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Vol. 43, No. 32
Published for the community of Fort Polk, La.
Aug. 12, 2016
Staff Sgt. NATHAN AKRIDGE / 3RD BCT PAO
Associated Unit Program meshes Guard, active Army
Soldiers from 256 Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Louisiana National Guard, partner with Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, while training at
the Joint Readiness Training Center. The 3rd BCT will soon
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spend more time training with National Guard Soldiers, specifically, the Texas National Guard’s 36th Infantry Division as part of
the Army’s Associated Unit Pilot. For story and more photos see
page 9 of today’s Guardian.
School begins
Aug. 16
Motorists, please drive
with caution and
watch for children.
Vi e w p o i n t
Polk People
Guardian staff asked the Fort Polk community,
“What is your favorite sporting event in the Olympics?”
Here are their replies:
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Editorial Staff
Brig. Gen. Gary Brito
Joint Readiness Training Center
and Fort Polk commanding general
Col. David G. Athey
Garrison commander
Kim Reischling
Information strategies officer
Chuck Cannon
Editor
Jean Dubiel
Angie Thorne
Vivian Lopez
Otis Mertens: "Judo."
Kristen Denlinger: "Gymnastics"
Spc. Darius Wright: "Cycling."
Staff writers
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Michael Buch: "Wrestling and
swimming."
Anouk van Eijk: "Swimming; I like
the Speedos."
Karen Stubbs: "Gymnastics.”
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SHARP award
The Joint Readiness Training Center and
Fort Polk Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team has distinguished themselves as the agents of change
in training, education and awareness, ultimately impacting sexual assaults on the installation from July 1, 2015 through June
30, 2016.
As a result, the team has been awarded
the 2016 Sexual Assault Prevention Innovation Award, a Department of Defense Program which annually recognizes a group
or an individual (military or civilian) from
each military service/component who contributed or developed an innovative idea,
concept, methodology, or approach to positively impact the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Programs either on an
installation, deployed environment, or in a
Reserve component.
For a comprehensive feature on Fort
Polk's SHARP program and their innovative techniques, please check out the Aug.
19 Guardian.
Town hall meeting
The Fort Polk community (Soldiers,
Family members and retirees) is invited to
join Brig. Gen. Gary Brito, commanding
general of the Joint Readiness Training
Center and Fort Polk, and Col. David
Athey, garrison commander, at a town hall
meeting Sept. 8.
The town hall will be held at Warrior
Community Center from 6-8 p.m. It's your
opportunity to meet and talk with the command group, ask questions of subject matter experts and network with other members of the community. For those who cannot attend, questions can be submitted via
the JRTC and Fort Polk facebook from 6-7
p.m. during the event.
For more information call Kim Reischling at 531-1392.
BJACH training
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital
is closed on Aug. 18 until 1 p.m. for monthly mandatory training.
Clinics, lab, radiology, outpatients
records, outpatient pharmacy, appointment
line and troop medical clinic will open at 1
p.m.
Breakfast in the BJACH dining facility
will not be available, but the facility will
open at 11 a.m. for lunch. Wards and emergency room will remain open with reduced
staffing.
Entrance B (second floor) will remain
locked until 12:45 p.m. ScriptCenter, located in Entrance A, is available for called in
prescription refill pick up.
Hiring, tour event offers job opportunities
By JEAN GRAVES
SFL-TAP
FORT POLK, La. — The Fort Polk SFL-TAP is
proud to work with the Federal Bureau of
Prison’s Federal Correctional Complex, Pollock,
Louisiana, for a third application workshop and
tour hiring event Thursday.
The Fort Polk Soldier for Life — Transition Assistance Program connectS transitioning Soldiers
and their families to civilian opportunities.
Through weekly employer days, quarterly job
fairs and special hiring events, SFL-TAP works
with agencies, companies and organizations that
are specifically seeking veterans.
One such organization is the Federal Bureau
of Prisons. Transitioning Soldiers are a perfect fit
for a number of reasons. Transitioning Soldiers
have the dedication, work ethic and skills necessary to be successful icorrections officers. Additionally, they have received the training and experience necessary to excel in high-pressure environments.
James Schopper, case manager and a former
Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Soldier approached the Fort Polk SFLTAP more than a year ago to help transitioning
Soldiers understand the benefits of working with
the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
“I understand the transition process and
strongly encourage transitioning Soldiers to consider a career with the Bureau of Prisons for several reasons,” he said. “The bureau is para-military in structure which is an easy transition for
Soldiers who are already familiar with how the
chain of command operates. From the first day of
basic training, Soldiers are taught to live the
Army Values. The bureau shares those same values, which often leads to Soldiers excelling in the
correctional environment and earning promotions to leadership positions quicker than their
peers.”
Through weekly Employer Day briefings and
several hiring events, Schopper brings credibility
as someone who has walked in Soldiers’ boots
and can explain to transitioning Soldiers about
opportunities with the Bureau of Prisons. He also
pointed out how their service time may be applied towards their retirement from the bureau
system as well as help them earn more paid annual leave starting out.
The hiring process for any federal job can be
lengthy and difficult for the average person to
navigate. Events such as Employer Days, job
fairs, and application workshops coordinated
with the Fort Polk SFL-TAP and the FBP FCC
Pollock, allow recruiters to meet personally with
each Soldier and help them navigate the USAJobs website. Soldiers are able to get individualized assistance with their resumes from trained
human resource experts. By getting their applications in the USAJobs systems correctly the first
time, it cuts down on the time from application
to interview.
Micheal LaCaze, human resources specialist,
from FBP FCC Pollock said, “Inviting Soldiers to
tour our facility not only allows them to see their
future work environment first-hand, but also allows our human resources and executive staff to
meet with the Soldiers and answer their questions.
By touring the facility, Soldiers can decide almost immediately if the federal correctional environment is right for them. The tour program allows time for our human resources staff to conduct background screenings and conduct interviews. As such, we are able to make job offers to
the Soldiers before they depart our grounds,
again reducing the hiring time.”
Seventeen Soldiers have participated in earlier
events hosted by the FBP FCC Pollock in conjunction with the Fort Polk SFL-TAP, 10 submitted applications and 10 are currently employed
with the FBP, FCC, Pollock, Louisiana. Jonathan
Boles, correctional officer at FBP FCC Pollock
and former 519th Military Police Battalion Soldier participated in an event and tour in October.
“The Fort Polk SFL-TAP was very beneficial in
assisting me with my job search,” Boles said.
“The quality of assistance provided was top
notch and the staff was amazing at going above
and beyond to set me up for success. After serving 10 years in the Army, I had no clue where to
start. I would highly recommend all veterans
consider opportunities with the Federal Bureau
of Prisons whether it is here at Pollock or at any
of the locations across the country. The Bureau of
Prisons is a great place to work and I have found
it to be a good place for me as a veteran. The institutional environment is very similar to serving
in the military.
“I know what I will be doing every day and
the command structure of the staff makes me feel
right at home.”
Speaking about his experience at the event
Boles said, “I was very lucky to have been present for the Federal Bureau of Prisons presentation offered by James Schopper and Lauren LaCaze from FCC Pollock. They were professional
and eager to answer my questions and support
me throughout the application process.”
Lauren LaCaze, complex captain’s secretary
and regular participant in Fort Polk SFL-TAP hiring events, said that while FCC Pollock is always
looking for correctional officers there are approximately 50 positions currently vacant.
“We are looking for secretaries, teachers, chaplains, IT specialists, nurses, physicians, people
with accounting and finance experience, warehouse supervisors and anyone with skilled trade
experience such as plumbers, HVAC mechanics
and electricians.”
She said that from a human resources prospective, veterans make perfect candidates because
they are highly motivated, disciplined, have personal integrity and require minimal training
time.
Soldiers planning to leave the Army, regardless of their current MOS, and are within 18
months from ETS or 24 months from retirement
are encouraged to participate in the application
workshop, tour and hiring event scheduled for
Thursday. Prior registration is required by contacting the Fort Polk SFL-TAP at 5311591/8888/4621.
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A r my n e w s
Army prepares to administer 1.6 million flu shots
By ELLEN CROWN
Army News Service
WASHINGTON — The Army estimates it will
use about 1.6 million doses of the injectable influenza vaccine this upcoming flu season to keep
both active duty and reserve Soldiers, civilian
staff, and family members healthy.
That's more than half of the total number of
doses ordered by the Department of Defense annually.
For the 2016-2017 flu season, the Army will offer injectable flu shots to Soldiers, federal civilians and beneficiaries. In accordance with effectiveness recommendations by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, the Army will
not be offering live attenuated influenza vaccine,
known as FluMist.
The Army's flu shot supplies are expected to
arrive at military medical treatment facilities as
early as September. The goal is to immunize with
flu shots at least 90 percent of service members
and health care professionals by Dec. 15, 2016.
While most people may worry about flu vaccines only during the fall and winter months,
Army Flu Manager Miguel Rivera Jr. said that for
the Army, preparing for flu season is a yearlong
mission.
Each year Rivera, who is assigned to the Army
Medical Materiel Agency, a subordinate organization of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, works with other preventive
medicine experts and logisticians to estimate the
number of vaccines needed for the upcoming
season. The calculation starts in February to allow the Defense Logistics Agency enough time to
tally the total number of doses needed across the
DoD and order supplies.
