2 FORT BLISS, Texas – Spc. Draven Gipe, a native of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is a culinary specialist currently serving at Fort Bliss, Texas with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade as a building manager for the Facilities section. Headquartered in El Paso, Texas, Fort Bliss is the second-largest installation in the Army, serves as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation, and supports the Joint Force by deploying and redeploying service members and Department of Defense civilians and contractors to five combatant commands.
The Facilities team manages and operates Army facilities at five locations throughout Fort Bliss, ensuring a standard of readiness in order to optimize services and training assets in support of mobilization and demobilization operations. The team manages and ensures the tactical operations center, motor pool, billeting, administrative, and classroom spaces are readily available for mobilizing, demobili