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15 unusual facts about Fort Sill


Ann E. Dunwoody

Dunwoody's first assignment was as a platoon leader with the 226th Maintenance Company, 100th Supply and Services Battalion, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Barber–Layden–Power effect

The phenomenon is so named after the lead researchers from a joint team drawn from NASA Ames Research Center, the Field Artillery Training Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and instructors from the USAF Air Weapons School at Nellis AFB in response to a formal request for assistance from United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida, framed following events during Operation Anaconda.

David P. Valcourt

He was previously the Commanding General of the Field Artillery Center and Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

James W. Nuttall

#January, 1976 – April, 1976, Student, Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, United States Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Lewis Wolfley

After several possible locations were considered, the Apache were finally settled at Fort Sill in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma).

Mark E. Anderson

Aside from his service in Wisconsin, Anderson also serves as Deputy Commanding General for Army National Guard, Field Artillery Center at Fort Sill.

Matthew Leander King

King entered the army in September, 1917, with the rank of Captain and was assigned to the Aviation School of Aerial Observation at Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in charge of maintenance and repair of aeroplanes.

Ray Boland

He then began training at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Sill.

Richard I. Neal

Following completion of The Basic School and subsequently the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Neal was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division in Republic of Vietnam, where he served as a Forward Observer with the 3rd Battalion 9th Marines.

Ricky G. Adams

During his service, Adams has served as Deputy Assistant Commandant of the United States Army Field Artillery School, the Deputy Commanding General of Fort Sill, and as Assistant Adjutant General of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

Sam Horner

Samuel Watson Horner, III (born March 4, 1938 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is a former American football halfback, defensive back, and punter in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants.

Sam K. Harrison

The Battalion was then moved to Fort Sill in Oklahoma in February 1944, for a three-month stay at Field Artillery School.

Tom Platz

Thomas Steven Platz (born June 26, 1955 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American retired professional bodybuilder.

William C. Bilo

He enlisted in the Army in 1964 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant of Artillery after graduation from Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill.

Workers World Party

After organizing demonstrations at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in support of a soldier being tried for possessing anti-war literature, they founded the American Servicemens Union, intended to be a mass organization of American soldiers.


Douglas O-43

such as the 111th Observation Squadron Brownwood Airfield Texas, 15th Observation Squadron Fort Sill Oklahoma, and 3rd Observation Squadron Langley Field Virginia.

Duncan, Oklahoma

After learning that an extension of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was being built from Kansas to Texas, Scotsman William Duncan brought his wife, parents, and other relatives and created a trading post situated at the intersection of the north-south Chisholm Trail and the east-west military passage between Fort Arbuckle and Fort Sill.

Fort Chadbourne

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Richardson, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Clark, Fort McIntosh, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort Clark, Texas

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Richardson, Fort McIntosh, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort McIntosh, Texas

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Clark, Richardson, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort Phantom Hill

Other forts in the frontier fort system, besides these two, were Forts Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Clark, Fort McIntosh, Fort Inge and Richardson in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Fort Stockton, Texas

Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Richardson, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Clark, Fort McIntosh, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

Kicking Bird

As a result of the Battle of Washita, General Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer arrested Lone Wolf and Satanta and took them to Fort Sill.

Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility

The prison opened as part of the Base Realignment and Closure with the consolidating (and closing) of prisons in Lackland Air Force Base, Fort Sill and Fort Knox.