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

To many in the conservative, veteran-heavy Vernon Parish, the move is a welcome reversal, returning the fort to the name they ...

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.

The base, officially named Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, now honors Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black US soldier during World War I who fought off about two dozen Germans ...

Fort Polk, an Army installation in Louisiana that for decades bore the name of a Confederate general, was re-designated Fort Johnson on Tuesday in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black ...

Fort Johnson has a base population of about 32,350 and an average transient daily population of about 5,000 troops, according to the base. Aside from its training mission, ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. — John Gates spent 31 years in federal service. He was an active-duty Marine for four years in World War II and spent 27 years working as a civil engineer for the Army Corps of ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. — When wildfires broke out across Southwestern Louisiana, it was only natural for firefighters from Fort Johnson’s Directorate of Emergency Services and foresters with the ...

FORTH JOHNSON, La. (KALB) - Officials with the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson stated via social media that a controlled detonation had taken place at the military facility on ...