Articles for tag: Fort Sill, Frontier City, Western History

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Oklahoma Frontier Vacations

If a vacation on the frontier offers appeal, then Oklahoma is the ideal spot for a vacation with the flavor of the Old West. The Sooner State offers Western history, Native American tradition, and sweeping scenery that summons images of the past. One of the last states in the continental United States to join the ...

Life After Chex Systems: How to Open a New Checking Account

If you’ve had the misfortune of having a checking account closed due to being overdrawn for an extended period of time, then you probably know how difficult it can be to open future accounts at other financial institutions. Banks and credit unions use a special consumer reporting agency, Chex Systems, in order to protect themselves ...

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Fort Sill’s MWR Offers Fun for the Whole Family

Fort Sill’s Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (better known as MWR) exists to help offer leisure time activities that military families can enjoy. MWR has many things planned for a summer full of fun. Here is what is going on in the near future. Scuba diving certification classes are being offered at the Rinehart Gym. MWR, ...

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US Army Basic Training: What You Should Expect

I joined the Army in May 2003. I picked an MOS that seemed cool to me, 13B, cannon crewmember. Basically, I was in a combat field where I would be able to shoot things and blow stuff up. In short, I would kill the enemy. I could have been a Pharmaceutical Specialist, or a Aircraft ...

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Geronimo’s Grave at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

In a quiet, lonely spot on the Fort Sill, Oklahoma military installation there is an old Apache cemetery. Beneath a pyramid of rounded cobblestones that are native to the Wichita Mountains, lie the remains of Geronimo, the great Apache warrior. But part of his skeleton may be missing. In 2006 reports surfaced that a Yale ...

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Joining a Branch of the Armed Forces

The armed forces are the government sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body. I have been affiliated with every branch of the armed forces in some way my entire life. My father was in the Navy and served in World War II, Korea ...

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Army Airborne Jump School

After my basic and advanced training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, it was time for Fort Benning and Jump School. Compared to Fort Sill, Benning was scary. It was the home of infantry training, as well as Jump School and Ranger School. I arrived one week before training was to start. I was introduced to the ...