Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Drake Quibodeaux, 8, sits in his wheelchair in front of the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk headquarters building during his visit to JRTC March 1. With Quibodeaux are family members and JRTC and Fort Polk leadership including: Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, JRTC and Fort Polk; Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Dodson, former Fort Polk garrison command sergeant major; Cpl. Vaugn......
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Drake Quibodeaux, 8, a youngster from Vinton, La., his father, gives a thumbs up before heading out for a ride with Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk during a visit to the installation March 1. Quibodeaux, who suffers from a brain tumor, and his family were invited to Fort Polk where Drake was made an honorary Soldier....
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Drake Quibodeaux, 8, a youngster from Vinton, La., his father, Christopher, and members of the Fort Polk Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department, watch water flowing from a water cannon during the Quibodeaux's during a visit to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk March 1. Quibodeaux, who suffers from a brain tumor, and his family were invited to Fort Polk where Drake......
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Drake Quibodeaux, 8, a youngster from Vinton, La., is held by his father, Christopher, during a visit to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk March 1. Quibodeaux, who suffers from a brain tumor, and his family were invited to Fort Polk where Drake was made an honorary Soldier....
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Col. Jarrett Thomas II, Fort Polk garrison commander, and his spouse, Telisha, visit with Drake Quibodeaux and his family following an enlistment ceremony making the youngster, who suffers from diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a nonoperable brain tumor for which there is no cure, a Soldier for a day at Fort Polk....
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.01.2019
Drake Quibodeaux, 8, a youngster from Vinton, La., takes the oath of enlistment from Lt. Col. Sonja Whitehead, commander, 519th Military Police Battalion, at Warrior Memorial Park March 1. Quibodeaux, who suffers from a brain tumor, and his family were invited to Fort Polk where Drake was made an honorary Soldier....
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 12.19.2018
Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Dodson, Fort Polk garrison command sergeant major, gives a present to 8-year-old Vinton, Louisiana resident Drake Quibodeaux, Dec. 19. Dodson, along with his spouse, Kim, and Fort Polk Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers president Cpl. Devon Douglas, made the 2-hour trip to Drake's home to present him with Christmas cards and presents from Fort Polk units and......
Photo by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 12.19.2018
Christopher Quibodeaux hands his son, 8-year-old Drake, a present brought to the youngster by Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry Dodson, Fort Polk garrison command sergeant major, his spouse, Kim, and Cpl. Devon Douglas, president of the Fort Polk's Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers. Drake has DIPG, an uncureable brain cancer and had asked his dad, a former Soldier stationed at Fort Polk, if he......
