The Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Fort Polk hosted their first Innovation Industrial Conference Jan. 14–15, ...

Two years ago, Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, shedding its Confederate namesake and honoring a Black World War I hero. On Friday, Louisiana's largest military installation became Fort Polk once again.

June 13 (UPI) --As part of an ongoing effort to cut ties with Confederate figures, Louisiana's Fort Polk was renamed Tuesday during a brief ceremony to honor a World War I soldier who served in the ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. - A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.

FORT POLK, La. (KL F Y) — Fort Polk received a new name today to honor a World War I hero. Fort Polk was renamed for New York National Guard Sgt. Henry Johnson. The Army installation named for ...

The Army renamed a western Louisiana base Tuesday in an effort to shed its Confederate history — and instead uplift a black World War I hero. Fort Polk was rebranded as Fort Johnson in honor of ...

Last week, the U.S. Army did a good thing. But it just made a bad thing look even worse. In a low-wattage ceremony followed by a Facebook post, the brass at Fort Polk in west central Louisiana renamed ...

FORT POLK, La. (KALB) - According to a post from the JRTC and Fort Polk Facebook page, the Fort Polk Heritage Center is NOT closing. Earlier this week, the JRTC and Fort Polk Facebook page made a post ...

The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk hosted their first Innovation Industrial Conference, Jan. 14–15, bringing ...