Fort Sill, Oklahoma

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United States Army installation census-designated place

Fort Sill, Oklahoma is a major U.S. Army installation best known as the home of the Army’s Field Artillery training and operations.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fort Sill	4
Fort Sill U.S. Army post	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army installation ⓘ census-designated place ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains	Fort Sill National Cemetery ⓘ Fort Sill Field Artillery Museum ⓘ surface form: Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum Geronimo’s grave ⓘ Henry Post Army Airfield ⓘ U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Museum ⓘ Fort Sill Field Artillery Museum ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum
controlledBy	United States Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEstablished	1869 ⓘ
foundedAs	frontier cavalry post ⓘ
garrison	United States Army Air Defense Artillery School ⓘ surface form: Air Defense Artillery School Marine Corps Artillery Detachment ⓘ Oklahoma Army National Guard units ⓘ United States Army Air Defense Artillery School ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery units Army Basic Combat Training installations ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Basic Combat Training units United States Army Field Artillery School ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Field Artillery School Field Artillery Branch ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Field Artillery units U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence ⓘ Army Reserve ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Reserve units
geology	located near Wichita Mountains ⓘ
hasTrainingArea	artillery impact areas ⓘ live-fire ranges ⓘ maneuver training areas ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Apache prisoners of war ⓘ Geronimo ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars
historicDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ
locatedIn	Comanche County, Oklahoma ⓘ Oklahoma ⓘ southwestern Oklahoma ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Brigadier General Joshua W. Sill ⓘ Joshua W. Sill ⓘ
near	Lawton ⓘ surface form: Lawton, Oklahoma
nickname	Home of the Field Artillery ⓘ King of Battle home ⓘ
ownedBy	United States Department of the Army ⓘ
partOf	Fort Sill Field Artillery Museum ⓘ surface form: Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command ⓘ
population	military families and civilian employees ⓘ several thousand active-duty soldiers ⓘ
primaryFunction	Air Defense Artillery training ⓘ Basic Combat Training ⓘ Field Artillery training ⓘ
timeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	doctrine development for fires ⓘ operational deployment support ⓘ testing of artillery systems ⓘ

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ADA → garrison → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

United States Army Field Artillery School → garrison → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

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Field Artillery Branch → headquartersLocation → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence → locatedIn → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

United States Army Field Artillery School → locatedIn → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

Lawton → locatedNear → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

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Lawton → nearbyMilitaryInstallation → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Sill U.S. Army post

Air Defense Artillery Branch → trainingBase → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

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Field Artillery Branch → trainingCenter → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

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13B Cannon Crewmember → trainingLocation → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ

ADA → trainingLocation → Fort Sill, Oklahoma ⓘ