{"id":47346,"date":"2020-12-08T22:11:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/08\/virus-outbreak-at-fort-bliss-alarms-new-mexico-leaders\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:34:16","slug":"virus-outbreak-at-fort-bliss-alarms-new-mexico-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/12\/08\/virus-outbreak-at-fort-bliss-alarms-new-mexico-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Virus outbreak at Fort Bliss alarms New Mexico leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SANTA FE, N.M. \u2014 The New Mexico congressional delegation is raising questions about a coronavirus outbreak among a group of Oregon Army National Guard soldiers who returned to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/22\/texas-national-guard-to-help-el-paso-morgues-with-virus-dead\/\" target=_blank>home base in El Paso, Texas<\/a>, after being deployed to Kosovo earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to the Pentagon, the state\u2019s senators and congressional members said 70 infantry soldiers had tested positive for the coronavirus as of Tuesday, Dec. 7, a jump from just 10 on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/30\/coronavirus-hits-brigade-at-ntc-as-home-post-deals-with-surge-in-cases\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6303904.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coronavirus hits brigade at NTC, as home post deals with surge in cases<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A soldier with knowledge of the situation said there have been about 20 coronavirus cases among soldiers with 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, about half of whom are asymptomatic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have also learned that dozens more are showing symptoms consistent with coronavirus and remain concerned about self-isolation and quarantine conditions the Army has put into place while monitoring and treating these service members,\u201d the delegation wrote in the letter to U.S. Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter asks for details about how the Army will continue testing and contact tracing among soldiers in the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It also asks if contact tracing has detected spread from members of the unit to people outside of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base is about 45 minutes from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles from Otero, New Mexico, which has shooting ranges and other training facilities used by soldiers and law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/11\/22\/texas-national-guard-to-help-el-paso-morgues-with-virus-dead\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49890786132_c2f1e2f571_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Texas National Guard to help El Paso morgues with virus dead<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Texas National Guard has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues in the border region with the number of dead as a result of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brigade was deployed to the southern European country last winter as part of NATO\u2019s Kosovo Force that\u2019s been in place since the end of Kosovo\u2019s war for independence from Serbia in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One part of the force was assigned to patrol the northern border with Serbia, and another team was assigned to \u201cinteract with the residents of Kosovo and help with any humanitarian needs,\u201d according to a February article from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Fort Bliss Army spokesman referred questions to the Oregon National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The base is under a 10 <a href=\"http:\/\/p.m.to\" target=_blank>p.m. to<\/a> 5 a.m. curfew due to the pandemic, but it\u2019s unclear how many cases have been recorded on the base. 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