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Fort Sill was considered the best location for a Field Artillery school, since its 15,000-acre (61 km 2) reservation allowed ample room for target practice and its great variety of terrain offered an excellent area for different types of tactical training. In addition, the post had already assumed the character of the home of artillery with a ...
The School of Fire for the Field Artillery was founded at Fort Sill in 1911 and continues today as the world-renowned U.S. Army Field Artillery School. At various times, Fort Sill has also served as home to the Infantry School of Musketry, the School for Aerial Observers, the Artillery Officers Candidate School (Robinson Barracks), the Air ...
The United States Army Field Artillery School is located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The school trained Field Artillery officers and enlisted crewmembers for Pershing. The United States Army Artillery Museum has all three types of Pershing on their launcher.
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]
Fort Sill – Lawton; 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade; 75th Fires Brigade; 214th Fires Brigade; Henry Post Army Airfield – KFSI; United States Army Air Defense Artillery School; United States Army Field Artillery School [1] McAlester Army Ammunition Plant – McAlester/Savanna; Defense Ammunition Center [2] Oklahoma Army National Guard
The Department of Air Training (1942–1947; 1947–1954) was originally a part of the U.S. Army Ground Force's Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. [1] It trained Forward Observer pilots to act as organic spotter units for U.S. Army artillery battalions and brigades.
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where it supported the Field Artillery School. Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 6th Artillery.
The 14th Field Artillery Regiment is a parent field artillery regiment of the United States Army, currently represented in the Regular Army by its 1st Battalion, a HIMARS unit with the 75th Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.