Ft. Sill held Retreat and Welcome Ceremony
Ft. Sill held Retreat and Welcome Ceremony By Tiffany Bechtel | April 28, 2021 at 10:36 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 10:36 PM
FT. SILL Okla. (TNN) - Fort Sill held a Retreat and Welcome Ceremony at the Old Post Quadrangle Wednesday to bid farewell to
two Post leaders and welcome a new face.
Two outgoing Brigadier Generals, National Guard Air Defense Artillery Commandant Frank Rice and Field Artillery Commandant Phil Brooks, were honored during the ceremony.
Brigadier General Thomas Moore, who will be taking over for Rice as National Guard Air Defense Artillery Commandant, was also welcomed.
Ft. Sill retires seventh Big Deuce mascot
Ft. Sill retires seventh Big Deuce mascot By Nazarene Harris | April 23, 2021 at 7:58 PM CDT - Updated April 23 at 7:58 PM
FT. SILL, Okla. (TNN) - After six years with the soldiers at Fort Sill, Big Deuce the seventh, Fort Sillâs mascot donkey, is retiring.
Captain Marc Mcmenamin says Fort Sill is the only active duty military base in the nation with a live mascot and that the donkeyâs are kept mostly to remind the soldiers and public alike about the 22 filed artillery unit that used mules to haul guns, move ammunition and carry soldiers from the phillippine islands to the jungles of panama in 1918.
Ft. Sill honors Days of Remembrance Observance
Ft. Sill honors Days of Remembrance Observance By Tiffany Bechtel | April 15, 2021 at 5:18 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 5:18 PM
FT. SILL, Okla. (TNN) - Fort Sill is honoring the Days of Remembrance Observance.
Guest speaker Ms. Marija Fine was welcomed onto post Thursday.
She spoke about her experience as a Latvian prisoner of War in German concentration camps during World War Two as well as her journey to rediscover her roots afterward.
âI donât know what that says about the memory of children that are so young and grow up in a war zone area. Because I guess a way of protecting yourself is to blot out whatever those memories are,â Ms. Fine said.