August is National Immunization Awareness
Month, which is sponsored by the National Public Health Information Coalition to encourage
people of all ages to make sure they are up to
date on the vaccines recommended for them.
"If people do not get their flu shots by December, we still encourage them to get immunized,"
said Lt. Col. Charlene L. Warren-Davis, USAMMA's pharmacy consultant and distribution op-
erations center director. "The flu vaccine is usually viable until June 30."
According to the CDC, the risks of getting vaccinated are significantly lower than the benefits
in most cases. Getting vaccinated also protects
others who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness, such as older adults, people with chronic
health conditions and young children — especially infants younger than six months old who
are too young to get vaccinated.
Also vaccination has been shown to make the
flu milder for individuals who do get sick, which
may reduce the risk of more serious flu outcomes
such as hospitalizations.
Full circle: Iraq veteran draws on his own struggle to heal others
By SUZANNA OVEL
Army News Service
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. —
When Patrick Hogg first sets out to teach a new
group of Soldiers coping skills to deal with their
depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress, he
knows they will be nervous about sharing. Some
might be downright reluctant.
As the group gets going, he'll ask them who
struggles with a condition like anxiety. And then
he'll always be the first to raise his hand.
As a survivor of a grenade attack in Mosul,
Iraq in 2009, which severely injured his right
arm, Hogg knows what it's like to have life radically shift direction without warning.
"I know what it is like to be that Soldier that
literally lost everything, that thinks he lost everything," said Hogg, a certified occupational therapy assistant at Madigan Army Medical Center,
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
After his injury, depression set in: The infantryman who loved being in the Army no
longer knew what his future held. He was in
chronic pain, and he had lost a significant
amount of function in his arm: The grenade had
cut some of the nerves in his arm.
Once he had physically recovered, he knew
what he wanted to do. He wanted to give back.
Still a Soldier with the Warrior Transition Battalion, Hogg became an intern with the occupation-
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al therapy clinic where he offered encouragement to other patients who were struggling.
After leaving the Army, Hogg went back to
school, where the same single-mindedness that
had made him such an excellent patient propelled him to succeed.
The PTSD that came along with his injury,
though, created new hurdles for him. The distorted thinking that is one of the hallmark symptoms of the condition made every test a life or
death situation for Hogg; each one had the potential to snowball into his failing a course or not
getting his degree.
At home, he wasn't coping well either. He was
smoking cigarettes, eating poorly, and isolating
himself from anyone he hadn't served with.
"I really had to take a hard look at myself and
say, 'Why does this not apply to my family?'"
Hogg recalled.
That startling realization led to his engaging in
individual, group, and relationship therapy with
Veterans Affairs.
Hogg learned to apply coping skills to school,
from showing up early to recording presentations, and at home, where he found that the best
tools were communication, communication and
communication.
Hogg eventually joined the Madigan occupational therapy team as a certified occupational
therapy assistant in April.
Upon learning that he would soon be working
at the same place that helped heal him, he told
his wife, "This is me literally going full circle."
Now he gets to share lessons from his own
story of struggle with Soldiers he leads in daily
group therapy sessions. The journey of his transition from his combat arms mentality of not wanting to be the weak link to his realization that it's
okay to seek help is one that he draws on regularly.
Hogg works with both inpatient psychiatric
patients as well as those in intensive outpatient
therapy, teaching them coping and communication skills.
He shows them how to change their thinking
and their stories. He asks Soldiers to tell their
own hero journeys and draw pictures of their
worst fears, and then he asks them to draw how
they will defeat the monster.
Even with their shared experiences, Hogg
makes it a point never to tell Soldiers that he
knows exactly what they're going through. He
understands well that each person has his or her
own journey.
"(But) I do say I know what it's like to be at the
bottom of the mountain, with the whole weight
of the world resting on your chest, and you're
looking at this mountain wondering how the hell
(you're) going to do that," he said.
"I know what that journey feels like, and I will
help you in any way I can to guide you through
that journey."
Hartman named examiner for Baldrige award
NIST
WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has named Lt. Col. Andrew Hartman,
deputy commander for administration at BayneJones Army Community Hospital, to the Board
of Examiners for the 2016 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
The Baldrige Award is
the nation’s highest
honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
Appointed by the
NIST director, examiners are responsible for
reviewing and evaluating applications submitted for the Baldrige
Award, as well as other
assessment-related
tasks. The examiner
board is composed of
more than 350 leading
experts competitively
selected from industry,
professional, trade, education, health care
and nonprofit (including government) organizations from across the United States.
Those selected meet the highest standards of
qualification and peer recognition, demonstrating competencies related to customer focus, communication, ethics, action orientation, team
building and analytical skills.
All members of the board must take part in a
nationally ranked leadership development
course based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence and the scoring/evaluation
processes for the Baldrige Award.
Hartman has served in his current position for
the last year. He previously held that same position at the Raymond W. Bliss Health Clinic at
Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Hartman has served as
a hospital administrator for the Army since his
commissioning in 1995. He is a Fellow in the
American College of Healthcare Executives.
Named after Malcolm Baldrige, the 26th
Secretary
of
Commerce, the Baldrige
Award was established
by Congress in 1987.
Awards may be given
annually to organizations in each of six categories:
Manufacturing, service, small business, education, health
care and nonprofit.
The award promotes
innovation and excellence in organizational
performance,
recognizes the achievements
and results of U.S. organizations, and publicizes successful performance strategies. Since the first group was
recognized in 1988, 109 awards have been presented to 102 organizations (including seven repeat recipients).
The 2015 winners are MidwayUSA, Columbia,
Missouri (small business; won in the same category in 2009); Charter School of San Diego, San
Diego, California (education); Charleston Area
Medical Center Health System, Charleston, West
Virginia (health care); and Mid-America Transplant Services, St. Louis, Missouri. (nonprofit).
Hartman
NIST manages the Baldrige Award in close
conjunction with the private sector.
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
also offers the 2015–2016 Baldrige Excellence
Framework: A Systems Approach to Improving
Your Organization’s Performance, which includes the world-emulated Criteria for Performance Excellence; Baldrige Excellence Builder, an
entry-level version of the framework; nationally
ranked leadership training; and the Baldrige Collaborative Assessment and other assessment
tools.
For information on the Baldrige Performance
Excellence Program and the Baldrige Award application process, call (301) 975-2036, send an
email
to
[email protected],
or
visit
www.nist.gov/baldrige.
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Abandoned vehicles
The Directorate of Emergency Services traffic section announces the following vehicles
will be released to a towing company for disposal if they remain unclaimed:
2013 Dodge Avenger VIN#3156
1998 Mercedes S-320 VIN#0771
2002 Honda Civic VIN#1388
For more information call 531-6675.
Women’s equality
The Fort Polk Equal Opportunity Office celebrates Women’s Equality Day Aug. 24 from 10
a.m.-3 p.m. at the Fort Polk Main Exchange
with historical and current information on
women’s equality. The Fort Polk voting assistance office will be on hand to register all eligible community members to vote. Refreshments
are provided. Call 531-1799 for more information.
Pistol safety
A basic pistol safety course is held Sept. 10
from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Fort Polk’s Personally
Owned Weapons Range 23A, bldg 4209-C. Participants must bring their own pistol that is
registered for Fort Polk and a minimum of 100
rounds of ammunition for the pistol being used
and the $5 range fee.
Appropriate attire is required. All lessons
and range activities are given by certified
firearms instructors. Call 531-0392 for more information.
make the appropriate arrangements.
Shuttle service
Fort Polk residents are reminded that display of political posters and signs is prohibited
in yards and other common areas.
Fort Polk’s free shuttle service runs Monday
through Friday from 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 8:45 a.m.6:30 p.m. The schedule is available at the Joint
Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk website, www.jrtc-polk.army.mil. Look under the
quick links column for “shuttle schedule.” You
may also call the dispatcher at 531-9684 or send
a text to (337) 378-4416 if you need a ride.
Housing areas, restaurants and off-post destinations are prohibited.
Mobile food truck
Road construction
If you are in the 519th Military Police Battalion or 46th Engineer Battalion footprint before
8 a.m. Monday through Friday, you can visit
the mobile feeding site for breakfast.
Cash or meal cards are accepted, and anyone
can purchase a meal, including civilians. If you
have a morning event (training, road march,
unit run) and think a food truck would be an
asset to get your Soldiers fed, call 531-1239 to
Fort Polk residents who use Lookout Road
should be prepared to detour as contractors
work to repair three culverts. The construction
takes place between Ranges 5 and 5A, 9 and 11,
and 41 and 42. Sites will be clearly marked.
Traffic will be detoured with two-way traffic
maintained.
Please drive with caution and be prepared
for delays and reduced speed.
Political guidelines
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Soldiers with the 814th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 46th Engineer Battalion work with engineers from the Marine Corps and Army National
Guard units to pull together sections of an Improved Ribbon Bridge
during "River Assault 2016," a training event held at Fort Chaffee,
Arkansas July 9-21.
Fort Polk engineers participate in ‘River Assault 2016’
By JEAN DUBIEL
Guardian staff writer
FORT POLK, La. — Overcoming
obstacles is a common theme in
much of Army training. Sometimes
it’s a mountain, sometimes its enemy forces — and sometimes it’s a
river.
