The Anti-Bliss Task Force
Something must be done about all the people spreading Pro-Bliss Propaganda
Soldiers who haven't had the misfortune of setting foot in El Paso are being led astray by a string of ne'er-do-wells.
These trickers will try to say things like
>El Paso is actually pretty great
>Fort Bliss isn't too bad
Learn how to spot a life-saboteur easily by identifying these two phrases.
Here's the reality:
60 MPH winds. Kicking up dust storms. Just all the time, for no reason.
It's either 10 degrees or 115 degrees. Don't forget the wind.
There is no life in El Paso. No Trees. No Birds. No bodies of water. No Grass. Just dust.
There is actually, genuinely, nothing to do in El Paso. You aren't allowed to go to Mexico, even though it's probably the closest to it you'll ever live.
However you will get to experience the 5 hour long bumper to bumper traffic stampedes from cross border traffic. YMMV, things could have changed there since I was in.
1AD
The Mexican Food isn't even good compared to other places, which is surprising.
Here's the thing - I have to concede exactly one thing about El Paso that was amazing and it's the mountains and running trails. The enemy will use these as a talking point.. gonna 8 mile this and admit to their beauty and grandeur.
Off the record I want to make it clear that everyone is welcome to like their duty stations and the desert and all that. I'm just expressing my own disdain for what I thought was one of the worst possible places they could have stuck me.