Fort Sill News

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.

Inside Scoop Entertainment Report 10/22 -Shout Out to the military stationed at Fort Sill...Big Ups Guys we appreciate your hard work.

Fort Sill is encouraging people to come out and hit the pavement for an upcoming commanding general's 'Run and Walk Challenge.' Multimedia Watch The Video It is at 1:30 Friday afternoon at the Fort Sill Polo Field.

Available at the Ft. Sill commissary. Photo by Angela F Chase. Shopping for gluten-free food in Lawton, OK, is not as difficult as a Lawton resident might think.

Workers from Southwestern Crane & Rigging lowered a Nike Ajax air defense missile onto its base in front of the Fort Bliss Museum Wednesday.

Starship Barracks Model Although the term "starship barracks" conjures up images of a young James T. Kirk going through basic training at the Starfleet Academy, it's actually the US Army's name for a new type of training barracks.

Ten Blackhawk helicopters departed the Papago Park Military Reservation in formation Tuesday morning.

Eighty troops with a helicopter company of the Oklahoma Army National Guard received a royal sendoff Tuesday as they prepared to deploy to Iraq by year's end.

Ten Blackhawk helicopters took to the sky over Tulsa Tuesday morning in a deployment to Iraq.

There will be a formation of Blackhawk helicopters flying over downtown Tulsa Tuesday morning.

Photo credit Kevin Young, Fort Sill Cannoneer In this file photo, Carlos Jorge, a Fort Sill Reynolds Army Community Hospital CAT scan technician, slides Spc.