When the Army or any military
agency needs to cross a river where
there is no bridge, it’s the job of engineers to create a crossway, get
everyone across, then take up that
means of crossing so the enemy cannot follow — and also to have those
components ready for the next water obstacle.
That’s why a multi-unit bridge
training exercise, or river assault,
was conducted at Fort Chaffee,
Arkansas July 9-21. It included Fort
Polk’s 814th Multi-Role Bridge
Company, two Army Reserve units
and a Marine Corps engineer unit.
There were roughly 1,200 personnel
involved in the exercise, and the
814th brought 110 Soldiers.
First Lt. Kyle Treubert, 814th
MRBC, served as the executive officer for the mission but because he is
leaving the unit soon, he co-managed the mission with incoming 1st
Lt. Mark Castelli.
“We fell under an Army Reserve
unit at Fort Chaffee for this exercise,” said Treubert. “They were the
ones who coordinated most of the
exercise, and we provided the main
effort.”
Castelli is new to the company
and comes from a route-clearance
background. He said the training
served as his introduction to how
the 814th conducts operations. “This
was my first time working with an
MRBC,” said Castelli. “I was learn-
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ing a lot about bridging — and impressed with how effective and efficient the 814th was when they did
their final culminating event.”
The main event was held July 19:
Bridging the Arkansas River. The
distance spanned 968 feet, requiring
42 bridge sections and two ramps
sections. “We used the Improved
Ribbon Bridge, or IRB, a series of
rafts that are pieced together to
form one long bridge,” said Treubert. Each IRB section, or “bay” is
about 22 feet long and weighs 7
tons. Seven bays placed together are
called a “raft.”
Staff Sgt. Dustin Morgan, 814th
MRBC, said the IRB is a great improvement over its predecessor, the
Standard Ribbon Bridge or SRB.
“The ramps are a big improvement.
On the old SRBs you had to physically pick up the ramps and throw
them, but with the IRBs, there are
two hydraulic pumps you can use
to (ease the ramps down),” he said.
In the days leading up to the
main event, the company conducted
other vital military training, such as
establishing an engineer equipment
park, or EEP from which to stage
every vehicle involved in the operations, sling load operations and helocasting.
The EEP was the size of roughly
eight football fields, according to
Treubert.
“The EEP is a big field containing
every piece of equipment we have
to use and someone is there controlling traffic in and out of the park so
we can maintain accountability for
those vehicles,” Treubert said. The
EEP is also where other units kept
their equipment for transport across
the bridge. The land had to be “degrubbed”—
removing
stumps,
brush and debris — and leveled out
to make a smooth lot for the large
number of vehicles involved in the
exercise.
“One of our training events was
sling load operations, where we
would (first attach, then drop) the
boats or bays into the water from a
helicopter,” said Treubert. The loads
were not far from the water when
they were dropped — less than 5
feet. “We also did helocast operations, where we put 20 Soldiers into
the back of a Chinook, flew them
over the water and dropped them
into the river.” They were dropped
from 10 feet as the aircraft maintained a speed of 10 knots per hour,
said Treubert.
“We also conducted different
training events, such as putting the
bays together to form rafts — the
purpose of the raft is to load vehicles and other equipment onto it
and push it across the river,” he
said.
The Army Reserve units involved
included engineers and other military occupational specialties, according to Treubert. “There were
Army divers, an aviation unit and
some (military police) from the
Army Reserve units,” he said.
“There were also U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers there to do testing on
the bridge.”
Once the bridge was built, about
40 vehicles were sent across. These
were fitted with sensors, installed
by the USACE to monitor the float
and sway of the bridge.
“The USACE were there doing
research to test a new anchor system,” said 1st Lt. Bradley Scott,
814th MRBC, who served as the
bridge commander for the training.
“This system holds both ends of the
bridge because if there is a fast (current), the bridge needs a lot of anchorage through cables to keep it
from breaking if you’re going to
leave it up for a long time.”
Treubert said that during the exercise, he gained a better understanding of how different military
units can work together to incorporate their tactics to accomplish a
mission. “It was a leadership challenge in trying to get everybody to
synchronize their efforts,” Treubert
said. “This was the first time we
worked with a Marine Corps unit.
We actually worked hand-in-hand
with them throughout the entire
two-week exercise. We’d often
bridge from the same site and work
together, trying to incorporate our
forces.”
Scott said his job was constant
communication and coordination in
getting the bridge built, from working with the Marine units who were
establishing the bridge from the far
side, to getting the bays and equipment in place as the 814th constructed its portion of the bridge from the
near side. “The biggest (lesson) for
me was that this is how we will likely do things downrange — working
with other units,” he said. “It could
be Marines or Navy or somebody
else, because what we do is provide
support for other units, so we will
always work jointly with somebody.
It was good to work with the
Marines and gain that other perspective, keeping an open mind
about different approaches to how
to do things. It was eye-opening.”
Staff Sgt. Jimmy Houle, 814th
MRBC, was in charge of the “slip”
during the bridge building event.
“The slip is the gap between the
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46th ENG BN
A Chinook helicopter places a segment, or bay, of the
Improved Ribbon Bridge into the Arkansas River during sling load operations training at Fort Chaffee,
Arkansas.
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Several bays of the Improved Ribbon Bridge are pieced together as MK2 Bridge Erection Boats
hold them in place during a river assault exercise held at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas July 19. The
bridge was constructed by Fort Polk's 814th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 46th Engineer Battalion
in cooperation with units from the Army National Guard and the Marine Corps, and spanned
nearly 1,000 feet across the Arkansas River.
boats properly to catch all the bays,
and it adds an additional planning element to the training.” The boats
used were MK2 bridge erection boats.
They have rubber rails and pushers
that move the bridge components
around.
“One of the cool things about
working with the Marines is that they
utilized us to carry their equipment
for them, which, I think, highlights
the fact that we were pretty vital to
the exercise,” said Scott. “We were
the ones carrying half of the equipment to the water, controlling the
traffic to the water, and making the
final event happen.”
Scott also said the 814th maintenance platoon was “spectacular” during the exercise. “If we had something go down, they would react and
recover so fast that there was no
stand by time. They could get things
up and running to the point that we
could still operate. There was just no
down time for maintenance at all.”
During the one day everyone had
a little time off, the maintenance crew
chose to remain with the equipment
to ensure everything was fully operational. Houle said they were also responsible for the smooth convoy operations as their preparations before
the exercise ensured every piece of
equipment was up to or exceeding
the standard. “What the mechanics
did for our vehicles enabled us to
travel two days in a convoy with no
breakdowns. It was outstanding on
their part.”
Lt. Col. William Moen, commander, 46th Engineer Battalion, said the
exercise was a good example of multicomponent cooperation and combined effort to reach an objective. “It
was truly an extraordinary feat and
complete success, demonstrating the
potential of total force partnerships
and integration,” said Moen. “The
814th MRBC and the units involved
set the standard and should be proud
of what they accomplished during
this exercise.”
46th ENG BN
shore and the water,” Houle explained. “My job was to ensure that
the Soldiers were bringing the equipment in the proper order, and to be
sure those (components) were properly retrieved once in the water.”
Houle, a seasoned NCO with experience in this kind of operation, was
most concerned with teaching newer
Soldiers how to do the job. “We were
also able to prove that those Soldiers
learned it because we were able to
put the bridge together — and retrieve it — in a quick fashion.”
The standard to build a bridge of
this size is four to five hours, according to Scott, but they were able to accomplish the mission in two. “In our
world, build time is everything and
that is what we train for. In a real
world environment, you can only
maintain security for so long, so you
have to get it built, get across, and
pull the bridge back out. Our Soldiers
did an incredible job.”
What stood out most about the exercise to Houle was not only how fast
the bridge came together, but how
well the 814th worked with the
Marines and the National Guard. “It
was impressive because we were not
just bringing equipment for us, we
were also giving the Marines equipment at the same time … we were
helping them, too. To be able to do
that and work together was great.”
Spc. Benjamin Williams has been
with the 814th since February. He
said he had previous experience with
this kind of operation, so he focused
on training other Soldiers who were
less familiar with working in moving
currents and boat operations. “I think
I gained some leadership skills, being
able to explain and teach the others
about the whole process.”
Morgan said it was good to “get
these Soldiers out of Fort Polk to do
some versatile training with our
counterparts from the Marines.” He
said it was good to train on water
that pushes back. “It helps get rid of
complacency. Going somewhere else,
where you don’t know how the water
is, what the depth is, how the slip is
— you may get a recon, but everything can change real fast, whether it
rains or if they open a dam — anything can change. So it was good for
the Soldiers to get out there and they
operated very well. They built (the
bridge) faster than expected, and
they were motivated,” said Morgan.
Treubert said what the company is
used to doing here at Fort Polk is
still-water operations on lakes. “We
go out to Engineer Lake (in the Joint
Readiness Training Center training
area called ‘the box’) to do most of
our training, so it was good to get out
there on a big, major river. It adds a
whole new factor when the water is
moving. You have to position the
A bove: A Soldier with the 814th Mulri-Role Bridge Company,
46th Engineer Battalion, jumps into the Arkansas River during
helocast operations at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Below : A section, or bay, of the Improved Ribbon Bridge is deployed from the back of a truck during a training event held July
9-21 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
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Soldiers lend names to these Fort Polk landmarks
By JEAN DUBIEL
Guardian staff writer
Editor’s note: This is part two in a threepart historical series about the people who
have structures named after them at Fort Polk.
