Fort Bliss Monitor

Post Run
Team Bliss hits the road

Story by Spc. Michael Garrett, Monitor Staff
Photo illustration by Susan Laven

Thousands of Soldiers stood in formations all over post and one-by-one fell in line behind Fort Bliss Commander, Maj. Gen. Michael A. Vane, as he passed each formation. Soldiers from every unit on post took place in the Post Run. Marines, the German Air Force, Advanced Individual Training students, Joint Task Force 6 and even civilian employees from various offices on post also took part. The line of formations stretched more than 1,000 yards, each formation sounding off with it’s own cadence.

Vane was happy to see so much participation. “I really liked running with so many Soldiers, and I have no doubt that Team Bliss is fit to meet any challenge,” he said following the approximately 3-and-one-half mile run. “I would love to have more family members and civilians participating or observing as well.”

According to Vane, post runs are something Fort Bliss Soldiers and civilians may get to enjoy more often in the future. It is his intent to have one every quarter. “It’s important for us to all get out there and run together, it’s great esprit de corps,” Vane added.

Following the run, Garrison Commander, Col. Bryon E. Greenwald, spoke to the garrison Soldiers. “I feel like Gen. Custer: a good-looking young guy surrounded by warriors,” he said lightheartedly, as the Soldiers formed a circle around him.

Greenwald said the run was held in honor of the ADA birthday, “Today is about tradition. We’re here today because some [Soldier] in a three-corner hat didn’t give up; that’s tradition. Never leaving a comrade behind, completing the mission no matter what; that’s tradition.”

In closing Greenwald encouraged the Soldiers to establish a tradition and legacy of their own. “You all do a great job,” he said. “Take pride in your work and always remember: What you do each day makes a difference.”



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	July 1, 2004

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