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Fort Polk is also home to the 1st Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry. The 509th serves as the Opposing Force (OPFOR) for Rotational Training Units (RTU).
I'd like this to look more like Fort Hood's page, but lack the time as I'm going here from there quite soon. At any rate, I'm adding the ZIP code now. ~~ direbmem~~
Suggestion from a user "just browsing through": At some point in the article it needs to clarify when the name stopped being "Camp Polk" and became "Fort Polk." One section of the article even mentions the installation by both names within a paragraph or so, with no explanation for being called both. Thanks. SpacemanSpiff27 ( talk) 23:54, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
Article reassessed and graded as start class. -- dashiellx ( talk) 13:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
The advertisement tag is nice with appears to be written like but under the Current events section any doubt is rendered moot because it is written as per a public relations point of view with, "As good stewards and neighbors", and "issues that transcend our post boundaries", and that is the only place I looked. This means that neutrality is not even considered because the entire article (I glanced at it) appears to make Fort Polk look like the savior of the region. I was born at Fort Polk, my father served there, and I had access to Fort Polk services as a dependent. I was a Does this mean I can not be objective?
Timeline:
Some of this information is also in the article but I didn't have time (atm) to cross-reference.
1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is one of two U.S. Army active duty Maneuver Enhancement Brigades (the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, MO). The 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is tasked to improve the movement capabilities and rear area security for commanders at division level or higher. The 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a tailored combined arms force. Aside from its headquarters element and the organic communications and logistics elements that form the basis for commanding, controlling, and supporting the brigade, the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade is a mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, and civil considerations-dependent organization.
The 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade leverages emerging modular principles and the “plug-and-play” nature of developing forces to apply the right force for the mission. Typically, but not exclusively, the MEB is composed of engineer, military police, and other units that routinely function together during protection, stability, and support operations. [1] The 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade has deployed units for combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and for humanitarian assistance in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
162nd Infantry Brigade, Foreign Security Forces-Transition Team, is an Infantry Training Unit consisting of Soldiers handpicked for their skills, knowledge, and performance history.
The brigade is responsible for training transition teams to deploying to Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. U.S. forces are trained to prepare foreign civilian and military security forces within Afghanistan and Iraq for the transfer of security responsibilities back to the host nations. The Foreign Security Force Transition Team Training Brigade provides rotational units with the capability to provide training, coaching, and mentoring to the Afghanistan National Army and other Afghan Security forces in Afghanistan, and the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq.
Major subordinate commands of the brigade are the 1st Battalion, 353rd Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 353rd Regiment; 3rd Battalion, 353rd Regiment; 4th Battalion, 353rd Regiment; 5th Battalion, 353rd Regiment; and 6th Battalion, 353rd Regiment. [1]
However the brigade is currently De-activating and will be disbanded by the end of fiscal year 2014.
Saved these two sections for incorporation into brigade articles. Mikeofv ( talk) 16:50, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
I simply wish to add that the 3d Infantry Division from Fort Benning , Ga. also participated in Operation Sagebrush. We convoyed from Columbus Ga. to Jackson ,MIssippis and remained in Louisiana for about 40 days, returning to Georgia at the end of the maneuvers As a mere enlisted man I had little knowledge of what was happening during that period but I know that we were there much longer than the 15 days sited in the current Wicki write-up. My own auto [2]biographical sketch follows. You may use any part of it that might be useful.
