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Fort Sill Marines got a visit from veterans of Iwo Jima as well as Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams on Thursday to share their experiences during their time in service as part of the 2013 Iwo Jima Reunion Tour in Wichita Falls...

Our Fort Sill Update this week features Garrison Commander Col. Paul Hossenlopp, as MG Mark McDonald is traveling once again.

Three deployed soldiers from Fort Sill were decorated with a Bronze Star by General Martin E. Dempsey during a ceremony in Afghanistan.  General Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awarded a total of 20 Military and one Civilian awards at a Ceremony at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan yesterday.

Our second stop along the Lawton Discovery Trail is the Fort Sill Historic Landmark. Composed of 30 buildings housing a variety of exhibits, the Landmark is one-of-a-kind west of the Mississippi River.

We had the chance to snap these exclusive photos from our tour at the Fort Sill Historic Landmark. Check them out!

Gov. Mary Fallin announced earlier today that Oklahoma will be the testing site for unmanned aircraft system. The tests will be conducted in restricted airspace over Fort/Sill.

This Memorial Day Weekend keep two of Lawton’s finest soldiers in your prayers as they lost their lives in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan in a line of duty!

The Lawton/Fort Sill community came out in full force to help raise funds to support our troops and their families through the Armed Services YMCA.  They recorded this video to wish our troops a Happy Thanksgiving and to take a moment to let them know how much we appreciate them...

August 6th is an important day in Lawton's history. It's her birthday, and this year she'll be 110. But you probably knew that. It's kinda strange to refer to Lawton using the words 'her' and 'she', knowing that she is named for a man - Civil War Medal Of Honor recipient, Major General Henry Ware Lawton. You knew that, right? Well, we went to the web to find some little known facts about the Lawto

Fort Sill's Commanding General, Maj. Gen. David Halverson recently visited with Medicine Park Mayor Dwight Cope to offer support to the community stricken by last week's big wildfire.

Today is a special day for me.  Not only is it a day to celebrate our armed forces, it is a day to reflect on how proud I am to be an American!

(or maybe SEVEN, we just couldn't choose) There are 1,188 registered landmarks near Lawton for people to visit.  Most are a short drive from anywhere you are in the Sooner state.  Just here in Comanche county there are 31. Lawton/Fort Sill is home to 7 of them.  And all are easy to get to in a short amount of time. I took an afternoon to go out and find some of these hidden treasures near Lawton t