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Fort Johnson, formerly Fort Polk, is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish.
The unit was officially deactivated in June 1988 and was reactivated in August at Fort Polk. Officially reinstated, the 15th Evacuation Hospital became a valuable asset to the 5th Infantry Division. From 8 January 1991 to 26 April 1991, the hospital deployed to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
During the 1960s, Fourth Army operated "Tigerland", an infantry training school at Louisiana's Fort Polk that prepared recruits for infantry combat in Vietnam. [5] In July 1971, Fourth Army was consolidated with Fifth United States Army at Fort Sam Houston. [6] Between 1984 and 1991, Fourth Army was based at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. [4]
The 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade is an air defense artillery brigade of the United States Army.The mission of the brigade is to train and maintain a strategic crisis response air defense artillery brigade capable of deploying worldwide, on short notice, to provide air defense force protection from air-breathing threats and tactical ballistic missiles, as well as allow freedom of ...
The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) officially activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 19 January 2005. At its inception, the brigade included just a few hundred Soldiers. However, the Brigade's leadership immediately set to work to rapidly build combat power and capabilities in anticipation of deploying to support ...
[6] [7] Following the completion of a Decisive Action Rotation with 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana in November 2020, the Brigade was certified for world-wide employment in 2021. [8]
The brigade reactivated at Fort Polk, LA in 2015 by re-flagging the assets of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, which was inactivated. The infantry, cavalry and field artillery battalions of the 4th Brigade were reassigned to the 3rd Brigade. The brigade deployed to Iraq in 2017 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
The 20th Engineer Brigade currently consists of two engineer battalions: the Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) as well as the 27th Engineer Battalion are headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina [2] while the 19th Engineer Battalion (Construction Effects) headquartered at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the 46th Engineer Battalion, split between Fort Johnson, Louisiana and Fort ...