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Fort Sill, Oklahoma: United States Army. 1957. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. History of the U.S. Army Field Artillery and Missile School; Volume IV 1958–1967 (PDF). Fort Sill, Oklahoma: United States Army. 1967. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2016. McKenney, Janice E. (2010). Field Artillery (PDF). Army ...
1876 (Fort Sam Houston) 1917 (South San Antonio Aviation Camp) 1927 (Aviation Field, San Antonio) 1941 (San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center) In use: 2010 () – present (as Joint Base) Garrison information; Current commander: Brigadier General Russel D. Driggers [1] (USAF) Garrison: 502nd Air Base Wing (Host) Airfield information; JBSA Airfields
Using Fort Sill as a base of operations, a detachment was flown to Brownsville, Texas in August until a proper airfield was built for the squadron at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. On 26 November, the 1st Aero Squadron departed for Fort Sam Houston, from which it would eventually deploy as part of the 1916 Punitive Expedition against ...
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]
On 19 February 1877, the new train station on Austin Street opened, connecting San Antonio to Galveston. [4]: 15 The quartermasters soon moved their depot supplies from the Alamo to the Quadrangle, and the headquarters of the "Post at San Antonio" moved in on 22 December 1879. [4]: 17, 18 Pershing House
Army Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Knox, Kentucky (closed 2010) Army Regional Confinement Facility at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Marine Corps Brig, Camp Lejeune at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Portsmouth Naval Prison on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Seavey Island, Maine (closed 1974)
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.
In addition to the unit training camps, the infantry regiments of the division rotated responsibility to conduct the CMTC training held at Fort Sill each year. On a number of occasions, the division participated in Eighth Corps Area and Third Army command post exercises in conjunction with other Regular Army, National Guard, and Organized ...