Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Fort Sill, Oklahoma


Related Topics

In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
  History of Fort Sill
Fort Sill soldiers were restricted from taking punitive action against the Indians who interpreted this as a sign of weakness.
Quanah Parker and his Quohada Comanches were the last to abandon the struggle and their arrival at Fort Sill in June 1875 marked the end of Indian warfare on the south Plains.
Until the territory opened for settlement, Fort Sill's mission was one of law enforcement and soldiers protected the Indians from outlaws, squatters and cattle rustlers.
sill-www.army.mil /pao/pahist.htm   (736 words)

  
 Cheap Tickets to Fort Sill, Compare Usa Fort Sill Airfares
sill fort colleges; oklahoma sill; fort insurance; sill fort.
cobb fort colleges; oklahoma cobb; fort insurance; cobb fort.
a fired then downloaded was sill, fort on zone ling assault an to c-130 by flown rockets, with loaded combat was system rocket artillery mobility high army's the time, first the for usmilitary.aboutcs weapons a armymlrs_2.htmreally cheap airline tickets.
www.cheap-airfares-tickets.com /cheap-tickets_fort-sill.html   (555 words)

  
 FA Journal: Flagship Sill: a power projection platform for ... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Today, Fort Sill routinely deploys multiple units simultaneously by rail and air to military operations worldwide--strategically projecting military might quickly and cost effectively while ensuring Soldiers and their equipment are mission capable for training exercises or contingencies.
Fort Sill is a flagship installation for projecting power, one of the Army's 16 Focus Areas for a Ready and Relevant Army at War.
Fort Sill is today and will remain in the future a premier power projection platform, one of the Army's flagships, because of the dedication and professionalism of its Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:119851064&refid=holomed_1   (2151 words)

  
 Fort Sill
For more than a century the role of Fort Sill changed with the times: during its early years troopers patrolled the prairies for hostile Indians, but more recently artilleryman have directed cannon and missile fire at distant targets.
Fort Sill was to serve as the base of operations against such hostile south plains Indians as the Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa.
Fort Richardson, the principal post in Texas, was 123 miles to the south, while the Wichita Indian Agency was 35 miles north.
www.chickasawhistory.com /FTA6.htm   (1628 words)

  
 Fort Sill on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Fort Sill was named in memory of Joshua W. Sill, a Civil War general.
The reservation was almost abandoned in 1904; it was revitalized by the establishment (1911) of a school that was to become the U.S. army's main field artillery training base.
FORT SILL, OK -- 212th Field Artillery Brigade Chaplain Major Rob Meyer has been supporting the families of the 6 soldiers from Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, who were killed in a rocket attack on the
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FortS1ill.asp   (605 words)

  
 29:1110(82)CA - Army HQ, Washington, DC and Army Field Artillery Center and Fort Sill, Fort Sill, OK and NFFE -- 1987 ...
After Ewell was told by the Fort Sill employees that their input was not being solicited and that they were not being informed of contracting out developments, Ewell further stated that he would personally come to Fort Sill to ensure that full communication with the workers occurred.
Feinstein pointed out that the workers at Fort Sill certainly would understand the difference between a union that is actively engaged in supporting their goals and aspirations and a union that had represented them for years and hadn't done anything affecting the most serious problem that existed for them.
DIO is a part of the NFFE bargaining unit and was one of the directorates at Fort Sill which was a part of the contested bargaining unit in the October 17, 1985 representation election.
www.flra.gov /decisions/v29/29-082-3.html   (16972 words)

  
 Lawton - Ft Sill Chamber of Commerce & Industry - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Fort Sill's population is just under 17,000, and when you calculate the population of the whole county, the population is over 119,000.
Lawton-Fort Sill is recognized nationally as one of the most culturally diversified communities in the U.S. Our community is the home of several museums and countless cultural, arts, and humanities activities and organizations.
There are three in the Lawton-Fort Sill community- the Lawton Public Library, located at 110 SW 4th Street, the library at Cameron University, and Nye Library at Fort Sill.
www.lcci.org /about.html   (2439 words)

  
 Geronimo's Grave -- Fort Sill, Oklahoma - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
In 1894, Geronimo, the infamous Apache warrior, and 341 of his renegade tribe were brought from the prisons in Florida and Alabama to Fort Sill, where they lived in scattered villages on the post ranges.
Geronimo died of pneumonia at Fort Sill on February 17, 1909, and was buried in the Apache cemetery on Beef Creek, near the Apaches' first winter encampment at Fort Sill.
Other points of interest include the Apache and Comanche Cemeteries at Fort Sill along with the Chief's Knoll at the Post Cemetery where Indian notables such as Quanah Parker, Santanta and Setank are buried.
www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=OK0203011&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=OK0203011a001   (316 words)

  
 Our Community : Lawton Public Schools : Lawton / Fort Sill, Oklahoma : LawtonPS.org
The Lawton/Fort Sill Oklahoma community is surrounded with the natural beauty of the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge and a metropolitan population of over 100,000.
Fort Sill is the home of the United States Army's Field Artillary Unit.
Fort Sill has two elementary schools that are maintained by the Lawton Public Schools District.
www.lawtonps.org /information/community.htm   (217 words)

