{"id":128054,"date":"2026-01-18T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128054\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:39:25","slug":"fort-bliss-1ad-dedicates-memorial-to-2nd-battle-of-ramadi-in-iraq-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128054\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Bliss, 1AD dedicates memorial to 2nd Battle of Ramadi in Iraq War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division took a moment to pause, remember and honor the role the division and its soldiers in the Second Battle of Ramadi during the Iraq War.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Jan. 17, Fort Bliss held a ceremony and dedicated a special memorial plaque to recognize the 20th anniversary of the battle.<\/p>\n<p>The battle is seen as a turning point in the Iraq War, shifting control of the country away from insurgents, showing the effectiveness of the so-called Iraqi surge and its counter-insurgency strategy and demonstrating that al-Qaeda could be defeated.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-11.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527876\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-9.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527877\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramdi-9.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527873\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-8.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527871\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-7.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527880\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-5.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527875\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527879\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-4.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527879\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-3.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527874\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-2.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527872\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"2527878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ramadi-1.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527878\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The division\u2019s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team played a key role in the battle, under the command of then Col. Sean MacFarland. <\/p>\n<p>The ceremony served as a 20-year reunion for veterans of the battle and helps to preserve the history of the 1st Brigade and its role in this moment in history.<\/p>\n<p>MacFarland, who retired as a lieutenant general, would later serve as commanding general of Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,200 veterans attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Fort Bliss and the 1st Armored Division took a moment to pause, remember&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-128054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}