Fort Bliss
| Fort Bliss | |
|---|---|
| Part of Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) | |
| El Paso County, Texas and Doña Ana / Otero counties, New Mexico, Southwestern United States | |
A 1-37AR, 1st Armored Division Abrams tank crew on Fort Bliss' Orogrande Range Camp, 2019 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military base |
| Controlled by | United States (1849–1861) Confederate States (1861–1862) United States (1862–present) |
| Facilities | Biggs Army Airfield McGregor Range |
| Location | |
Fort Bliss Location of Fort Bliss Fort Bliss Fort Bliss (the United States) | |
| Coordinates | 31°48′07″N 106°25′29″W / 31.801847°N 106.424608°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1849–1893 |
| In use | 1849–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Major general Curtis D. Taylor |
| Past commanders | John J. Pershing |
| Garrison | 1st Armored Division
15th Sustainment Brigade |
| Occupants | DCG:
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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Established in 1848, the fort was renamed in 1854 to honor Bvt.Lieut.Colonel William W.S. Bliss. It is the largest installation in the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) and second-largest in the Army overall, the largest being the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. Fort Bliss provides the largest contiguous tract (1,500 sq mi or 3,900 km2) of restricted airspace in the Continental United States, used for missile and artillery training and testing, and at 992,000 acres (401,000 ha) has the largest maneuver area, ahead of the National Training Center, which has 642,000 acres (260,000 ha). In August 2025 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) opened a detention facility named Camp East Montana with a capacity of 1,000, eventually 5,000, detainees on Fort Bliss.