Fort Sill

Mission Statement:

Fort Sill's mission is to train artillery soldiers and train them well. To do that, they are trained day and night to put "steel on target." Fort Sill's three-pronged approach to training and preparedness makes it one of the best training posts in the Army. It is comprised of the Field Artillery School, the primary training facility for field artillery soldiers and Marines worldwide; the Field Artillery Training Center, home of basic combat, one-station unit training, and advanced individual training; and IIId Armored Corps Artillery, the largest field artillery complex in the free world. To help accomplish the mission, Fort Sill's military population is about 18,000; the civilian employee population totals 6,261. Within 100 miles of Fort Sill, there are 10,256 retirees. Family members total 36,445.