As the 1st Armored Division makes its way to Fort Bliss, pieces of the Air Defense Artillery School are heading out and the Fort Bliss Museum is making its own adjustments. That includes preparing eight missiles to be shipped to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the new home of the Air Defense Artillery School.
"We need to have historical artifacts close to soldiers where they go to school because they need to learn the history, legacy and heritage of the weapons in their branch," explains Peter Poessiger, director of Fort Bliss Museum..
Within the next few days, the missiles will be unwelded, placed onto giant cradles, then flat bed trucks that will then be used to moved them hundreds of miles away to their new home.
"It's quite a job, these items are registered artifacts. They have a number. They cannot be damaged. Some are the only one left," Poessiger says.
But it's not a total loss for the borderland, duplicates of these missiles will be kept in warehouses and some with great significance will be staying. On top of that, the 1st Armored Division is already knocking on the door, getting ready to move from its long time home in Germany to Fort Bliss. That means dozens of tanks will soon be here.
"They're already on the ocean, 45 of them, 35 tanks and 10 armored fighting vehicles and they must be displayed here in the same parking lot," Poessiger says.
If you would like to see the artifacts for yourself, the Fort Bliss Museum is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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