Fort Bliss in Northeast El Paso is the fastest-growing U.S. Army installation in the United States.

Through various Army and Department of Defense initiatives, including Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Fort Bliss will grow significantly.

By 2013:

• A net gain of approximately 21,000 troops and as many as 30,000 family members
• $3.7 billion in economic impact
• $248 million in new property taxes
• $55 million in new sales taxes
• 2,000 new jobs (engineering, technical & industrial)

Fort Bliss and nearby White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico will be the center of integrated field experimentation for the Army’s most significant modernization program —Future Combat Systems (FCS).

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