Photo by Angela Turner | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 11.07.2024
Fort Sill offered both static displays and personnel for this year's Vet Fest Nov. 6 and 7 at Cameron University. Among the support were Soldiers with 2-2nd FA, the Artillery Half Section, Short Round and Big Deuce....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 12.05.2022
Big Deuce VIII, decided to move to the Old Post Corral to keep his equine cousin, Vangjel, company until he is off forced stable rest. The battle buddies have settled into being stablemates very well....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 12.05.2022
Vangjel, the mount for the Half Section Chief, Lara Armstrong, hurt one of his back legs after feeling his oats and kicking a gate latch. He is on forced stable rest until the post veterinarian clears him to go back to work....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 12.05.2022
Big Deuce VIII, the 428th Field Artillery Brigade mascot, is hanging out with his equine cousin, Vangjel, who had to get sutures for a cut to one of his hind legs. Big Deuce provides the company of one of Vangjel’s battle buddies until he can get back to work with the Field Artillery Half Section....
Photo by Christopher Wilson | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 07.21.2022
Big Deuce VIII is a 6-year-old standard donkey who was donated to the Army by Diana Burns, owner and operator of the DT Ranch Country, in Marlow, Oklahoma. He is the official mascot of the Field Artillery....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 07.20.2022
Short Round, the other Field Artillery mascot, is standing by to participate in a change of command ceremony at Fort Sill. "The veterinarian said Deuce was bougie, but I've seen him rolling in the dirt so I just don't know about that," said Short Round....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 07.20.2022
Sgt. Big Deuce VIII with 2nd Lt. Jirou Duffy, officer in charge of mascots, post with fans during a change of command ceremony at Fort Sill. Deuce has taken to social media of late to get his teammates reinstated in the FMWR softball Tournament. "This is my squad and I feel a great injustice has been committed in not allowing my fellow Soldiers to play," said Deuce....
Photo by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 11.29.2021
Staff Sgt. Big Deuce and Cpl. Short Round wait for the start of their promotion board Nov. 29, 2021, at Sanders Stables. The two are enlisted with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery as the only live mascots on Fort Sill....
