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.

Central Louisiana honored the nation's flag with a ceremony at England Oaks on Saturday.

More than 1,200 soldiers stood in formation Friday at Honor Field to honor Flag Day, to celebrate the United States Army's 238th birthday, and to receive a sendoff for what will likely be the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division's final deployment to 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.

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.

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.

Over 1,000 soldiers with Fort Polk's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division will deploy in an upcoming military rotation in Afghanistan, according to a news release from the U.S. Army.

A formal military retirement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow to honor outgoing Army War College Deputy Commandant Col.

Just 27 hours shy of graduating from Ohio State University, Robert "Pete" Woodruff, 72, made a decision that forever altered his path in life.

As it happens, I have an article today in the Times' review section wondering why we continue to have US Army bases named after Confederate generals.

Fort Polk commander Brig. Gen. William B. Hickman hands the Medal of Honor flag to Bobbie Broyles, the daughter of the late Lt.

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