FORT POLK, La. — The Joint Readiness
Training Center and Fort Polk Headquarters
building (officially named Woodfill Hall),
Berry Mission Training Complex and
Shughart-Gordon Training Area are named
for Soldiers with unique ties to the installation. Here’s at look at these individuals and
their backstories:
• The JRTC and Fort Polk Headquarters in
bldg 350 is named for Maj. Samuel Woodfill, a
veteran of the Philippine–American War,
World War I, and World War II. Woodfill was
born Jan. 6, 1883, and is one of the most celebrated American Soldiers of the early 20th
century. Gen. John
Pershing called
Woodfill the most
outstanding Soldier
in World War I. During an offensive in
October 1918, he single-handedly took out
three German machine gun emplacements
while suffering under the effect of mustard
gas, and was able to successfully lead his men
safely back to the American lines without casualties. At the end of the conflict, Woodfill
was the most decorated American Soldier to
have participated in the conflict; he received
the Medal of Honor, the Croix de Guerre with
palm leaves, the Meriot di Guerra, and the
Cross of Prince Danilo among other awards.
After returning home at the end of the war,
Woodfill took a number of different jobs before starting a career as an insurance salesman. He was among the three Soldiers chosen
to dedicate the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
in 1921, joining fellow Medal of Honor recipients Charles Whittlesey and Alvin York. At
the outbreak of
World War II, he
was commissioned as a major
and spent two
years training recruits before resigning from the
Army after the
death of his wife
in 1943. Woodfill
retired to a farm
near the place of
his birth where he
lived until his
death Aug. 10,
1951. He is buried
in Arlington National Cemetery.
• The Berry
Mission Training
Complex is named
for Command Sgt.
Maj. Thomas
Berry, a decorated Vietnam veteran that once
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served as assistant role play branch chief for
JRTC Operations Group. Berry was born Sept.
1, 1937 in Canadian, Texas, and joined the
Army as a private in 1957. Throughout his career, Berry made lasting impressions on Soldiers, from privates to generals. Retired Gen.
Frederick Woerner, a former boss of Berry’s,
said, “He knew his craft, most importantly, as
a leader. I never saw him lose his temper. He
was always talking quietly with Soldiers.”
Another former boss, retired Maj. Gen. Jim
Taylor, said of Berry, “He embraced the Army
and Soldiers as his family. I think that made
him more effective than anyone else I ever
met at handling Soldiers.” Berry’s awards and
decorations include the Legion of Merit, Soldiers Medal, Meritorious Service Medal,
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal,
Vietnam Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon,
Vietnam Campaign
Medal, Vietnam
Cross of Gallantry
with Bronze Star,
Vietnam Armed Forces
Honor Medal, Combat Infantryman
Badge, Master Parachute Badge, Vietnam
Woodfill
Parachute Badge and Expert Qualifications
Badge (Rifle M-16). He retired from active
was a combat engineer who then became a
duty as the command sergeant major for
Special Forces engineer and eventually served
Southern Forces Command in 1992 and lived
with Shughart in the same
with his spouse, Thuy, in the
Delta Force unit. Their stories
Vernon Parish area until his
merge on Oct. 3, 1993 during
passing May 31, 2005. He is
Operation Gothic Serpent, the
buried at the Central
Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.
Louisiana Veteran’s Cemetery
They sacrificed their lives in an
in Leesville.
attempt to rescue four critically
• The Shughart-Gordon
wounded crewmembers of a
Military Operations on Urban
downed helicopter. With large
Terrain training site is named
numbers of hostile, armed Sofor two Special Forces snipers
mali militia converging on the
— the only Army snipers to
crash site, Shughart and Gorhave earned the Medal of
don fought their way to the
Honor — Sgt. 1st Class Randowned aircraft and protected
dall David
the crew using only personal
Shughart and
weapons and sidearms.
Master Sgt.
Though they were both killed
Gary Ivan GorShughart
when their ammo ran out, they
don.
managed to eradicate 25 militiShughart was
amen and wound several
born Aug. 13,
more. Their efforts saved the
1958 in Lincoln,
life of the pilot, Chief Warrant
Nebraska. He
Officer Mike Durant, the only
joined the Army
survivor of the firefight. In
right out of
1996, the U.S. Navy commishigh school in
sion two vehicle cargo ships
1976, completed
with their names, the USNS
Airborne and
Gordon and USNS Shughart,
Ranger schools,
and the JRTC named its largest
then joined Speurban training facility in their
cial Forces Ophonor. Shughart is buried at
erational DeWestminster Cemetery in
tachment-Delta,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and
or Delta Force.
Gordon is buried at Lincoln
Gordon was
Cemetery in Penobscot County,
born Aug. 30,
Gordon
Maine. The movie “Blackhawk
1960 in Lincoln,
Down,” released in 2001, is
Maine, and also
about that firefight.
joined the Army after high school in 1978. He
Army Total Force Program comes to Fort Polk
By Staff Sgt. NATHAN AKRIDGE
3rd BCT, 10th Mtn Div PAO
“What makes this so
unique ... is that we
are the only active
component unit that
is being associated
with a National
Guard Division
headquarters.”
Col. Brian Sullivan
Commander, 3rd BCT, 10th
Mtn Div
“First and foremost, there are no
implications for Fort Polk force
structure: The brigade is going to remain here,” Sullivan said. “The fact
that the 3rd Brigade Combat Team
is part of this pilot, combined with
the fact that it’s unique within the
pilot, in the terms that we’re the
only ones to bear the shoulder
sleeve insignia of a National Guard
Unit, I think that’s a great opportunity for Fort Polk and is an opportunity for us to achieve something
very significant for the Army.”
Sullivan added that there are
many benefits to the partnership between the 36th Infantry Division
and the Patriot Brigade.
“There is inherent goodness in
bringing the components together,”
said Sullivan. “I will be especially
proud to wear the 36th Infantry Division patch,
Staff Sgt. NATHAN AKRIDGE / 3RD BCT PAO
FORT POLK, La. — Throughout
the Army’s history, one thing has
been a constant and inevitable force
in the Army: Change. Things
change, whether it’s tactics, equipment, training doctrine or even uniforms and units. The 3rd Brigade
Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) will soon take
part in a program that has the potential to foster positive change not
only within the active Army, but in
the National Guard and Reserve
components as well.
Beginning in October, Soldiers,
noncommissioned officers and officers from the Patriot Brigade will
trade in their New York-based 10th
Mountain Division patch for a patch
a little closer to their home in
Louisiana, donning the arrowhead
shaped patch of the Texas-based
36th Infantry Division.
The 3rd BCT will take part in an
Army pilot program that creates a
partnership between active-duty
and Reserve components. By placing an active-duty unit with a National Guard unit, the Army hopes
the units use their strengths to increase combat effectiveness. The
program falls in line with the Army
Total Force Program, an ongoing effort to transform the Reserves and
National Guard into an operational
force expected to operate seamlessly
with the active Army.
“With the Associated Unit Pilot,
the Army is using the association of
active component and Reserve component units to enhance the readiness of the Reserve component so
we can reduce post-mobilization
training requirements for the National Guard,” said Col. Brian Sullivan, 3rd BCT commander. “That
way, if we need to conduct large
scale operations, we can deploy the
Total Army of 980,000 versus just
the active component of about
450,000.”
While the AUP is being instituted
with select units across the Army,
the partnership between 3rd BCT
and the 36th Infantry Division will
be noteworthy.
“What makes this so unique for
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division, is that we are
the only active component unit that
is being associated with a National
Guard division headquarters,” said
Sullivan. “Consequently, we will be
the only active component unit in
the Army that will bear the shoulder sleeve insignia of a National
Guard unit.”
While the Patriot Brigade will
soon be wearing a Texas-based
patch, Sullivan stresses that this
new partnership will not impact
troop levels at Fort Polk, but will
bring something remarkable and
unprecedented to the table.
Above and below: Soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard’s
256th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, train at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Soldiers
with the 3rd BCT, 10th Mtn Div will see more training time with National Guard units as part of the Army’s Associated Unit Program.
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Soldier marksman gets his first taste of the 2016 Olympics
By Maj. CARLOS CUEBAS
Army News Service
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Maj. CARLOS CUEBAS / ARMY NEWS SERVICE
RIO DE JANEIRO — For Army
Olympian Spc. Dan Lowe, participating in the 2016 Olympic Games
is a dream come true.
"It is over the top. Definitively
one of the greatest things I ever experienced in my life," Lowe said. "A
lot of people are surprised to know
there is a group of Soldier-athletes
here."
As a member of the Army's elite
Army Marksmanship Unit based in
Fort Benning, Georgia, Lowe had
his Olympic debut in Rio on Aug 8,
when he competed in the 10 Meter
Air Rifle shooting event at the Deodoro Olympic Shooting facility.
"It was a lot of pressure, but I believe I did some of the best shooting
of my life," Lowe said shortly after
finishing the competition.
"I worked hard, and I learned a
lot from my first Olympic match. It
is all mental preparation. If I am not
working every single shot, it's not
going to happen."
