Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 05.22.2020
FORT POLK, La. — Each year, on the last Monday in May, the United States honors on Memorial Day. Veteran’s groups, active-duty military units, government officials and Families turn out for ceremonies and to place flags on veterans’ graves in cemeteries across the country. The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk’s Memorial Day ceremony was held May 21 at Warrior Memorial......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 05.08.2020
FORT POLK, La. — A deployment ceremony for Warrior medics with the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk’s 115th Field Hospital, 32nd Hospital Center, was held May 6 at 11:30 a.m. Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, JRTC and Fort Polk, and Col. Lee Burnett, commander, 32nd HC, were guest speakers. Due to COVID-19 social-distancing and mask requirements, Families and fellow......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.13.2020
FORT POLK, La. — When the Army initiated a pilot program that targeted quality-of-life improvements at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Fort Polk leadership hit the ground running. "Fort Irwin and Fort Polk are ... austere, but it is where we do all of our (brigade combat team) training. We send our best leaders at all levels that go train our......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 03.13.2020
FORT POLK, La. — Quality of life. Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, said quality of life is important for an installation like the JRTC and Fort Polk, where Soldiers from across the Army are trained to fight the nation’s wars and help maintain peace around the globe. To provide the best training and forge the Warrior Spirit, JRTC and......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 02.28.2020
FORT POLK, La. — The ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Anvil Field, the new turf field next to the Home of Heroes Recreation Center, took place Feb. 24. Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk commanding general, said as Soldiers ran past the field over the last few months during physical training they witnessed a transformation. Frank said the......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 02.21.2020
FORT POLK, La. — The Fort Family bid farewell to 21 Soldiers of the 32nd Hospital Center as they prepared to head to Kosovo to provide medical support for American and allied forces serving in that European nation. Col. Lee Burnett, commander, 32nd Hospital Center, said he was confident in the ability of the Soldiers who would represent both his unit and Fort Polk. “They’ve trained and......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 09.13.2019
FORT POLK, La. — Seven Soldiers with the 524th Engineer Detachment (Firefighter), 46th Engineer Battalion, returned home to a heroes’ welcome Sept. 9 following a nine-month deployment to Romania in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, was the keynote speaker during a redeployment ceremony held at 7......
Story by Chuck Cannon | Fort Polk Public Affairs Office | 08.23.2019
FORT POLK, La. — Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk leadership broke ground on an artificial turf field next to the installation’s Home of Heroes Recreation Center at a ceremony Aug. 19. Brig. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commander, JRTC and Fort Polk, said the new field would provide Soldiers with the opportunity to showcase both their athletic abilities during sporting events, as......
