The Army has officially begun the process of unloading its not-so-light light tank, the M-10 Booker, following a May ...

Weeks after Fort Johnson became Fort Polk once again, a major building at the fort in Vernon Parish was named after Johnson, ...

Fort Polk became Fort Polk once again. But this time the base's name refers to Gen. James H. Polk, awarded the Silver Star ...

Fort Johnson is now Fort Polk once again. They rededicated Louisiana’s largest military base in a 30-minute ceremony.

Fort Polk has been renamed to honor Gen. James H. Polk, a decorated World War II veteran. The base was previously named Fort Johnson after Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a World War I hero.

Soldiers with the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army National Guard board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, July 23, 2017.

Fort Polk became Fort Johnson, shedding its Confederate namesake and honoring a Black World War I hero. Now Louisiana's largest military installation will become Fort Polk once again.

In 2023, when the U.S. Department of Defense changed of the name of Fort Polk to remove the stain of honoring a Confederate, slaveholding Episcopal bishop, many in Louisiana railed against the move.

The base will be renamed in honor of Gen. James H. Polk, who was a distinguished military leader who served in World War II, ...

While the fort again will be known as Fort Polk, it will be named after Gen. James H. Polk, who was awarded the Silver Star "for his gallantry in action as commanding officer of the 3rd Cavalry ...

FORT POLK - In a ceremony Friday at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center, the Vernon Parish Army base was redesignated in honor of Gen. James H. Polk, who was awarded the Silver Star during ...