Fort-Polk News

U.S. Sen. David Vitter secured key provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 which has passed the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee.

Permit issued: Fred Guillot and Dennis Jacobs were issued a $404,550 permit by the city of Alexandria to build The Courtyard Health and Racquet Club on Jackson Street.

Those were also the words used Friday by Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of the 10th Mountain Division, to describe the soldiers who are heading for 10 months of combat in Afghanistan.

Fort Polk isn't out of the woods yet, when it comes to force reductions, said Fort Polk Progress Chairman Michael Reese, who was in Washington Wednesday for the annual conference for Association of Defense Communities.

Medics can mean the difference between life and death on the battlefield. That's why training is important to successful battle survival.

Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach has proposed a resolution to grant Abraham's Tent with $50,000 over the next two years.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that Marcus Patterson Carey, 28, of Fort Polk, La., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Patricia Minaldi to second degree murder of one soldier and attempted murder of another soldier at the Fort Polk Military Reservation.

Some propose moving it inside the South Traffic Circle and building a parking area.

Members of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment take part in a training excerise at Fort Polk.

About 1,230 officers and soldiers from the infantry brigade combat team based at Fort Polk will be heading to Afghanistan as advisers in early July, the Army said.

The Army says about 1,230 officers and soldiers from the infantry brigade combat team based at Fort Polk will be heading to Afghanistan as advisers in July.

Debbie Hickman has been named educator of the year by Northwestern State University's College of Nursing and Allied Health.

The Defense Department announced Friday that about 1,230 soldiers based at Fort Polk will deploy to Afghanistan this summer.

Department of Defense employees at Fort Polk in Vernon Parish are making plans to take furloughs, with most taking either Mondays or Fridays off as unpaid days.

Barbara "Bobbie" Broyles, daughter of Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Col. Don C. Faith Jr., was presented the Medal of Honor flag at a ceremony at Fort Polk on Thursday.

The Army blimp that floated away from Fort Polk remained missing Wednesday, a spokesperson for the post in west-central Louisiana said.