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Fort Johnson. 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 . Named after New York soldier William Henry Johnson, the post encompasses about 198,000 acres (309 sq mi).
A 2009 JRTC/Fort Polk draft listed 25,157 acres of current and potential Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat at Peason Ridge. [9] A "Management intensity and population trends study" from 1998 to 2002 shows the population on Peason Ridge to be "stable" but considering the resources expended this was a cause of concern.
Joint Readiness Training Center (JTRC) may refer to: Fort Johnson (Vernon Parish, Louisiana), the current home of the Joint Readiness Training Center. Fort Chaffee (Fort Smith, Arkansas), the home of the Joint Readiness Training Center from 1987 to 1993. Fort Lewis (Tacoma, Washington) Fort Bliss (El Paso, Texas) Category:
UTC-5 ( CDT) Area code. 337. FIPS code. 22-26746. Fort Johnson North is a census-designated place (CDP) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,279 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, also known as Fort Chaffee, is an Arkansas Army National Guard installation located in western Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Fort Smith. Established as Camp Chaffee in 1941, renamed to Fort Chaffee in 1956, it has served as a U.S. Army base, training camp, prisoner-of-war camp , and refugee camp .
The Florida Army National Guard 53rd Infantry Brigade was the first of fifteen Army National Guard enhanced readiness brigades to rotate through the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, 10–26 June 1995. Participating in the training were 65 per cent of the Florida Army National Guard.
The regiment was forced to retake each town from hostile forces and seize government buildings. In An Najaf, hundreds of Mahdi Militiamen fought a protracted urban campaign that lasted a few weeks. In late June 2004, the 2nd Cavalry was relieved by elements of the 1st Infantry Division and returned to Fort Polk on 15 July 2004. In Iraq, the ...
In 2002, the 39th SB was notified that it would be participating in a rotation to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, LA along with the rest of the 39th Brigade. For National Guard units, a rotation to JRTC is a three-year process that provides additional money, resources and training opportunities in order to improve unit ...