He finished with 620 points,
which is not high enough to send
him to the finals, but he will com-
pete again Aug 14, in the Three-Position Rifle event.
Not long ago, it looked unlikely
Lowe would ever make the U.S.
Olympic team. In two previous
World Cups in 2015, he finished in
60th and 70th place.
Nevertheless, at the Olympic Trials in June, after a year of hard
work, he earned one of only two
available air rifle seats on the U.S.
Olympic Shooting Team.
"Everything that I learned in the
Army is helping me during my first
Olympics," said Lowe. "The training, the values and the dedication
that I learned in the Army, not only
make me a better shooter, but a better person."
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parker, USAMA Rifle team coach, said that,
even though Lowe didn't qualify for
the finals, he was still pleased with
his performance.
"All the work he put into preparing for the Olympics showed today
with an outstanding start for the
match," he said. "Lowe represented
the United States and the U.S. Army
extremely well.
And Lowe was optimistic about
his next competition.
Spc. Dan Lowe, from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, shoots
his rifle during the Men's 10 meter Air Rifle competition, Aug 8, at
the Deodoro Olympic Shooting facility, Rio.
"Half of the pressure is gone
now," he said with clear determination as he departed the shooting facility.
"I will take the lessons learned
from today's event and come back
more motivated, more dedicated,
stronger as a better shooter. It will
be another opportunity for greatness."
Community
Briefs
Intramural sorts
MAIN POST CHAPEL
Unless otherwise noted, the following
sports events are open to authorized Directorate of Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation users 18 years and older. Call 5312056/7669 for more information.
• Bowling — A free nine-game scratch
competition is held Tuesday through
Thursday between 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Register
at the Strike Zone Bowling Center. Each
team will consist of four people who will
bowl three games a day over the course of
three days.
• Company level flag football — Season
begins Sept. 3 at the 1400 block Athletic
Field and teams will consist of no more
than 14 players from the same company.
Teams must submit a typed roster, company alpha roster and list of military commitments no later than Sept. 7 to the Intramural Sports Office. A mandatory coaches
meeting is held Sept. 9 at 1 p.m. at the
CrossFit Center.
• Sprint-course triathlon — Sept. 23 at
6:30 a.m. Events include a 10-mile bike
ride, 5-mile run and 200-meter swim. Registration is held from 6-6:20 a.m. Helmets
and reflective vests are required. Call 5312056 for details.
Bring unwanted pantry items to Main Post Chapel
Gregory Zipparo (left) and Chap. (Maj.) Bernard Buzalak move a storage locker for
use in the Main Post Chapel's new food locker. It’s PCS time and as most Soldiers
and Family members know, that means it’s time to get rid of the pantry items that
can’t be sent to the next assignment. What if there was a place to take those non-perishable items where they can be used when needed and kept out of area landfills
where they’ll just add to the trash heap? The Fort Polk Main Post Chapel has the answer: The Pantry. Located in the chapel’s classroom, room 428, the pantry begins taking donations today. Items accepted include cereals, rice, grains, canned goods,
boxed goods and food in jars. The pantry provides assistance to Soldiers and their
Families during difficult times, and at the same time, protects the environment by
keeping food items out of landfills.
Fearless 5K
The Louisiana Army National Guard
hosts the Fearless 5K Suicide Awareness
run Sept. 10 at Fort Randolph, 135 Riverfront St., in Pineville, Louisiana. Check in
time is from 7:30- 9 a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m. Register online at
www.langea.org/langea-5K-RUN. For
more information call Amber Sayer at (318)
446-4676 or send email to
[email protected].
EDGE events
Please see Briefs, page 13
By ANGIE THORNE
Guardian staff writer
FORT POLK, La. — Learning to cope with
challenges can be difficult for everyone, especially young adults.
With that in mind, several youth learned
about managing stress, staying healthy, problem
solving and communication skills at a resilience
training held at Fort Polk’s Siegfried Youth Center Aug. 1-5.
This is the perfect time for this training, according to Sarah Robinson, Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program coordinator.
“These kids have a lot of stress and responsibility
on their shoulders, so before they head back to
school, they can learn better ways to cope with
the things life throws their way. These skills add
to their ability to deal with friends, parents,
teachers and events in a positive manner,” said
Robinson.
Participating kids said they’ll use many of the
new skills they learned thanks to this training.
“I learned about test taking and how to have
better study habits. Now when I have issues
studying, I can use what I learned,” said Markasia Flint, 16.
The biggest thing Arreaona Jones, 15, said she
got out of the resilience training was that communication shouldn’t be negative or aggressive.
“You should treat people with respect,” she said.
Ashlin McCulley, 12, said he learned new
ways to control his anger and stress.
Loretta McGowan, Child, Youth and School
Services workforce preparation specialist, said
the training helps youth improve their connections and communication skills.
“The stable connection between caring adults
and youth is the key to the security that allows
them to creatively master challenges and reach
their highest potential,” she said.
McGowan said she believes that life isn’t
about finding yourself — life is about creating
yourself and one of the ways to do that is
through resilience training.
For more information call 531-1955/6004.
CSF2 instructors
Sgt. 1st Class
Allen McCauley,
standing, and
Sarah Robinson,
program coordinator, engage in
a communication
senario during a
teen resilience
training event
held Aug. 1-5.
ANGIE THORNE / GUARDIAN
Fort Polk’s Directorate of Family Morale,
Welfare and Recreation’s Child, Youth and
School Services’ EDGE! Program offers August activities to keep your children busy
after school. A current CYSS registration is
required to participate and a minimum of
five participants per activity is required for
classes to meet. Call 531-6936/1955:
• Adventure EDGE! — Batting cages.
Grades one through five meet Sunday and
grades six through 12 meet Wednesday and
Aug. 21. Groups meet at the batting cages,
located at the Home of Heroes Recreation
Center from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Cost is $20.
• Art EDGE! — Building legos projects.
First through fifth grades meet today and
Aug. 19 and the cost is $15. Sixth through
12th grade meet Aug. 26. Cost is $5. All ses-
Teens learn resilience before school begins
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Bus schedule set for upcoming year
VERNON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
FORT POLK, La. — It’s time for the kids
to go back to school Tuesday. Between buying school supplies and uniforms and getting each child ready for the first day of
school, things can get hectic.
Figuring out which bus your child takes
is one less thing you should have to worry
about as they head off to learn. Pick-up
times may vary and some of these routes
may be adjusted after school starts. Contact
your child’s school for more information or
if you have any problems. The bus schedule
is as follows:
North Polk Elementary
Bus #2 — Backfish, Batora,Bazydlo,
Clyburn, Coit, Cooley, Denham, Eagle View,
Fairway, Gardner, Goodrich, Groves,
Howard, Jordan, Kane, Kyle, Knight, Lankford, Lawley, Leadbetter, Long, Marchand,
Moran, Mudry, Murphy, Noldan, Pinehurst,
Richmond, Ryan, Schowalter, Speas, Stewart, Tracey, Turner, Van-Tine, West, Wideman, Wise, Worthington, Yescavage, York,
Zell.
Bus #21 — Holiday Inn Express/ Magnolia House
Bus #171 — Busch, Cline, Corps, Cypress,
Dietz, McCauley, Monroe (East), Monroe
(West), Norris, Nowak, Palmetto Park, Sayers, Tankersly, Traycheff, Zolinski, Dickey,
Evans, Harrell, Hill, Kalina, Lalopa, Lazar,
Miller, Oak, Perez, Powell.
Bus #173 — Allen, Anderson, Armstead,
Berkley, Bilger, Bradshaw, Brown, Clary,
Cochran, Crawford, Diamond, Ellis, Fernandez, Fourney, Fryar, Garber, Guiney, Hagg,
Hall, Harvey, Horn, Hughes/L.H. Hughes,
Hunt, Johnson, Kleveno, Kucinski, Lewis,
Magnolia, M.A. Lee,
Meeks, Michael, Montee,
Randolph, Reed, Roach,
Seay, Stance (5041-5047),
Stance (5049- 5061),
Thornton, Warren, Whittington.
Parkway Elementary
Bus #8 — Armstead,
Bradshaw, Cochran, Dietz, Ellis, Fryar, Garber,
Harvey, Horn, Meeks,
Monroe, Sayers, Thornton, Warren.
Bus #13 — Holiday Inn
Express/ Magnolia House
Bus #18 — Allen, Backfish,
Berkley, Cooley, Diamond, Fernandez, Goodrich, Groves, Hunt, Johnson,
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Kane, Knight, Lewis, Magnolia, M.A. Lee,
Marchand, Michael, Murphy, Reed, Roach,
Ryan, Schowalter, Speas, Stance (5041-5047),
Stance (5049- 5061), Van-Tine, Whittington,
Wise, Worthington.
Bus #28 — Palmetto Park, Dickey, Evans,
Harrell, Hill, Kalina, Lalopa, Lazar, Miller,
Oak, Perez, Powell.
Bus #131 — Busch, Clary, Cline, Crawford, Guiney, Jordan, Kleveno, Leadbetter,
McCauley, Monroe (East), Monroe (West),
Norris, Nowak, Tankersly, Tracey, Traycheff,
Wideman, Zolinski
Bus #133 — Anderson, Bazydlo, Bilger,
Brown, Corps, Cypress, Denham, Fourney,
Gardner, Hagg, Hall, Hughes/L.H. Hughes,
Kucinski, McCallin, Montee, Mudry,
Noldan, Randolph, Seay.
