Check-in Procedures

Upon Arrival

1. All incoming soldiers will report to the staff duty desk of the Fort Bliss Reception Company at Building 1006 located on Carter Street no later than the required report date stated on their assignment instructions. The Fort Bliss Reception Company staff duty is manned 24 hours daily.
2. Reception Company will not approve permissive temporary duty or house hunting leave upon arrival. We recommend you have your departing unit authorize PTDY prior to departure. If a soldier wishes to take PTDY after their report date, it needs to be requested through their gaining unit. Once a soldier has signed in, he/she will complete in-processing before signing out on PTDY through their gaining unit. Housing is located at Building 515B Pershing Road and their operating hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. Closed every third Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Housing Office phone number is 915-568-2898.
3. If you are arriving at El Paso International Airport and require transportation to Fort Bliss, soldiers can call 915-569-5261 to be picked up by Reception staff duty. Alternatively, soldiers can pay for a ride share to the installation. Charges will be reimbursed when they settle their travel voucher.

Soldiers will sign-in and receive a briefing from the Reception Company staff duty personnel. Soldiers can expect to fill out paperwork, be assigned a barracks room if required and receive a 15-minute briefing about in-processing and Fort Bliss.

For all other inquiries concerning in-processing, please contact the Fort Bliss Reception Company desk at Commercial 915-569-5261.

Fort Bliss Reporting and In-Processing Service Members

All soldiers arriving to Fort Bliss, Texas, will in-process through the Fort Bliss Reception Company. You can expect to be with the Reception Company for five days and complete financial, medical and dental in-processing along with the installation welcome brief.

• Uniform: Operational camouflage pattern, if signing in Monday through Friday during duty hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Soldiers need the following on arrival and processing:

1. *Absence request (leave request)
2. *Assignment orders with all amendments, to include DD 1610’s if applicable
3. Health and dental records
4. Military personnel records as required
5. Common Access Card
6. Government-purchased travel itineraries or invoices and any receipts for any travel costs greater than $75
7. Review the Fort Bliss Blue Book
8. Learn more about Fort Bliss MWR programs and services
9. If you have privately-owned weapons, register them upon arrival to Fort Bliss

*Recommend bringing extra copies of assignment orders and absence request.

Army civilians

Within the first three days:

• Take Controlled Unclassified Information Training
• Coordinate with your civilian Human Resources Agency contact
• Visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Program
• Attend Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Prevention Training
• Attend Army Substance Abuse Program Training
• Attend Suicide Prevention Training
• Attend MPD/CPF Newcomers Brief

Documents to Hand Carry:

• Absence Request (leave request)
• Assignment Orders with all amendments, to include DD 1610’s, if applicable
• Health and Dental records
• Military Personnel records (as required)
• Common Access Card
• Government purchased travel itineraries/invoices and any receipts for any travel costs greater than $75.
• *Recommend bringing extra copies of assignment orders and absence request.