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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.
On 23 September 2009, the brigade officially moved the military transition team mission to Fort Polk, Louisiana, and stood up as a deployable heavy brigade combat team. [11] The last of the MiTTs trained by the brigade completed their mission in October 2010.
Upon redeployment from Afghanistan, the Battalion immediately began preparing for future combat operations in Iraq. Scheduled to deploy to Baghdad in the Fall of 2008, the unit conducted rigorous training and field exercises, culminating in a successful rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk in May 2008.
Fort Riley is a United States Army ... The mission was moved from Fort Riley to Fort Polk, LA, in the summer of 2009. ... First Division CDC, Forsyth CDC, Warren CDC ...
The Battalion was brought back into service from 9 February 1955 through 15 May 1956 at Fort Carson, Colorado, as a general support Engineer unit. The 88th returned to France from December 1956 to September 1962 to provide Engineer support to NATO until the removal of all foreign troops from French soil.
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 unit was originally formed on 14 December 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Air Reconnaissance Support Battalion, and formally activated 1 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company A, 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Then on ...
On 16 August 2004, the battalion was transferred to Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas for four months of pre-deployment training. In early January 2005, the battalion moved to Fort Polk in Louisiana for a readiness evaluation prior to movement into theater.