Ortega is a Spanish surname. In the 9th century a Saint Raymundo Ortega of Bejar was recorded to be in Salamanca, Spain. A baptismal record in 1570 records a de Ortega from the village of Ortega. There were several villages of this name in Spain. The toponym derives from Latin urtica, meaning nettle. Some of the Ortega spelling variants are: Ortega, Ortego, de Ortega, Ortegada, Ortegal, Hortega, Ortiga, Ortigueda, Ortigueira, Ortigosa, Orreaga, etc. A cognate surname in Italian is Ortica, in Romanian UrzicÄ, in French Ortie, all from Latin urtica.
The Garrison Command team welcomes you to Southwest Texas and Fort Bliss. Located on the largest international border in the United States you will arrive at the corner of Texas, New Mexico and Old Mexico. We look forward to serving you.
August 29, 2017 - Task Force 51, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston is deploying to Kelly Annex, next to JBSA-Lackland, to provide command and control of Title 10 assets, which will also provide support to civil authority.