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Tomb guards gather to honor the unknown and their shared history

WASHINGTON – The sentinel came to a stop near the end of the long black mat. Motionless, seeming not even to draw a breath, ...
Stars and Stripes

‘A little taste of home’: Fort Benning leaders serve up Thanksgiving meal to basic trainees

FORT BENNING, Ga. — It came as a surprise for Army Pfc. Jesse Knight to find his hard-nosed drill sergeants behind serving stations Wednesday afternoon at Fort Benning’s Kouma dining facility, piling ...
The Business Journals

$2 billion data center with six-figure jobs moves ahead in Polk County

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Hyperscalers, companies that ...
The Shreveport Times

Louisiana military economy soars with massive impact at Barksdale, Fort Polk, Bollinger Shipyards

Louisiana's military economy generated $17 billion in statewide activity in 2024, a 77% increase since 2021. Military-related employment accounts for one in every 20 jobs in the state, totaling about ...
The Ledger

'Possum' Schaill, Fort Meade commissioner and retired sheriff's detective, dies at 75

James “Possum” Schaill, a Fort Meade city commissioner and retired detective, died at age 75. Schaill served the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 31 years and was first elected to the City ...
The Shreveport Times

Will Louisiana troops at Barksdale and Fort Polk get paid as government shutdown continues?

President Trump announced that active duty U.S. military members will be paid on Oct. 15 despite the ongoing government shutdown. The Trump administration identified approximately $8 billion in ...
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Fort Polk Dental Health Activity cases colors after decades, integrates with BJACH

FORT POLK, La. —The Dental Health Activity at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk cased its colors during a deactivation ceremony today, formally ending more than 70 years of dedicated ...
WTOP News

Maryland family goes viral after basic training graduation tradition gets a twist

What is usually an event of tears and hugs of pride and gratitude got a playful twist from one family from Bowie, Maryland. Two sisters, about to pin a U.S. Army patch on their brother’s sleeve as he ...
KPLC

Fort Polk remembers Sept. 11 attack

FORT POLK, La. (KPLC) - This morning at Fort Polk, soldiers, first responders, and the community marked the anniversary of the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Today’s remembrance connected the ...
Stars and Stripes

Soldier killed on rifle range at Fort Leonard Wood was scheduled to graduate basic training Oct. 2

An 18-year-old basic training soldier from California was killed during rifle training at Fort Leonard Wood on Friday morning, officials at the Missouri Army training installation said Monday. Pvt.
Electrek

Fort Polk goes green: 97 acres of solar to power US Army housing

Fort Polk, a US Army installation in Louisiana, is about to get a big solar power boost. Clean energy developer Onyx Renewables has wrapped up construction on two 13 megawatt ground-mount solar ...
Morningstar

Corvias Unveils Power Generation Project at Fort Polk

Corvias, a trusted infrastructure and resiliency partner to the military and higher education, in collaboration with CRC Innovations and Onyx Renewables, announced the successful completion of a ...