil/402nd/home.html

4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

915-744-1158

5th Armored Brigade

915-569-8304

Joint Task Force North (JTF-North)

915-313-7777

US Army Sergeants Major Academy

915-744-8081

USMC/USN Detachment (Marine Detachment)

915-568-0566