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The 168th Brigade Support Battalion is a support battalion of the United States Army based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. It provides logistic support to the 214th Fires Brigade. [1] Activated in September 2006, the unit is a logistical support battalion capable of a variety of actions.
Maples became the commanding general of the United States Army Field Artillery Center at Fort Sill on 23 August 2001. Prior to assuming his duties as DIA Director, Maples served at Headquarters, Department of the Army as the director of operations, readiness and mobilization, and the director of military support in the Office of the Deputy ...
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 ...
August 2000 – June 2002, deputy assistant commandant-Army National Guard, United States Army Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma June 2002 – March 2003, assistant chief of staff-Army National Guard, Headquarters, United States Army Training Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe , Virginia
During World War I, Montgomery M. Macomb, a brigadier general and career artillery officer who had retired in 1916, was recalled to active duty to command Fort Sill and oversee the schools and training programs that prepared soldiers for combat in France. [14] Fort Sill was once the site of a large Boot Hill cemetery. Many soldiers who were ...
In 1966, Lieutenant Colonel Trefry returned to Fort Sill where he assumed command of the 2nd Battalion, 94th Field Artillery and then deployed that battalion to Vietnam. [ 3 ] After attending the U.S. Army War College, Trefry assumed command of the Division Artillery, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas and then became the chief of staff ...
John S. Crosby (October 16, 1932 – March 2, 2022) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.He was commissioned through ROTC at North Carolina State University. [1] [2] [3] From 1987 to 1989, he served as Deputy Commanding General for Training of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). [4]
Gregory Dimitri Gadson (born February 19, 1966) is an American actor and motivational speaker; and a retired colonel in the United States Army and former commander of the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir garrison. [1] He is also a bilateral above-the-knee amputee. He served in the U.S. Army for 25 years of active duty as a field artillery officer.