FORT POLK Soldiers arrive on the Geronimo drop zone at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Davis) U.S.

Soldiers in the 46th Engineer Battalion and 88th Brigade Support Battalion work together to accomplish their recovery mission of loading a World War II Sherma

CHECKING IN A Soldier assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provides security at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk.

HOUSING U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Eddington (middle) engages the enemy with his teammates during the Fort Polk Warrior Week paintball tournament at the installation’s MWR

VERNON PARISH, LOUISIANA Spc. Jacob Smith explains the 120 mm mortar during Leesville’s Mayfest. (Photo by Spc. Anri G. Baril) Nestled in the piney wood

Story by Angie Thorne on 08/09/2019 To lend a hand and take some of the pressure off military Families, the sixth annual Cafeteria Conversation wa

Story by Angie Thorne on 08/09/2019 To lend a hand and take some of the pressure off military Families, the sixth annual Cafeteria Conversation wa

Story by Patricia Dubiel on 08/01/2019 FORT POLK, La. As long as armies have existed, military chaplains have served alongside Soldiers, providing for their spiritual

Story by Angie Thorne on 08/01/2019 By ANGIETHORNE Guardian staff writer FORT POLK, La. A group of Fort Polk youth spent July 22-26 at Challenger

By MISTY BASS Special to the Guardian LEESVILLE, La. The Vernon Parish School Board's Summer Fun Book Club program was a huge success. The school

Story by Angie Thorne on 08/01/2019 By ANGIETHORNE Guardian staff writer FORT POLK, La. Finding a job is part preparation and part luck, but it'