El Paso, TX( KVIA-TV)-An upcoming community event in El Paso, honoring Veterans and celebrating Indigenous culture and tradition. The Memorial Day Dance, organized and hosted by Dayshaun Jackson, will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at Veterans Park from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This free community event is open to all and serves
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Military Monday: Honoring Senior Master Sergeant Noel Ramirez. He served in the U.S. Air Force for over 26 years culminating his career as a senior enlisted leader. Senior Master
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Department of War (DOW) and the Pentagon announced Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo directing military installation commanders to allow service members to request to carry privately owned firearms while off-duty on DOW properties in the country. “Before today, it was virtually impossible for War Department personnel to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Jesus and Victor Ulloa. They are brothers who served together. They were part of Operation Desert Shield/Storm and are Ysleta High School graduates.. We thank you for your service.
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – Fort Bliss showcased 10 new 3-D printed barracks, this is the largest deployment of robotic construction conducted by the Department of War, according to Fort Bliss officials. The new barracks will take less than 6 months to build and soldiers will be living in them by August. The new barracks
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – This morning, Fort Bliss National Cemetery hosted the funeral for unaccompanied veteran Private First Class Billy Don Carter. The service was organized by the Veterans Assistance Office and El Paso County Veterans Service Officer Antoinette Hunt. The ceremony included a 9 gun salute, the solemn rendition of Taps and veterans
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Military Resiliency Center held a grand opening of their community hub. The Warrior Java Café offers a community focused environment meant to enhance the center’s mission. The center is part of The Warrior’s Journey, a network of resiliency-focused locations that offer support to active service members, veterans,
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – The United States Army today announced that Global Investment Firm Carlyle was chosen to build and operate a data center on Fort Bliss property. The selection of Carlyle is conditional at this point, according to a release by Fort Bliss, and “at no projected cost to taxpayers.” The facility would
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing SSG Isaiah Baker. He retired after 22 years of service. We thank you for your service. Send in a photo of your loved one who is serving in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Specialist Johnny Cerros. We thank you for your service. Send in a photo of your loved one who is serving in the military, or who once served and is
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UPDATE: U.S. Central Command now confirm there are six dead after KC-135 US refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. CENTCOM said the incident was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire. “All six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased. The aircraft
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Private First Class Jose Carrasco. His daughter said he served in the Army for two years in the late 1950s. Although it was for a short time, he was proud to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Chris Clem is a former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and a former Deputy Chief Patrol Agent in the El Paso Sector; he also served as the acting Chief in the Big Bend Sector. In El Paso, he spent over 17 years as Chief and Deputy Chief, both before
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing First Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Foster, who served in the U.S. Army for 22 years. He worked across the nation, South Korea and Germany, according to his daughter. We thank
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Alejandro Celaya, an officer with the military police. We thank you for your service. Send in a photo of your loved one who is serving in the military, or who once
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Directed energy weapons may sound like science fiction, but systems like lasers and microwave beams are very much becoming a reality to counter threats like drones on the battlefield and beyond. Officially, there has been no word from federal officials at any agency about what exactly happened here in El
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – Sergeant Major Janina Simmons says she was never really a big dreamer. ” I didn’t take anything seriously, I was very go home, chill out, and do nothing, I had zero ambitions for anything.” She grew up in Germany. She and her sister were raised by her mother, who struggled
Continue ReadingOriginally Published: 13 FEB 26 19:51 ET Updated: 13 FEB 26 20:18 ET By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat on Friday, killing three people, according to US Southern Command. “On Feb. 13, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing William Ayers, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Navy and Army. We thank you for your service. Send in a photo of your loved one who is serving in the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The federal government is under a partial shutdown as the House is expected to hold critical votes on a must-pass funding package tomorrow. Fort Bliss posted a Facebook update Sunday on how its operations will run. “We anticipate minimal impact to installation services,” the Facebook post said. It included the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 is saluting the men and women of our armed forces and our veterans with Military Monday. Today we are recognizing Jonathan Enriquez. Enriquez said he works with the Air Force as an ammunitions technician. He served in Guam, South Korea and the United Kingdom. We thank you for your service. Send
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 reported less than two weeks ago about the third reported migrant death at Camp East Montana inside Fort Bliss, where 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz died by presumed suicide, according to ICE. The attorney representing Diaz’s family from Nicaragua, Randall Kallinen, says they want to start an investigation into what
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) – Outpatient medical services at William Beaumont Army Medical Center will begin at 10 a.m. The two-hour delay is to align with Fort Bliss’ inclement weather plan. All surgeries will proceed as scheduled, all patients with a scheduled surgery for Monday are asked to report as originally scheduled. Inpatient and emergency
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – Mark your calendars: on Saturday, February 7th, at the Starlight Event Center, the El Paso Black Hall of Fame will host its 2nd annual induction ceremony and gala night, where legacy meets action. Monica Tucker, the founder of Black El Paso Voice, and Reginald Daniel, Sr., who is a retired
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — More than a thousand Iraq war veterans and their families gathered at Fort Bliss to mark the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ramadi. It was a pivotal fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom that changed U.S. military strategy at a tremendous cost. The battle brought the “Clear, Hold, and Build” strategy
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EL PASO (KVIA) – More than a thousand Iraq war veterans and their families are gathering in El Paso this weekend for the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ramadi. The Battle of Ramadi was a turning point in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was relentless combat against insurgents in the middle of the city at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The IRS says President Donald Trump has directed that the $1,776 “Warrior Dividend” received by 1.5 million service members last year will be tax-free. “The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today confirmed that supplemental basic allowance for housing payments made to members of the uniformed services
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Navy Blue Angels arrived in El Paso on Wednesday for a winter visit as crews begin planning for their highly anticipated air show scheduled for October. The elite flight demonstration squadron last performed in El Paso in 2011. Fifteen years later, the Blue Angels are returning ahead of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ReadyOne Industries was just awarded a one-year, $5.7 million contract to manufacture Fire-Resistant Army Combat Uniform coats for the U.S. Army. The company says that this award will sustain about 100 skilled manufacturing jobs for a year. The coat enhances flame resistance, durability, and mobility for military personnel, a spokesperson
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