On July 11, 2025, the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk held a re-designation ceremony to officially install the base as Fort Polk once again.“In designating this installation as Fort Polk ...

Fort Johnson — which was named after World War I Sgt. William Henry Johnson — was renamed Fort Polk on Friday. This time, however, it’s named after a different Polk. “We do not erase history, but ...