FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma ~ 22 SEPT 2026

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 mile southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost 94,000 acres.

The fort was first 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 Field Artillery 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.

The United States Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) trains Field Artillery Soldiers and Marines in tactics, techniques, and procedures for the employment of fire support systems in support of the maneuver commander. The school further develops leaders who are tactically and technically proficient, develops and refines warfighting doctrine, and designs units capable of winning on future battlefields.

The 434th Field Artillery Brigade is a training/ artillery unit under the United States Army Fires Center of Excellence, a formation under TRADOC. The brigade conducts Basic Combat Training for new enlistees in the U.S. Army.

434th Field Artillery Brigade conducts reception operations and Basic Combat Training by integrating and transforming civilian volunteers into disciplined, motivated and fit Soldiers in order to provide the Army with competent and confident warfighters willing to live the Army Values.

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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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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[PROCON]

Thanks for taking us on another great Road Trip, Lauren!

I took Army AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at Fort Sill in early 1976.

[ansel12]

I spent about 7 months there I think.

[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Fort Sill, Oklahoma ~

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[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *Hugz*

I hope your week is getting off to a good start.
Ready for the long-awaited cool-down?

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy and thank you radu!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

Fort Sill looks like a very busy place!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening ansel12, thanks for joining us this evening!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening luvie, thank you!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

It was a little bit better here today!

Should be pleasant this time next week. WOO HOO! Hope you have a terrific week!

[left that other site]

hi everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[kawhill]

is located approximately 191 miles southwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Went to a Sara Bareilles concert in Tulsa, gave a soldier stationed at Ft. Sill a ticket. Thanks for the memory.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy left that other site!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

A good memory for sure kawhill. I have family in Tulsa, long-time residents, and try to get up there at least once a year.

[SkyDancer]

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[ansel12]

When I was there the war was going on and Lawton was a rough little town, especially the section called the ‘impact area’ where most of the vice took place, my stepbrother got sent to Ft.Sill while I was there for some kind of follow up training or something, and he had also taken his AIT there and we got to party together some, for a while my running buddy was a high up in the Black Panthers (drafted), which made going to the black bars in the Impact Area interesting because of the violent race relations of the time in the Army, it was something to watch the change in the places when I would walk in white, and then my Black Panther buddy would identify himself, which seemed to scare the black guys.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Lucky you getting some rain today. There have been showers all around me but not a drop have I gotten. One last chance just to the west but I’m not holding my breath.

[radu]

We have one more day in the sauna, then a niiiiiice break. That, alone, will make it a great week. LOL