FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma ~ 07 NOV 2017

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Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

Today, Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the Southern Plains built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark and serves as home of the United States Army Field Artillery School as well as the Marine Corps site for Field Artillery MOS school, United States Army Air Defense Artillery School, the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, and the 75th Fires Brigade.

Fort Sill is also one of the four locations for Army Basic Combat Training. It has played a significant role in every major American conflict since 1869.

 

A detachment of the United States Marine Corps, consisting of a firing battery and commanded by a colonel, is stationed at Fort Sill. Referred to as the MARDET, the detachment works with the Field Artillery School to train Marine artillerymen.

Marines also serve as gunnery and fire support instructors at the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, and as small group leaders at the Field Artillery Captains' Career Course. All Marine artillery officers attend the Field Artillery School and are trained alongside their Army Counterparts.

The 77th Army Band (Special designation: "The Pride of Fort Sill") is part of the Fires Center of Excellence. It was originally organized on 1 March 1907 at Fort Du Pont, Delaware as the 13th Band, Coast Artillery.

Another special detachment is the Field Artillery Half Section, an eight-man group representative of the "flying artillery" which was drawn by a team of horses (the Half Section has eight horses – all named after former commanding generals of Fort Sill) around the turn of the 20th century.

The Half Section was established in 1969 to celebrate Fort Sill's Centennial. The Soldiers are volunteers for the show group, while the horses, their equipment and transportation are provided through charitable donations. The popular Half Section has appeared in regional parades, local festivities, change of command ceremonies and a presidential inauguration parade.

Learn More About Fort Sill HERE!!

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[colorado tanker]

The post was founded as a base of operations against the Comanches and other Southern Plains tribes. Quannah Parker, the last Comanche chief, lived for many years at Ft. Sill. He was the son of Cynthia Parker, a Texas girl who was kidnapped and married a Comanche chief. She was the model for the character Debbie for whom John Wayne searches in the classic movie the Searchers. Incidentally, the real Cynthia was less than thrilled to be rescued later in life

In the interwar years it was at Ft. Sill that the field artillery developed the devastating fire control procedures and tactics that would lead the Germans to fear American field artillery above all others in WWII.

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[aragorn]

31V, class of 1980

[laurenmarlowe]

That’s pretty amazing yarddog, thank you for sharing.

Very awe-inspiring work our Troops and Veterans do, every single day.

[radu]

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To all our military men and women, past and present,

[yarddog]

Daddy thought the .88 was their most hated enemy weapon.

One night they were all sleeping in a barn. An .88 went right through both sides of the roof without exploding. If it had, they all would have been killed or seriously wounded.

One of his buddies had an .88 land only two feet from him and it did not go off. They considered those things miracles because all the others did go off.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren...thanks to today's Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

All heck has broken loose here in the last 90 minutes and it is all hands on deck.

[The Mayor]

Thank you for the thread!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma ~

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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

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Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

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[Pox]

34Y in 1984.

Wandering around base one day I ran across the tombstone of Geronimo. Found it by accident, and it seems to have been moved since I stumbled across it all those years ago.

[luvie]

Welcome back, lauren!
Thanks for a great thread!
Ft. Sill is an interesting, historical place!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren! Hope I managed to slip in before you have to head out for the night.

Took a quick run through the thread and it looks like quite a crowd of FReepers have spent time at Ft. Sill.

[Jemian]

Thank you. When this is a about my sons’ work, I pay extra close attention. The other soon is on Seoul.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Have a good day? Get all your errands run this morning?

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!



SFC Stephen B. Cribben, USA
2nd Battalion
10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
KIA Afghanistan 4 November 2017




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[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

All heck has broken loose here in the last 90 minutes and it is all hands on deck.

Ruh roh! That's not good, especially on a Monday! Good luck!

[PROCON]

Yo radu!

I got most errands run. My shopping schedule has changed a bit since I started working.

It's gonna dip into the teens here tonight, Brrr, son's coming over tomorrow to eat, (of course), and hang out. Not much else happening.

Your day went OK?

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Hope you had a good day.

How’s Dulcie doing these days?

[luvie]

SFC Stephen B. Cribben, USA
Thank you hero...
...may you rest in peace....