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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.
Dillingham Military Reservation: Hawaii: PHDH Dyess Army Airfield: Reagan Test Site: Marshall Islands: PKRO Felker Army Airfield: Fort Eustis: Virginia: KFAF Forney Army Airfield: Fort Leonard Wood: Missouri: KTBN Fort Harrison Army Airfield: Fort Harrison: Montana: MT15 Godman Army Airfield: Fort Knox: Kentucky: KFTK Gray Army Airfield: Fort ...
Fort Campbell, Kentucky: 101st Airborne Division: Active 20th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Drum, New York: 10th Mountain Division: Active 21st Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Polk, Louisiana: Inactive 24th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron: Al Udeid Air Base: Various deployed units: Active 25th Air Support Operations ...
There are nine major U.S. military bases that were formerly named in honor of Confederate military leaders, all in former Confederate States. [12] All were renamed in 2023: Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia , named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning , was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and ...
In March 1988, the 15th Evacuation Hospital began to prepare for the move from Fort Belvoir, Virginia to Fort Polk, Louisiana. 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.
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Fort Lewis, Washington, 17–19 December 1945; England Air Force Base, Louisiana, 15 October 1969 – 31 July 1973; Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, 1 July 1994 [1] Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk), Louisiana, 1 December 2010 – present [5]
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]