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.

Louisiana's largest military installation will be officially redesignated Fort Johnson at a ceremony June 13, according to a news release. Fort Polk, which employs approximately 15,000 soldiers and ...

FORT POLK, La. — Emily Rabung, a Ph.D. candidate from Ohio State University’s School of Environmental and Natural Resources, spent March 13-17 at Fort Polk to get a glimpse of how the installation’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vernon Parish's Fort Johnson, which had its name changed less than two years ago after a federal commission suggested new names ...

The fort will no longer be named after Sgt. William Henry Johnson. Instead, a building will bear his name. Weeks after Fort Johnson became Fort Polk once again, a major building at the fort in Vernon ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (KALB) - Fort Johnson in Vernon Parish could see its name restored to Fort Polk, based on comments delivered by President Donald Trump at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on June 10.

With the striking of an anvil to symbolize the forging of the warrior spirit, the home of the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center in Louisiana was officially renamed Tuesday from Fort Polk to Fort ...

FORT POLK, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corvias will deliver more than $92M worth of housing upgrades to U.S. Army military housing at Fort Polk by 2025 to continue to enhance the living experience for ...

FT. POLK, La. (KALB) - On June 10, President Donald Trump announced that his administration had plans to restore the names of several military bases that were renamed during the Biden administration.