Fort-Polk News

The Child Development Center at Barksdale Air Force Base could be approved to receive child care assistance payments from Louisiana, the state and the base say.

The first of these 30,000 troops will be heading to the Middle East in just a few weeks.

Role playing scenarios have always been an effective teaching method. Role playing is an excellent way to prepare oneself for a job interview or an anticipated situation.

A firefight with heavily armed insurgents near a gold-domed mosque. A helicopter evacuation of bloody car bomb victims.

Being away from family is no easy, but it can be particularly hard during the holidays for the families of those who serve in the military.

Zack Halander watches his father leave for his second deployment. While his father was gone, Zack developed severe separation anxiety that was compounded by a speech delay.

An overflow crowd spread across the parking lot in front of Fort Polk's headquarters Nov.

As a wounded Army platoon leader returning from combat in Vietnam, I was happy to get home to New Orleans in 1971, after spending six months recuperating at Fort Polk.

Veterans Day in Rapides Parish will take on a different look and feel this year on the north side of the Red River.

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team has already completed its full-scale, capstone training jaunt to Fort Polk, La., but members are now honing their skills in different ways - thinking like the enemy, preparing for worst-case scenarios and thinking in terms of the rule of law.

I was volunteered for the head chef position at a Chili cook-off/Fall Fest at Fort Polk, LA this past weekend by my brother, CPT Guy Girouard, whom is the commander of the 1st Battalion 509th HHC.

Brig. Gen. James Yarbrough, commanding general at Fort Polk and its Joint Readiness Training Center since July 2008, wil be guest speaker at tomorrow's annual Shreveport Bar Association veterans appreciation luncheon.

Last night, a crash involving two vehicles killed one person and injured five others.

Another 600 Vermont Army National Guard members departed for basic training Saturday.

Vermont National Guard soldiers headed to Afghanistan will start departing this weekend for training in Louisiana.

The epitome of excellence for infantrymen is earning an Expert Infantryman Badge.

When Sgt. Richard Nicholson heard that his commanding officer wanted his U.S. Army unit to do some off-road mud training, he knew just the place -- Colfax's Louisiana Mudfest grounds.

The city of Leesville and the Army Community Heritage Partnership Program are hosting 'Witch Way to Main Street' from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct.

One of the toughest jobs I had in the Army was when I served as the logistics officer for an aviation battalion.

Three soldiers based at Fort Polk have been honored for saving lives. The members of the 7th Chemical Company, 83rd Chemical Battalion received the Army Achievement Medal early this month for their actions while off-duty. The ceremony was held Oct.