FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Polk, Louisiana ~ 28 FEB 2012

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Polk, Louisiana

Fort Polk is unique in all the Army because it is the only Combat Training Center (CTC) that also has the mission to train and deploy combat and combat support units.

From its start as a base for the Louisiana Maneuvers in the 1940s, to a basic training post during Vietnam, to the home of the 5th Mech Division in the 1980s, and its current dual missions as the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and home of the 2nd ACR and Warrior Brigade, Fort Polk has executed all of the Army's mission.

Fort Polk is located in west-central Louisiana, about 45 miles from Alexandria, 70 miles from Lake Charles, 120 miles from Shreveport, 150 miles from Baton Rouge, 250 from New Orleans, and 180 from Houston. Closer to our front gate are the nearby towns of Leesville, La, located in Vernon Parish, and DeRidder, La, located in Beauregard Parish.

The main post consists of approximately 100,000 acres. Fort Polk is divided into two cantonment areas known as North Fort Polk and South Fort Polk. Approximately 98,000 acres of the main post is within the Kisatchie National Forest and is used by Fort Polk under an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. In addition, the headwaters and bodies of several streams are located within the installation.

The Joint Readiness Training Center provides advance level joint training for the Army (Active and Reserve Component), Air Force and Navy contingency forces in deployment and tactical operations under realistic conditions of low to mid intensity combat.

Currently Fort Polk is supporting the war on terrorism by providing contingency training for the Army's light infantry and special operations forces and by deploying home station and reserve component forces in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Iraqi Freedom.

The JRTC and Fort Polk is experiencing a tremendous transformation to be able to continue to accomplish our missions as a Combat Training Center, Power Projection Platform and a Modern Installation that supports our soldiers and families.

The installation is seeing one of its biggest construction booms ever with over $300 million in new construction and renovation projects in support of Fort Polk Transformation over the next several years.

Learn More About Fort Polk Here!

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[HopeandGlory]

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I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Lauren!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO ConorMacNessa!

FIRST!!

[SandRat]

HiYa lauren.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you Hope!

SECOND!!

[Joe 6-pack]

Welcome to Louisiana, ya'll!

[ansel12]

I took basic at Ft.Polk, and even shared a taxi from it to Houston, Texas, something about seeing our girlfriends and not having much time.

[laurenmarlowe]

Aloha ahiahi BIGLOOK!

THIRD!!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

*HUGS*

Thanks very much for tonight's Road Trip to Fort Polk, LA!



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[laurenmarlowe]

HiYa Sand, good ta see ya!

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Sgt Timothy J. Conrad Jr., USA, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps, KIA Afghanistan 23Feb2012



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

God Of Our Fathers



Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



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Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[writer33]

I remember when it was 5th Inf Division Mechanized. Right in the middle of nowhere. :-)

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Neighbor!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening ansel12, thank you for joining us this evening, and thank you for your service to our Country!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Fort Polk, Louisiana ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you ConorMacNessa!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

*HUGS*

Allergies and coughin’ here, feeling kinda yucky, it’s fixin’ to rain, and I gotta get Lucy out one more time this evening.

Y’all have a great Tuesday, and God Bless our Troops!