About a year after I was drafted into the U.S. Army, the Third Infantry Division was designated as one of two divisions to take part in Operation Sagebrush. This was a 45-day training exercise to be held in the Natrchitoches National Forest in Louisiana from mid October to late November. As I understand it, the two divisions were both assigned to the same "side” in order to test their ability to work together against a common "enemy" represented by elements from the 82d Airborne.Division. By then I had been assigned as the driver and radio operator for Colonel Case, head of the Support Command Headquarters of the Third Infantry Division, roughly the equivalent of a battalion commander in a conventional military organization. The Third Division had recently returned from duty in Korea and was now involved in testing and training variations in military organization intended to be more effective during atomic warfare. Among other innovations, this meant greater reliance on radio communication to coordinate among units that were now more widely dispersed geographically in order to lessen the impact of a single atomic blast. We left Columbus, Georgia in a military convoy for the planned three-day trip to Louisiana. I was to drive my jeep with one of our captains as my passenger in charge of keeping the various parts of the Support Command Unit together as we crossed Alabama, Mississippi, and into Louisiana. We carried and operated two radios in the jeep. The first was an FM radio similar to those carried by every battalion in the divisions. These FM radios were good for communication among nearby units but had no long distance capability. The second radio was a very new and very large and powerful AM radio called the Angry 19 (ANGRC 19). My jeep was equipped with an extra generator and battery just for this radio and it included a 9-foot whip antenna that had to be tied down alongside the jeep if it was moving. If touched during a transmission it delivered a dangerous shock or burn. There were only a half-dozen or so of these radios scattered throughout the division. An AM radio can cover substantial distances, especially at night, allowing communication among more distant parts of the division and the rest of world. During dull evenings I could listen to Bud Guest broadcasting from Detroit over WJR. As driver and radio operator, I was expected to keep both radios in operation and in contact with other units while also driving the jeep, which is now called multi-tasking. The Support Command Unit included most of the non-combatant parts of the division, i.e., our Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the band, military police and medical companies, the automotive and tank maintenance battalion, and a supply and transport unit. The trip took us three days with two overnight stopovers, the first somewhere in Alabama and the second in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. I think most personnel slept in tents erected on the spot but most Jeep and truck drivers slept in the baggage trailers we pulled behind. Noon meals during the trip came from left over World War II K rations that included a bar of stale chocolate and five very stale Camel cigarettes. On the third day, we pulled into a large wooded site in the Natchitoches National Forest, fairly near Shreveport, LA. Our first stop was just an overnight halt and the next morning we moved into a more permanent location where we stayed for about half the time spent on maneuvers, shifting our location a few times when under "enemy fire." Bathroom and laundry facilities were minimal, and I was lucky enough to get in one shower during the 45 days. Several of us grew mustaches, but beards were not allowed. By the third week, my mustache smelled so foul that I shaved it off, and I have avoided growing one ever since. Most of our activities seemed to be meaningless shifts around the various campsites with a bit of night reconnaissance that meant nothing to me. During one of our division “retreats “or “advances” (we never knew which they were) I was reassigned to drive a 3/4-ton truck with another Angry 19 radio in the back for me to operate During that trip, we were ”captured” by a platoon of “enemy” paratroopers from the 82d Airborne and they were fairly forceful in demanding to know our radio frequencies, call signs etc. Fortunately for me, they thought I was just the driver and the Warrant Officer with us was the radio operator. He had no information to give them even if he wanted to. After the umpires noted our capture and scored that against our division we were released to rejoin our outfit, if we could find them. The only other notable event I recall was eating a specially prepared Thanksgiving dinner in a cold, wet rain. We eventually returned to Fort Benning tired, bedraggled and incredibly dirty. I suppose military brass learned something from the experience but for most of us, all we learned was the true meaning of a term often used in describing military battles, the "fog of war." Allan G. Feldt Prof. Emeritus, The University of Michigan US 55501348 agfeldt@gmail.com
t 2601:401:0:A7D3:55E4:68E4:5A61:3413 ( talk) 01:57, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
Moot. There was opposition to re-naming the article before the re-naming of the installation actually happened. Since this has now taken place, the name of the article can be changed through the editorial process. Sandstein 10:14, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
Fort Polk → Fort Johnson – Redesignation day is 13 June 2023. [3] -- Ancheta Wis (talk | contribs) 08:04, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
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help page).In order to be open and honest, I work for the Fort Johnson Public Affairs Office. I am requesting help from the Wiki Volunteers with updating this article. Since I work for the installation, my edits may be considered a COI. That's why I'll request them here. Thank you in advance for the help.
Redesignation is complete. The complete "appropriate" name is JRTC and Fort Johnson.
The official website is: home.army.mil/johnson
The emblem is of U.S. Garrison Fort Johnson, not the Operations group.
Any historical reference of this installation dated before today should be Fort or Camp Polk. Any reference to it in general should be Fort Johnson or JRTC and Fort Johnson.
We made a video on how SGT Johnson's heroism earned him the title of "The Black Death." I guess we can't link to You Tube. But, there is a video of both that and the redesignation ceremony on our @jrtcandfortjohnson page.
Once again, thank you for your help. All work and products of the U.S. military is always free and copyright released and available at DVIDShub.net.
If anybody finds any problem with what I've offered and asked, please let me know. :D Jefe89 ( talk) 01:31, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
The article now omits the fact this base was originally named for Leonidas Polk. Any reason why? I know it's now Ft. Johnson, but since there is no separate Ft. Polk article.....it doesn't make sense to me not to mention that here. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 21:34, 14 June 2023 (UTC)