The Murder of Manuel Buedia and DEA Agent Ki Ki Camarena

[Tosh Plumlee]

" sometime around 1950 during the Korean war Ft Bliss became a training base for new enlistees. Logan Heights became the center for this operation. Specialized operations trained at the RTC center at Bliss starting in 1953. Dog-8 Recon Training Command (RTC) of the forth army trained at that location at Logan Heights as was set apart from other personal at the base. It was known as a 'Hush Hush operation (like a dirty dozen crew)

Other troops trained off the hill and was assigned to the Recruit Trainning Center for basic training also used as a "cut-out" RTC. (not ROTC as some have stated)

The red brick building became Wm. Baumont Army Hospital and served the returning wounded from Korea. (rough background after WWII and before the Korean war.

... Tosh

P.S. additional background:

The Cold War

Fort Bliss trained thousands of U.S. Soldiers during the Cold War. As the United States gradually came to master the art of building and operating missiles, Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range became more and more important to the country, and were expanded accordingly. On 1 July 1957 the U.S. Army Air Defense Center was established at Fort Bliss. Located at this Center, in addition to Center Headquarters, are the U.S. Army Air Defense School; Air Defense; the 6th Artillery Group (Air Defense); the 61st Ordnance Group; and other supporting elements.[16][17] In 1957 Fort Bliss and its anti-aircraft personnel began using Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules, Hawk, Sprint, Chaparrel, and Redeye missiles.[4][18] Fort Bliss took on the important role of providing a large area for troops to conduct live fire exercises with the missiles.
Because of the large number of Army personnel enrolled in the air defense school, Fort Bliss saw two large rounds of construction in 1954 and 1958. The former was aimed at creating more barracks facilities, while the latter was aimed at building new classrooms, materials labs, a radar park, and a missile laboratory.[4] Between 1953 and 1957 the Army also expanded McGregor Range in an effort to accommodate live fire exercises of the new missile systems.[4] Throughout the Cold War Fort Bliss remained a premier site for testing anti-aircraft equipment.
While the United States Army Air Defense Artillery School develops doctrine and tactics, training current and future soldiers has always been its core mission. Until 1990 the post was used for Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), under the 1/56 ADA Regiment, part of 6th ADA. Before 1989, 1/56 had three basic training companies and two AIT batteries. After 1990, 1/56 dropped basic training, that mission assumed by Fort Sill. The unit now had four enlisted batteries for enlisted AIT, one battery for the Officer's Basic Course and Captain's Career Course (added in 2004) and one company that trained army truck drivers (MOS 88M). As of 2005, the AIT portion of the school has undergone significant changes.