Two Fort Sill basic combat trainees receive 'battlefield promotions'
Col. Daniel Blackmon, 434th FA Brigade commander, puts a new patrol cap with the rank of private 2nd class onto Carlos Fontanez, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 19th Field Artillery, during a promotion ceremony Sept. 18, 2020, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The Training and Doctrine Command commander approved Fontanez's promotion because of his suicide intervention, which saved another trainee. (Photo Credit: Fort Sill Tribune staff)