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Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.It covers almost 94,000 acres (38,000 ha). [2]The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. [3]
Fort Sill National Cemetery – Elgin. Fort Supply Historic Site – Fort Supply [49] Fort Towson Historic Site – Fort Towson [50] Fort Washita Historic Site & Museum – Durant [51] General Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum – Hobart. [52] Historic Fort Reno – El Reno [53] Honey Springs Battlefield Historic Site ...
Fort Sill, Oklahoma: United States Army. 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. McKenney, Janice E. (2010). Field Artillery (PDF). Army Lineage Series (Second ed.). Washington D.C.: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 60-11. Patch King Catalogue, 1941 via the Internet Archive
In May 2004, 1–77 deployed to Fort Lewis, Washington where it served in evaluating ROTC Cadets in their summer training. They returned to Fort Sill in August 2004. On 5 November 2004, HHB (-), 75th Field Artillery Brigade deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in order to serve as the 75th Force Field Artillery Headquarters attached to the 1st Cavalry ...
The availability of 5 million US gallons (19,000 m 3) of water from Lake Lawtonka, just north of Fort Sill, was a catalyst for the War Department to establish a major cantonment named Camp Doniphan. It was active until 1922. [22] Similarly, the US response in World War II stimulated activity and expansion at Fort Sill and Lawton.
Gyroscoped to Fort Sill 1958. Redesignated 1 September 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 30th Artillery. Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery. Inactivated 15 May 1988 in Germany. Headquarters transferred 1 July 1995 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [2]
On 08 May 2008, the battalion reflagged as the 1st Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery within the 428th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. During this time, it assumed the BOLC Phase II mission where it developed, trained and mentored the future junior officers of the Army.