Bus #140 — Batora, Clyburn, Coit, Eagle
View, Fairway, Howard, Kyle, Lankford,
Lawley, Long, Moran, Pinehurst, Richmond,
Stewart, Turner, West, Yescavage, York, Zell.
Leesville Jr. High
Bus #10 — Batora, Lankford, Palmetto
Park (first load), Stewart.
Bus # 16 — Backfish, Cooley, Goodrich,
Groves, Howard, Kane, Knight, Kyle, Lawley, Long, Marchand, Moran, Murphy, Pinehurst, Richmond,Ryan, Schowalter, Speas,
Turner, Van-Tine, West, Wise, Worthington,
York.
Bus #23 — Nowak.
Bus #27 — Armstead, Bradshaw, Busch,
Cochran, Ellis, Fryar, Garber, Horn, McCauley, Meeks, Tankersly, Traycheff, Warren,
Zolinski.
Bus #113 — Allen, Diamond, Dietz, Fernandez, Hunt, Johnson, M.A. Lee, Michael,
Monroe (West), Roach, Sayers, Stance (50415047), Whittington.
Bus #132 — Clary,
Clyburn, Coit, Crawford, Jordan, Leadbetter, Thornton, Tracey,
Wideman, Yescavage,
Zell.
Bus #135 — Anderson, Bazydlo, Bilger, Brown, Corps,
Cypress, Eagle
View, Fairway,
Fourney, Gardner,
Hughes/L.H.
Hughes, Montee, Mudry, Seay.
Bus #137 —
Berkley, Cline, Denham, Guiney, Hagg, Hall, Harvey, Kleveno,
Kucinski, Lewis, Holiday Inn Express/Magnolia House, Monroe (East), Noldan, Norris,
Randolph, Reed.
Leesville High
Bus #9 — Armstead, Bradshaw, Clary,
Cochran, Crawford, Denham, Ellis, Garber,
Horn, Leadbetter, Meeks, Noldan, Thornton,
Warren.
Bus #10 — Batora, Clyburn, Coit, Lankford, Palmetto Park (First load), Stewart,
Zell.
Bus #16 — Backfish, Cooley, Goodrich,
Groves, Howard, Kane, Knight, Kyle, Lawley, Long, Marchand, Moran, Murphy, Pinehurst, Richmond, Ryan, Schowalter, Speas,
Turner, Van-Tine, West, Wise, Worthington,
York.
Bus #27 — Busch, Cline, Fryar, Holiday
Inn Express/Magnolia House, McCauley,
Monroe (East), Norris, Nowak, Reed,
Tankersly, Traycheff, Zolinski.
Bus #113 — Allen, Berkley, Diamond, Dietz, Fernandez, Harvey, Hunt, Johnson,
Lewis, M.A. Lee, Michael, Monroe (West),
Roach, Sayers, Stance (5041- 5047), Whittington.
Bus #132 — Jordan, Tracey, Wideman
Yescavage.
Bus #135 — Anderson, Bazydlo, Bilger,
Brown, Corps, Cypress, Eagle View, Fairway, Fourney, Gardner, Guiney, Hagg, Hall,
Hughes/L.H. Hughes, Kleveno, Kucinski,
Montee, Mudry, Randolph, Seay.
Vernon Middle School
Bus #16 — Backfish, Cooley, Goodrich,
Groves, Howard, Kane, Knight, Kyle, Lawley, Long, Marchand, Moran, Murphy, Pinehurst, Richmond, Ryan, Schowalter, Speas,
Turner, Van-Tine, West, Wise, Worthington,
York.
Bus #26 — Anderson, Bazydlo, Bilger,
Brown, Clary, Corps, Crawford, Cypress,
Denham, Eagle View, Fairway, Fourney,
Gardner, Guiney, Hagg, Hall, Hughes/L.H.
Hughes, Kleveno, Kucinski, Leadbetter,
Montee, Mudry, Noldan, Randolph, Seay.
Bus #139 — Armstead, Batora, Bradshaw,
Clyburn, Cochran, Coit, Ellis, Garber, Horn,
Jordan, Lankford, Meeks, Stewart, Thornton,
Tracey, Warren, Wideman, Yescavage, Zell.
Bus #140 — Busch, Cline, McCauley, Norris, Nowak, Palmetto Park, Tankersly, Traycheff, Zolinski.
Bus #175 — Allen, Berkley, Diamond, Dietz, Fernandez, Fryar, Harvey, Hunt, Johnson, Lewis, Holiday Inn Express/Magnolia
House, M.A. Lee, Michael, Monroe (East),
Monroe (West), Reed, Roach, Sayers, Stance
(5041- 5047), Whittington.
After-hours back-to-school physicals meet needs of Polk Families
By KATHY PORTS
BJACH PAO
Lt. Col. Linda
Jackson, a
BJACH pediatrician, examines Emy
Konieczny
for her CYSS
physical.
KATHY PORTS/BJACH
FORT POLK, La. — Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital’s Patient Centered Medical
Home mets the needs of the Fort Polk community by offering three after-hours physical clinics
for back to school, Child, Youth and School Services and sports physicals to all eligible beneficiaries.
About 160 appointments were made for the
last after-hours physicals clinic held Aug. 3. Families made appointments for their children to be
seen at one time.
Ten providers, along with support staff, volunteered to help children receive necessary physicals prior to starting school Tuesday.
A steady stream of parents and children filled
the waiting room.
Although parents were encouraged to bring
the physical paperwork with them, BJACH’s staff
had folders for each child filled with forms and
other documents they might need.
Most parents said they liked the after-hours
clinic. “It’s more convenient, especially since I
work,” said Dorothy Denny.
“My daughter, Chloe, will start fourth grade at
Parkway Elementary and I wanted to make sure
that she had all her medical needs and shots
checked before school starts.
“I also liked the fact that there was plenty of
parking available since it was after normal operating hours.”
BJACH’s Immunization Clinic remained open
to give necessary immunizations or input new
students’ shot records into the Louisiana Immunization Network for Kids, a requirement for
students attending school in Louisiana.
“Taking care of families is one of the many
ways we take care of Soldiers,” said Lt. Col. Brian Adams, acting chief medical officer at BJACH.
“Taking care of Soldiers improves readiness,
which is our No. 1 priority.”
BJACH’s after-hours physical clinics were a
team effort. Hospital volunteers extended their
work day to ensure Fort Polk’s children started
off the new school year healthy.
Annual physicals are not a TRICARE benefit.
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Le Tour de Polk
The Tour de Polk 40-mile bike race is held
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the day of the race from 7-7:45 a.m. at the CrossFit Center. A Family ride for ages 8-17 is 3.5 miles
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Polk ‘super’ kids soak up end of summer at Back to School Bash
VIVIAN LOPEZ / GUARDIAN
Fort Polk children have fun spraying each other with water guns and splashing around in
the Splash Park during the Back to School Bash, hosted by the Directorate of Family
Morale, Wellness and Recreation, Aug. 6 at Catfish Cove and Splash Park. The event was
super hero themed and also featured sponsor giveaways, food, crafts and a super hero
photo booth.
Adam Kessler, his wife Sonia and daughters
Ally (bottom left) and Brianna have family
fun in the super hero photo booth.
Have no fear, Christopher Wooten is here to
save the day at the Back to School Bash as
he strikes a pose in his super hero mask.
Nathan Moon (left) and his brother Noah
are super heroes in the making.
Super sisters Olivia Ray (left) and Caylah
decorate their super hero masks.
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“What is this?” Maclaine Meyer thinks to
himself as he tries to figure out where the
water is coming from.
Franklis Mandein (left) and Felix Mandein
splash and jump around in the water at the
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Sesame Street brings joy to military kids at Fort Polk
By VIVIAN LOPEZ
Guardian staff writer
VIVIAN LOPEZ / GUARDIAN
FORT POLK, La. — The United
Service Organizations and Sesame
Street’s biggest stars lit up the Bayou Theater stage for an auditorium
filled with Fort Polk children and
parents Aug. 5 for The Sesame
Street/USO Experience for Military
Families.
Children
received
light-up
Sesame Street toys and USO bandanas to use during the show and
take home.
Elmo, Cookie
Monster
and
friends featured
Katie, a military
kid on Sesame
Street. The show
was all about her
moving to a new post and her
friends helping her come to terms
with it.
Fort Polk Family member Brooke
Beecher attended the event with her
three kids and enjoyed the show’s
message.
“I think it’s great,” Beecher said.
“It tells kids that it’s normal to have
to move and make new friends. It’s
OK to be sad, but change can bring
you new things that make you happy.”
Brayden Lowery, 5, said he enjoyed seeing Elmo and Cookie Monster and dancing along to the songs.
He also liked the story that the
Sesame Street characters were
telling.
“They talked about moving to another base,” Lowery said. “(Katie)
was sad but they
solved it by singing
songs and then she
cheered up and got
happy again.”
Five-year-old
Tolani Dediran said
she liked the music in
the show.
“I saw Elmo and
his friends,” Dediran said. “I saw
him dancing with his friends, and
me and my friends danced, too.”
