Story by Sgt. Priscilla Desormeaux | Virgin Islands National Guard, 51st Public Affairs Detachment | 06.21.2018
Members of the Virgin Islands National Guard 661st Military Police Law and Order Detachment participated in an oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray and X26 series taser obstacle course for annual training Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Ft. Polk, LA....
Story by Sgt. Priscilla Desormeaux | Virgin Islands National Guard, 51st Public Affairs Detachment | 06.18.2018
Members of the Virgin Islands National Guard 661st Military Police Law and Order Detachment arrived for annual training at Sunday, June 17, 2018, in Ft. Polk, LA....
Story by Sgt. Chiquita Peña | 352nd Civil Affairs Command | 03.03.2018
The Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) provides U.S. military units and personnel with realistic pre-deployment training scenarios in all aspects of armed conflict. Trainees and cadre tie the old with the new to prepare the today's reservists as a ready force....
Story by Capt. Amy Hanna | New York National Guard | 07.28.2016
The goal of the Army is to create combat training scenarios that are demanding for Soldiers to mimic the stress, challenges and frustrations of a deployment. At Fort Polk, Louisiana, the Joint Readiness Training Center provides that realistic environment for rotations of joint and combined arms training, including this July's rotation of the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade......
Story by Capt. Amy Hanna | New York National Guard | 07.28.2016
FORT POLK, La. – New York Army National Guard infantrymen from the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment knew that the summer heat in Atropia would be hard. They also knew that their enemy would be harder and came prepared to battle both. The Soldiers are at Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center practicing their collective skills as a battalion while supporting the 27th Infantry......
Story by Sgt. Maj. Corine Lombardo | New York National Guard | 07.27.2016
Three hundred and fifty Ohio Army National Guard Soldiers were all over the battlefield at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Ft. Polk, La, July 9-30 as the New York Army National Guard's 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team honed their war-fighting skills....
Story by Sgt. Maj. Corine Lombardo | New York National Guard | 07.27.2016
Nearly 100 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, based in Bronx, N.Y., deployed their cannons and munitions from New York to the fight at the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana, July 27, 2016....
Story by Capt. Amy Hanna | New York National Guard | 07.26.2016
FORT POLK, La. – New York and Massachusetts Army National Guard Soldiers came together to diffuse explosive training scenarios this July as members of New York's 1108th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal, or EOD) joined with Massachusetts' 387th Ordnance Company to form a single company team at the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, La., July 9-30, 2016....