  
 Oklahoma Vacations - State Of Oklahoma - Oklahoma Hotels
The Super 8 Motel Lawton sits adjacent to the Elmer Thomas Lake and Park in Lawton, Okla. Fort Sill is one mile from the motel.
There are many things that you can see and do in Oklahoma.
The roads are long and the state is quite big, but you are going to find that there is an attraction at every stop, so going on a long drive isn’t going to be a hassle or a burden it is going to only lead to more adventure and more good times.
www.oklahomahotelfinder.com   (542 words)

  
 National Park Service: Confinement and Ethnicity (Chapter 17)
It was at Fort Sill that a Japanese Hawaiian internee, distraught over leaving his wife and 12 children behind, was shot and killed by guard while trying to escape.
The Fort Sill Military Reservation is now the headquarters of the U.S. Army Field Artillery.
It is not clear where on the expansive military base the Japanese Americans were held, but the current fort archeologist noted that in "Area 2400" southwest of Sheridan and Hunt Roads a German POW camp was located (Spivey, personnel communication, 1999).
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/anthropology74/ce17m.htm   (241 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recruiters and staff experts recently visited Fort Sill, Oklahoma as part of the continued efforts of Phase II of the Veteran Invitational Program (VIP).
The visits and training programs are part of OPM's goals of tapping the veteran talent pool to strengthen the Federal workforce and encourage the use of veterans' preference.
"Our transitioning soldiers here at Fort Sill are especially grateful to OPM for helping them with tips and techniques to enable them to hopefully secure employment with the Federal government.
www.opm.gov /viewDocument.aspx?q=826   (431 words)

  
 Fort Sill, Oklahoma (Cities)
Fort Sill is located in southwestern Oklahoma in Comanche County and was established in 1869 by Maj. Gen.
Troops involved in the campaign included the 7th Cavalry, the 19th Kansas Volunteers and the 10th Cavalry and the famed "buffalo soldiers", who constructed many of the stone buildings still surrounding the old post.
The Fort Sill Museum is one of the largest in the U.S. Army.
www.ohwy.com /ok/f/ftsill.htm   (175 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Fort Sill, Oklahoma (OK) (Comanche County) - (reservation) - Facts and Information
Fort Sill, U.S. military reservation (148 sq mi/383 sq km), Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi/6.4 km N of Lawton; 25 mi/48 km long (E-W), c.5 mi/8 km wide.
1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan, the fort was named in memory of Joshua W. Sill, a Civil War general.
Almost abandoned in 1904, it was revitalized by the establishment (1911) of a school that was to become the U.S. army's main field-artillery training base.
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/F/F02502-fort-sill.html   (252 words)

  
 Template.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
These are the remains of an old building from WW II at Fort Sill.
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, is where Dennis Schulhauser first learned to run radio transmitters.
Above are pictures of landmarks at Fort Sill.
www.marshfield.k12.wi.us /socsci/ww2/26/sill.htm   (70 words)

  
 Find Churches in Fort Sill Oklahoma - FlockFinder.com
For some time, churches in Oklahoma have been pressured to get a "church website" hoping it would be an effective tool and a way to promote church growth.
Churches in Fort Sill Oklahoma might be surprised at the number of people who are looking for a church in their area.
Lots of churches in Oklahoma don't know the frustrations Christians are facing weekly with trying to find good churches to attend.
www.flockfinder.com /churches_oklahoma/fort_sill/churches_fort_sill_oklahoma.html   (677 words)

  
 Sill, Fort
Fort Sill - Fort Sill, U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est.
Operation Joint Thunder: JCAS training at Fort Sill.
Grief for fallen Fort Sill soldiers extends far beyond army post.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0918762.html   (222 words)

  
 Garrison Command Sgt. Major
Fort Jackson, SC Command Sergeant Major Ronald D. Friday, is a native of Timmonsville, South Carolina.
He entered the United States Army in June 1977 upon graduation from high school and attended One Station Unit Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Friday has served two tours in Korea; three tours at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Fort Bragg North Carolina; and one tour each at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Birmingham, Alabama; Saudi Arabia; and the Federal Republic of Germany.
www.jackson.army.mil /CommStaff/GCSMbio.htm   (241 words)

  
 Fort Sill Real Estate Agents - Fort Sill MLS - Fort Sill Realtors
We are currently looking for real estate agents in the Fort Sill real estate market to represent our directory.
Tell us about it and you might become our featured Fort Sill MLS listings website.
If you are interested in contacting a Realtor in a different city than Fort Sill please choose another city in Oklahoma from the cities list below
www.realestatewebmasters.com /agents/United-States/Oklahoma/Fort-Sill/5476   (276 words)