There were many Cookie Monster fans in the audience including
Makayla Afriyie, 5, and Millie Mewhort, 6.
“I loved it,” Mewhort said about
Elmo and his friends from Sesame Street perform for Fort Polk
Families at the Bayou Theater Aug.5.
the show. “I liked when Cookie
Monster said, ‘Send me cookies,’
three times.”
“I saw Cookie Monster. He always like cookies,” Afriyie added.
“Cookie Monster is funny.”
Ayanna Lyons, 6, also liked
Cookie Monster.
“I liked when Cookie Monster
came out and he was talking about
cookies,” Lyons said of her favorite
character.
Lyons said she learned a lot
about being a military child from
the show, too.
“I learned about being strong,”
she said. “People have to move,
they have to send notes and that’s
how they love each other and be
friends still.”
Young Fort Polk writer pursues her literary dreams
By VIVIAN LOPEZ
Guardian staff writer
VIVIAN LOPEZ / GUARDIAN
FORT POLK, La. — “I don’t usually write
outlines to my stories. I just go along with
whatever twists and turns fit in. When I start
off with something it opens up a cavern of possibilities.”
This is the writing process for Anna Vernetti, daughter of Lt. Col. Brett Vernetti of the
Joint Readiness Training Center’s Operations
Group and his spouse Chris. At age 12, Anna
already has several articles and fiction stories
published in newspapers and magazines produced at the schools she has attended. Vernetti
and her family moved to Fort Polk in June.
Her latest assignment was for Military Kids’
Life Magazine — a magazine covering stories
for active duty, reserve and National Guard
Families of all branches — for which she wrote
about The Sesame Street/USO Experience at
Fort Polk’s Bayou Theater Aug. 5.
“I was nervous, but it was actually fun,”
Vernetti said. “The show was really cool. The
ushers there were hilarious. It was sweet and
cute.”
Her mom was happy her daughter had this
experience as a reporter, and thinks it will help
her adjust to military life.
“This is her first interview-style story. When
the opportunity came up, it fit. Writing is her
thing; she loves (it). It’s opening a door to
long-term possibilities for her,” she said. “This
allows her to tip the scales and balance favorably towards ‘it’s cool being a military kid’
versus all the burdens that we carry as Military
Families. For her, this is a great opportunity to
help her embrace the military lifestyle.”
Anna said she enjoys the actual writing aspect of journalism, “where you get to put the
feelings of the other person or the ideas of the
other person inside the text in a way that
makes other people understand and want to
see what this other person has seen.”
However, her favorite genre of writing is fiction and Anna dreams of having a book published. The story she most remembers was a
fiction short story she wrote for a school magazine.
“I really love fiction,” Vernetti said. “I like
the action of it. I sometimes come up with an
idea for my book so I’ll put it in at some point,
but I won’t stick to a single outline because I
like flexibility.”
Vernetti uses writing as an outlet for expressing herself and said it helps her cope with
life as a military child.
“I like the thrill of writing; it calms me,” she
said. “Since I move around a lot, it’s hard.
Writing has helped me. Writing doesn’t change
from school to school; it stays the same. I love
to write!”
“It her outlet too. It’s her anchor, her place
of peace,” her mom added. “Some people do
yoga, some people go dancing; for her, it’s
writing. The most important thing any parent
wants is for their child to feel secure and happy and self-confident and that’s what writing
does for her. If she keeps it up and finds opportunities here and there, she’ll gain experi-
Vernetti
ence, knowledge, and the background to purse
her dreams and be that happy person we all
want to be.”
As she continues to work toward her dream
of getting a book published, Anna said she will
just “keep writing.”
“I want to join a lot of writing clubs depending on what there is from school to school,”
she said. “As smaller steps up to (getting my
book published), I want to get an internship as
a reporter just to help me be a better writer and
see where it takes me.”
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SKIESUnlimited is now accepting enrollments for the following classes:
• Victory Gymnastics Academy — Offers
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years and up. Victory Gymnastics Academy is a
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• Lovely's School of Performing Arts — Offers piano, drum and voice lessons for children 8
years and up.
Private lessons are available upon request and
are $65 per month. Beginner's piano: $55 per
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5 p.m. Intermediate piano: $55 per month,
Fridays at 5:45 p.m. Beginner's drums:
$55 per month, Tuesdays at 5p.m. All
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• Music Together — An early
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• Horseback Riding — Harmony Equestrian
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Understanding, coping with grief
By Chap. (Capt.) KEVIN NAGY
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
What is grief?
Grief is when “something or someone
valuable is gone; it is intense sorrow from a
specific event and/or situation.”
Sometimes grief can be expressed in several ways.
Often times, the griever is not aware of
how he is conveying himself.
The Kübler-Ross model (or five stages of
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and 5) acceptance.”
As people live on
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of life, we will experience these stages.
The stages do not always come in succession or in a short period
of time.
Overcoming a loss can be taxing emotionally and physically. What are ways we can
cope with grief?
We may cope through this equation:
“Healing = Time + Trust + Talk + Theos
(faith).” To speak of the faith aspect, Proverbs
13: 12 states, “Hope deferred makes the heart
sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”
During grievous moments, many people
desire to share their concerns with someone
who understands.
Sharing our inner-most thoughts can take
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To give people the benefit of the doubt, no
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WCAP Modern Pentathlon coach
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Fort Polk feline, canine strays seek loving homes, families
GUARDIAN STAFF
If you’ve ever considered adding “man’s best
friend” or a cuddly kitten to the family, now is a
great time. The Fort Polk Stray Animal Facility,
located on Colorado Avenue across from the Post
Education Center and Allen Memorial Library, is
overflowing with dogs and cats needing a living
home. Give the staff a call at 531-1322 and set up
an appointment to pick out your new family
member.
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Bowling fun
Summer fun can be found at
Fort Polk’s Strike Zone Bowling
Center. Check out the featured
lunch special: When you purchase a combination meal and
bring your receipt to the front
desk, you receive two free games
of bowling.
This special runs Tuesday
through Friday from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Free games of bowling
are only good on the day you
buy the special.
Also enjoy a Wednesday pizza
and bowling special from 11
a.m.–8:30 p.m. The $25 special includes: One 16-inch pizza, one
pitcher of soda and one lane for
an hour and a half with shoes for
up to four people.
End the week with the Sunday
Family Special — $10 an hour
per lane — each Sunday from 1-6
p.m. Shoe rental is included.
Also, don’t miss the 9-pin
(three games) tournament held
Aug. 27. The event starts at noon.
Sign-up is at 11 a.m. The entry
fee is $20.
For more information call 5315468.
Arts and crafts
Take the mono printing class
Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-noon for
ages 10 to adult at Fort Polk’s
Arts and Crafts Center. The class
fee is $15 per person and supplies are included. Preregister by
Saturday. For more information
call 531-1980/4348.
BOSS
Fort Polk’s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers hosts the
following events. Call 531-1948
for more information:
• Habitat for Humanity —
BOSS seeks volunteers to visit
Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug. 20
and 27 and again Sept. 2 to participate in Habitat for Humanity
projects. No experience or equipment is needed. Transportation is
free. The group departs at 7 a.m.
and returns to post by 4:30 p.m.
• Bow and arrow contest —
take aim at winning against your
peers the first and third Sunday
of each month at the Home of
Heroes Recreation Center. The
next contest is held Aug. 21. This
is a free event and equipment is
provided.
• Pool party — The party is
held Saturday and open to everyone over the age of 18, including
rotational Soldiers. This is a free
single Soldier pool party from 59 p.m. at the 50-meter pool. Attire is “appropriate swimwear”
and the party will include free
hamburgers, hot dogs, DJ and an
“iceberg” in the pool to climb. A
“running man challenge” video
will also be produced with party
guests.
• Pool tournament — The
tournament is held Aug. 19 at 6
p.m. at the recreation center. The
entry fee is $10 per person and
prizes are based on participation.
Free pizza is provided.
• Texas Hold’em — The poker
tournament is Aug. 26 at 6 p.m.
at the Home of Heroes Recreation Center. The entry fee is $10
per person and prizes are based
on participation. Free pizza is
provided.
Call 531- 1948 for more information.
Weight loss
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight-loss support
group, meets every Thursday at
the Vernon Parish Library meeting room. Weigh-in is from 5:05
p.m. to 5:40 p.m. The meeting
starts at 5:45 p.m. For more information call (337) 208-6025.
Bass club
This time of year is a great
time to fish, whether you’ve always cast a line or this is your
first time to bait a hook. No matter your experience, the Fort Polk
Community Bass Masters club
wants you to try out this locally
popular outdoor hobby and join
their group, whether you have a
boat or not. The club meets
monthly on the Tuesday before
each tournament. Meetings are at
7 p.m. at the American Legion,
500 Vernon St, New Llano. This
year is the 26th annual Fall
Open, held Sept. 24 at the U.S.
Army Toledo Bend Rec Site. For
more information call (337) 718-
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SHREVEPORT, La. — No matter
what your musical preference, the
second annual Ark-La-Tex Music
Heritage Festival has it covered.
Visit the Red River District, 450
Clyde Fant Parkway in Shreveport
Aug. 26-28 and see how many of
the 60-plus bands you can catch
performing at various locations
throughout the district. Rock, pop,
soul, gospel, blues, country and other genres will be represented.
