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Fort Bliss

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

Fort Bliss a U.S. Army fort near El Paso, Texas. The present fort was occupied for the first time in 1893, by the 18th Infantry, and is one of the nation's major military installations. From 1848 to 1893, predecessors in five different locations stood near El Paso. The fort was named in 1854 for William Wallace Smith Bliss, a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–48) who served as a private secretary to President Zachary Taylor.

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Sergeants Major Academy

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Sergeants Major Academy an advanced army leadership training school at Fort Bliss, Texas. It offers the U.S. Sergeants Major Course, which is the highest noncommissioned officer training course.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	MG Robert P. Lennox relinquishes command of Fort Bliss. Magazine article from: Fires; 1/1/2008
	Expanding Fort Bliss. Magazine article from: Soldiers Magazine; 8/1/2007
	Remarks to the Fort Bliss community (Fort Bliss, TX).(Secretary of Defense... Magazine article from: U.S. Department of Defense Speeches; 5/1/2008