  
 Post Command Sergeant Major
In August of 1981, he returned to Fort Sill as a Drill Sergeant Candidate and Drill Sergeant in B Battery of the 7th Training Battalion, then as a Drill Sergeant in A Battery of the Battalion.
He returned to Fort Bragg in November of 1984 where he served as the First Sergeant of Service Battery and as the Battalion Intelligence Officer for the 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery.
In April of 2000 he returned to Fort Bragg to serve as the Command Sergeant Major of the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, then as the Command Sergeant Major for the 18th Field Artillery Brigade (Airborne).
www.jackson.army.mil /CommStaff/PCSMbio.htm   (681 words)

  
 Military Experience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Observation Battalion Unit Commander Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Two summer camps at Fort Sill, OK, and two at Fort Lewis, WA.
Liaison Officer to a Korean Unit at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
www.open.org /~kowitz/military.htm   (367 words)

  
 View Solicitation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, tools, and supplies to perform tree trimming at various locations at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
A site visit for contractor's preparing a quote on this contract is scheduled for September 8, 2004 at 10:00a.m.
Contractors are to meet at the Fort Sill Resident Office, Building 1945, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
www.swt.usace.army.mil /ebs/ViewSolicitation.asp?SolicitationNumber=W912BV-04-T-2010&RegisterOption=FALSE   (166 words)

  
 KOKI FOX23 - Tulsa - Breaking News: Military Units Moving to Oklahoma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The vote is among the first made during what's expected to be at least three days of deliberations on a Pentagon plan to close or realign 62 large bases and hundreds of smaller ones to modernize U-S military forces.
The military has estimated about 36-hundred military personnel would move from Fort Bliss to Fort Sill at Lawton under the plan.
State officials including Senator Jim Inhofe have said Fort Sill could get up to ten-thousand new military personnel under the plan.
www.fox23.com /news/state/story.aspx?content_id=28DFDCC5-F453-4581-BA40-72792FF49C51   (157 words)

  
 Untitled
There were several key people at Fort Hood-officer, enlisted, civil service and a Killeen civilian-who were instrumental in getting the club up and running.
Under the guidance of USAFACFS CSM William J. Perry III, the selection process for Fort Sill's TRADOC NCOs began in early June 1997.
The Fort Hood Chapter was well known, but Sill had nothing.
www.fortsillsamc.4t.com /about.html   (800 words)

  
 Fort Sill Museum Fort Sill, Oklahoma (History Museums)
Fort Sill Museum Fort Sill, Oklahoma (History Museums)
USA > Oklahoma > Fort Sill > Society and Culture > History > History Museums
A team of researchers is developing a site that will present U.S. history in the context of present day travel.
www.ohwy.com /ok/f/ftsillmu.htm   (105 words)

  
 Fort Sill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In 1941 and 1942, Lesley Blair was stationed at Fort Sill for his military training.
Notice the background in the first photo is Oklahoma because he describes the terrain as flat with no trees.
He kept the Thanksgiving dinner menus that has everyone enlisted at Fort Sill printed on them including a napkin from the 1942 dinner.
www.geocities.com /fort_sill_1941   (379 words)

  
 Negotiated Agreement Between Fort Sill AND NFFE 273
In this Agreement wherever "man", "men", or their pronouns appear, either as words or parts of words (and other than with obvious reference to named male individuals), they are meant in their generic sense (i.e., to include all humankind - both female and male sexes).
Employees will designate that their paychecks and leave and earnings statements be sent directly to a financial institution chosen by the employee or to a mailing address.
In the absence of the immediate supervisor or the designated alternate, the NFFE representative may leave the Fort Sill Form 738-A at his/her supervisor's desk indicating the time the representative left the work area on official time and his/her expected time of return.
www.ballew.org /Federal/nffe273c1991.html   (13146 words)

  
 Red Lion Lawton-fort Sill Lawton Oklahoma Hotels
Check availability and room rates at the Red Lion Lawton-fort Sill for your dates of travel.
Search all hotels in Lawton Oklahoma using the form to the left.
In the magic triangle of Médoc Bleu lies Hotel Maeva Carcans Maubuisson, a privileged spot on earth where the spirited waters of the ocean harmonize with the charm of the pine groves.
www.oklahomahotelfinder.com /108131.html   (187 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
TRANSPORTATION: Lawton Municipal Airport, Lawton, Oklahoma, is located 10 miles from Fort Sill.
Commercial limousine service is available to and from Fort Sill.
Enlisted and civilian students arriving at Fort Sill report to Building 2860 (initial entry training) or Building 3164 (all others).
www.redstone.army.mil /TIP/opt11/afas   (329 words)

  
 RACH INTERNET, Logistics Division, Reynolds Army Community Hospital (RACH), Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA) for Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Materiel Management Branch is the Installation Medical Supply Activity (IMSA) for Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The IMSA employees manage the Medical Stock Fund for the Installation Commander, and provide medical supplies for 54 activities stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and for 94 DoD activities throughout a 4 state region.
wwwrach.sill.amedd.army.mil /Departments/logdiv   (567 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.