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JRTC, Fort Polk hosts round table for area civic leaders

FORT POLK, La. — Brig. Gen. David W. Gardner, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk commander, hosted a luncheon Aug. 17 to introduce himself to area civic leaders and let them know their ...
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JRTC and Fort Polk Commander Visits I Corps

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (Aug. 9, 2022) - Brig. Gen. David Gardner, commander of Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Fort Polk, visited Soldiers of America’s First Corps at Joint Base ...
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Fort Polk is renamed Fort Johnson

An Army base that might elicit memories of hot, swampy field training has a new name. Fort Polk, Louisiana is now officially Fort Johnson. The base was renamed at a ceremony on June 13. Fort Johnson ...
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Army renames Fort Polk as Fort Johnson in honor of WWI Medal of Honor recipient

The Army officially renamed Fort Polk in Louisiana as Fort Johnson on Tuesday in honor of a Medal of Honor recipient, as part of the latest in its string of renaming military bases that had recognized ...