Commentary
- Use common sense for a safe spring break
- Army tuition assistance program offers promotion points for civilian education
Unit News
- Soldiers test advanced firing techniques downrange
- BSB 5-1 AD scrapes by ‘Backbone’ Btry.
- A new capability for ‘Bulldog’ Brigade
- ‘Backbone’ Soldier is ‘principal for a day’ at Desertaire
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Centerspread
Community
- Freedom with a side of fries and drink: Bliss’ new food court Freedom Crossing opens
- ‘Oil filters, transmissions, inspections, oh my’: Fort Bliss Auto Crafts Shop brings convenience, value to Soldiers
- Life is a cabaret
- Auto insurance: take a look at your policy
- ‘Fighting Deuce’ hosts spaghetti luncheon, raises money for gala
Healthbeat
Off Duty
Sports
El Paso Marathon: UTEP ROTC cadets make the last turn during the Spira half-marathon race March 7 at Union Plaza. More than 2,000 people participated in the fourth annual El Paso Marathon. For more on this story, see Page 17C. Photo by Natalie M. Hinojos, special to The Monitor.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Base to transition Transfer underway
U.S. prepares facility for handover to Iraqi
army in Maysan
1st Lt. Juan Torres
2nd Sqdn., 13th Cav. Regt.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE HUNTER, Iraq – Preparing for redeployment often involves extensive inventories and equipment reallocations but the process for one U.S. base in southern Maysan ...
Fort Bliss News Headlines
- 214 ‘air assaults’ earn their wings
More than 200 Fort Bliss Soldiers graduated from the Air Assault Course during a ceremony on Noel Parade Field March 5. …
- 125th BSB Soldier experiences day in the life of principal
El Paso’s Rio Bravo Middle School and Fort Bliss’ 125th Brigade Support Battalion continued buidling their Partners in Education relationship March 5 as the school handed over their principal’s duties …
- Air Assault Course graduate soars above her peers
When the rotors stopped, the teaching finished and the ceremony concluded, one “Bulldog” Soldier stood above the others with a newly pinned Air Assault Badge on her chest and the title as the distinguished honor graduate for the latest …
- What do starfish have to do with the Future Force Integration Directorate?
This is something you might wonder upon learning that a group of students in a Training and Doctrine Command class called “Starfish” recently visited the FFID and its subordinate unit, the Army Evaluation Task Force. …
2010 Tax Season
70 tax tips for 2010
Common errors to avoid when you prepare your tax return. Where you can get free tax help. How e-file can make filing easier, get you your refund faster and protect your payments. How to file for an extension or amend your return.
Technology in the new decade
10 music-tech trends that will shape the next decade
Digital Noise: Music and Tech writer Matt Rosoff writes about the outlook in tech.
Health Matters
Top 10 health tips for 2010
Marilyn Linton of The Daily Observer gives the scoop on tips from vitamins to exercise habits to ring in the new year.
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