To ensure all veterans and their family members receive proper dignity and respect, cemetery staff will actively ensure all gravesites and headstones comply with NCA policies and established guidelines.įresh-cut flowers and artificial flowers U.S., POW, and military branch service flags are allowed at Fort Bliss National Cemetery.
Contact US NAVY Honorsįor educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section, located below. The Kiosk will generate a printed map with the name of the decedent and their grave location.Īfter confirming your service time with the National Scheduling Office or local cemetery please schedule military honors by contacting the following: The Kiosk is available 24-hours a day and contains the names of veterans and their eligible dependents buried at the cemetery. Please contact the office for dates.Ī general Information Kiosk is located just in the Public Information Center just inside the main gate. Memorial Day Ceremony (May) and Wreaths Across America (December). You can contact the National Cemetery directly if you: Need to schedule an Active Duty interment are cancelling or rescheduling an interment are changing information originally supplied to the scheduling center or have a request for disinterment and/or relocation to another national cemetery. Passing through the old gate and past the main flagpole on the tree lined avenue, visitors will have a spectacular view of the cemetery, rostrum, and thousands of stately grave markers framed by the Franklin mountains to the West.
All rights reserved.The Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a beautiful historic and water-wise National Cemetery located on 83 acres adjacent to Fort Bliss Army Post. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2018 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. This story has been updated with a statement from Fort Bliss. "Fort Bliss is investigating an incident involving 11 Fort Bliss Soldiers injured after ingesting an unknown substance during a field training exercise, today," Fort Bliss Public Affairs said in the release.įort Bliss and law enforcement officials continue to investigate.ĬNN has also reached out to the Department of Defense. The incident was reported in a news release Thursday from Fort Bliss Public Affairs. "Medical professionals are working hard to attend to the injured and provide all available aid," Fort Bliss Public Affairs told CNN. The soldiers are receiving care at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center. Bernabe, senior mission commander of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, said in the statement. "We took immediate action to treat everyone involved with the best medical care available," Maj. The unit was undergoing a field training exercise Thursday when the incident happened. Located in El Paso, Texas, Fort Bliss is home to the 1st Armored Division, "America's Tank Division." There is no reason to believe there is any threat to the greater Fort Bliss community," the statement read.
Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC). "The circumstances of how the Soldiers ingested the substance are under investigation by the U.S. Nine other soldiers are also being treated at the hospital in a non-critical care unit as part of the incident. Subsequent toxicology tests revealed the presence of ethylene glycol. The soldiers drank a substance during a field training exercise "thinking they were drinking an alcoholic beverage," the statement read, noting alcohol is banned on such exercises. (CNN) - Two soldiers at Fort Bliss received treatment at the intensive care unit of a local hospital Friday for ethylene glycol poisoning, a chemical often used in the making of antifreeze, the Army's 1st Armored Division said. President Trump, while making his case for building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, has repeatedly claimed that crime rates dropped in El Paso after a barrier along the the border with Juarez was built a decade ago. Army Fort Bliss base stands in El Paso, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb.
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