“We have been at Fort Sill for about 6 months now. We arrived at the end of July 2010. The waiting list for on post housing is 9 months to a year. Picerne Military Housing said it is leaning more to a year wait at this point. If PCSing here you want to get put on the waiting list ASAP! Lawton is a sketchy town like one of the other ladies said. We live off of NW Cache Rd, sort of by Wal-Mart. There are two Wal-Marts here. The newer Wal-Mart that we live by is located off of Quannah Parker Trway. We live in a decent neighborhood, but still it is not as safe as I would like it to be. When you first get orders here, start researching the neighborhoods, and call some of the local Realtors here. They do more than help you buy houses, they also help with looking for places to rent. Do not rent from Sundance! Just my advice. I have heard nothing but awful stories, and they seem to take advantage of military couples. We rent from Parker Jones and so far is has been nice. Call all the local Realtors though, and choose the best one for you and your family. When your spouse first gets here they will give them information about Realtors, and different houses in the area, but you probably want to get a head start. I wish we would have. We had to hurry and make a decision on a house, because we were running our of money to stay at the hotels. Try to have appointments set up when you arrive to check out some houses to rent, if you do in fact have to live off post. Also call ahead for a reservation for a hotel here so you know you will have a place to stay when you first get here. Since this is a BCT/AIT post the hotels are always full with family coming for graduation. The hotel on post is almost always full, so that is just a heads up.

As for things to do around here there is a Wildlife Refugee in the next little town over called Cache. You can drive all the way through it. It is great for the kids to see the local wildlife. There is a little local mall with stores like Old Navy, JcPenny, Journeys, ect. There are also many restaurants here too. Chili’s, Olive Garden, and Outback just to name a few. The town is a little country feeling town. The locals can be a bit rude sometimes, but over all the people are nice. The post itself is one of the bigger post. It takes a few tries to get use to where everything is. Everything you need is right in one little place though. Like the Commissary and the PX are back to back. It is really cold in the winters, and very hot in the summers. Oklahoma City is about an hour and twenty minutes away. There is a zoo and science museum. Norman, Oklahoma is just before OKC and it is a college town.

As with any post you have to make the best of your duty station. Some may like it, and others may not.”