Fort Sill News

How many times have you passed the old red brick train depot, and how many times have you seen a train chug-chug its way through the center of Norman with a long freight train on behind? For me it has been many.

Army Reserve Pvt. Alexander C.W. Houghton has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

There are some new faces at Fort Sill. Multimedia Watch The Video Since Sunday, Fort Sill has been hosting more than 370 Singapore army personnel and 260 Singapore Air Force personnel.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's first rocket artillery system has made its debut in an ongoing exercise in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the US.

Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Story Created: Nov 17, 2009 at 1:05 PM CST Story Updated: Nov 17, 2009 at 1:05 PM CST There are some new faces at Fort Sill.

Officials at Fort Sill have welcomed home 20 Texas-based soldiers who are returning from Iraq.

An evening United Service Organizations show will follow today's Veterans Day parade as Tulsa and area residents gather to celebrate Veterans Day.

NORMAN a ' Photos of U.S. Army Spc. Jason Dean Hunt's recent wedding were projected in a Norman funeral home chapel near his flag-draped casket during services for the 22-year-old Oklahoman, who was killed along with 12 others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, last week.

The board of the Economic Development Generating Excellence initiative recently approved five projects, including several with Tulsa ties, totaling more than $6.9 million.

Fort Sill is inviting Texoma to attend a Veterans' Day Ceremony. It will be Wednesday at nine in the morning in front of the McNair Hall, which is the post's headquarter building.

While some families and friends welcome home their soldiers, others are saying goodbye.

A downtown parade followed by an evening United Service Organizations show will be held Wednesday as Tulsa and area residents gather to celebrate Veterans Day.

There is little doubt the people who call Altus and Altus Air Force Base home have learned to recognize the large tanker and cargo aircraft that frequent their skies - but in a few weeks there will be aircraft of a smaller variety with a distinct sound visiting Altus AFB.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' State military officials say nearly two dozen Army soldiers and National Guard members from Oklahoma are safe following a deadly attack at Fort Hood in Texas.

I am writing my column this week after a day of meetings in Dresden, Germany. We are six hours ahead due to their daylight savings time, so I have been trying to adjust to the different time zone for my meetings.

LAWTON a ' A veteran of both World War II and the Korean conflict is flying high after an all-expense-paid trip to see the Washington, D.C., memorials that commemorate the wars in which he took part.

Mark Williams is a historian who focuses on a different type of Native American history -- the kind that isn't in the history books.

The Oklahoman reported in a copyrighted story Sunday that the federal government paid more than $421,000 to a Florida construction company that started work on the Training Support Center warehouse at Fort Sill.

LAWTON a ' About 160 soldiers from Illinois and South Carolina will be honored at an early morning welcome-home ceremony at Fort Sill.

Nearly $650,000 was lost after the U.S. Army stopped construction of a warehouse at Fort Sill after an Indian tribe said it was being built on sacred ground, according to a newspaper report.