There’s even a kid’s music workshop set up to open young minds to
the world of music. Food and craft
vendors will also be there to offer
festival favorites, souvenirs and
more. This is a free event. For more
information visit the Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/thearklatexheritagemusicfestival, send email
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Delcambre Shrimp Festival offers rides, food, music, more
DELCAMBRE SHRIMP FESTIVAL
DELCAMBRE, La. — Don’t miss the fun of
shrimp dishes, shrimp boats, shrimp games and
all thing shrimpy at the Delcambre Shrimp Festival Wednesday through Aug. 21. Carnival rides,
live entertainment, pageants and more are
planned for this celebration of the diminutive
crustacean. Headliners Doug Stone and Mark
Chesnutt, both celebrities in country music, are
scheduled to perform.
In 1950, the Delcambre Shrimp Festival was
born as a project to raise funds for the Delcambre
Fire Department. The festival has continued to
support community projects. The area wide
attention it has received has helped the festival grow —so much so that it has been
listed in the top 10 festivals in the State
of Louisiana.
The Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet was
introduced at the 1953 festival with Bishop Maurice Schexnayder, then auxiliary
bishop of Lafayette. The pastor of the
Lady of the Lake Church in Delcambre now
has this honor. In recent years, he has performed this duty with the help of Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus from the area.
Beginning in 1955, the Shrimp fisherman who
had the largest catch was named King Crustacean. However, over the last few years, the
Shrimper’s Association has selected the king.
Delcambre is known as the center of the
shrimping industry. The Delcambre
Canal leads to Vermilion Bay and the
shrimping waters. The canal was
first dredged in
1906 by Louis
Angers and
became
essential to the
prosperity of Delcambre.
Today, Delcambre has an excellent harbor with a 200-foot public dock along the
Intracoastal Canal. Recreational opportunities are abundant here with forest
and fields full of
game, in addition to rewarding fresh water
fishing. Delcambre is a popular
jumping-off place for salt water fishing as well
with the Gulf of Mexico less than 10 miles
away.
Here’s a look at the festival schedule:
Wednesday and Thursday
No gate fee. Concessions open at 6:30 p.m.
Unlimited rides are offered for one price during
the Family night street fair from 6:30-10 p.m. DJ
Homer Stelly begins playing music at 7 p.m.
Aug. 19
Gate fee is $10 (12 and younger get in free).
Concessions and street fair open at 6:30 p.m. A
fais-do-do (dance) begins at 7 p.m. with
music by Blaine Roy and Glen Templeton.
National Recording artist Doug Stone
and the Stone Age Band take the stage
at 9 p.m.
Aug. 20
Gate fee is $10 (12 and younger get
in free). All day fais-do-do begins at 7
a.m. with DJ Homer Stelly. A shrimp
cook-off begins at 9 a.m. and firemen water fights start at 10 a.m. Concessions
open at 11 a.m. and the street fair begins at 3
p.m. The music continues throughout the day
with Side Show, Dustin Sonnier and Charley
Rivers. National Recording artist Mark Chesnutt
starts his show at 9 p.m.
Aug. 21
No gate fee. The fisherman’s mass, followed
by the traditional “Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet”
takes place at 10 a.m. Concessions open at 11 a.m.
and the street fair is open from noon to 4 p.m.
The fais-do-do begins at noon with music by TK
Hulin & Smoke, Willie T, Warren Storm and GG
Shin. Concessions close at 4 p.m.
For more information email [email protected] or visit the website at www.shrimpfestival.net.
Mansfield to host kids camp
MANSFIELD SHS
MANSFIELD, La. — Have you
ever wanted to be a Civil War
soldier?
Are you between 9-12 years
old?
If so, now is your chance. On
Sept. 24, in connection with National Public Lands Day, Mansfield State Historic Site hosts an
“immersive” event that allows
kids to experience what soldiers
in the American Civil War did.
Participants will take part in
activities including “being enlisted,” setting up their camp, drill,
eating a period lunch and more.
There are 15 slots available for
this program and preregistration
is required.
Registration is $25 per child
— paid on the day of the program — which includes the
meal. The last day to preregister
is Sept. 17.
Mansfield State Historic Site is
located on La. Hwy 175, three
miles south of Mansfield and
about 84 miles north of Fort Polk.
Admission is $4 per person. Children 12 and under and seniors 62
and over are admitted free. For
more information call (888) 6776267 or visit www.LaStateParks.com.
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BOOZOO FESTIVAL
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Prepare
yourself, cher! It’s time to celebrate
the rich musical heritage of southwest Louisiana this Labor Day at
the 32nd Annual BooZoo's Labor
Day Festival in Iowa, Louisiana.
Sept. 5.
This family-friendly event promises a full day of Zydeco music, a
black pot cook off and great food.
The festival originated in 1984 as
a fan appreciation party started by
legendary Zydeco artist Wilson Anthony "BooZoo" Chavis.
It was originally held in BooZoo's
backyard, but as the years went on,
the festival became bigger and was
moved to larger venues.
As a family-friendly event,
BooZoo's relatives were always involved in the festival planning
process.
This year's festival is held at the
Knights of Columbus Hall, 503 E.
Hwy 90, Iowa. Doors open at 10
a.m. and live music begins at 11 a.m.
The cost of admission is $15 and
can be paid at the door. Admission
for children ages 12 and under is
free. Barbeque and red beans and
rice will be available for festival goers.
The black pot cook off begins at 7
a.m. and judging will start at 10
a.m. The price of admission is $50
per two-person team.
The exciting Zydeco lineup includes popular acts such as Keith
Frank and his Soileau Zydeco Band,
Chris Ardoin and Nustep, Geno Delafosse and French Rocking Boogie,
Wayne and Same Ol' 2 Step and
concludes with The Doghill Stompers.
For more information call (337)
853-2350.
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Revel at Arts & Crabs Festival
SWLA CVB
LAKE CHARLES, La. — If you
enjoy eating crabs and are into arts
and crafts, be sure to visit Lake
Charles for the seventh annual Arts
& Crabs Fest Saturday from 5-8
p.m. at the Burton Coliseum, 7001
Gulf Hwy, Lake Charles.
Arts & Crabs Fest is a homegrown Southwest Louisiana festival
celebrating the ties
between regional
cuisine,
art,
seafood and culture — some of the
region's greatest assets.
Festival goers can sample
from an extensive crab dish tasting,
featuring local chefs preparing a
unique crab dish representative of
their cuisine's styles.
Louisiana craft brew samples are
offered as complementary additions
to all dishes.
Crab chefs battle for festivalgoers' votes in the annual Best Crab
Dish award which is determined by
RAYNE, La. — Don’t miss the
2016 Creole Renaissance Festival
Sept. 3 in Rayne, Louisiana at the
Rayne Civic Center and Pavilion.
This is a family-friendly celebration of all things Creole: The people, food, culture and Zydeco
music. Events begin at 2 p.m.
Admission is $5 for children 12
and younger and $15 for adults.
Indoor and outdoor stations will
feature cooking demonstrations
from Bryant Fusulier ("Louisiana
the amount of tips each chef receives.
Past dishes have included crab
ceviche, crabmeat beignets, crab
sushi rolls, and crab gazpacho.
Tickets, available for both 5 p.m.
and 6 p.m. servings are available for
purchase. Ticket holders must be 21
years of age or older.
The festival showcases live
regional music, as well as an
interactive market with local
art for sale.
Art displays and demonstrations, interactive cultural activities and live music also
accompany the festivities.
For the fourth year in a
row, Arts & Crabs Fest was
awarded the coveted designation of "Top 20 Event in
the Southeast" by the Southeast
Tourism Society.
Through its seven years, Arts &
Crabs Fest has become a destination
event for Southwest Louisiana and
is consistently sold out.
For more information about this
unique
culinary
event
visit
www.artsandhumanitiesswla.org
or call (337) 439-2787.
VERNON
ONCOLOGY CLINIC
Medical Oncology
Diagnosis and Treatment of:
Various solid malignancies (cancer)
of Breast, Lung, Head and Neck,
Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary. Prostate
and Soft tissues in adults. Administering
immunological therapies in the treatment
of different cancers.
Infusion Services
Infusion of biological therapies.
Immunoglbulin infusions. Various
Chemotherapy infusions iron
infusions.
All infusions are
administered in the office.
Sauce Boss"), and the following
classes, all taught by authentic
Creole instructors:
• Accordion classes
• Zydeco drumming classes
• Zydeco guitar classes
• Zydeco bass classes
• Scrubboard classes
• Zydeco dance classes
In addition, guests can enjoy
feature performances by some of
the best bands in Zydeco music,
including:
• Wayne Singleton & Same Ol
2 Step
• The Doghill Stompers
• JoJo Reed and the Happy
Hill Playboys
• Cedric Watson
• Dexter Ardoin
• Leon Chavis and the Zydeco
Flames
• J. Paul & The Zydeco
NuBreeds
• Chris Ardoin & NuStep Zydeco
• Keith Frank & The Soileau
Zydeco Band
For more information visit the
Internet at www.creolerenaissance.com.
Hematology
Diagnosis and Treatment of:
Lymphomas, Leukemias, and Plasma
cell disorders. Congenital and acquired
disorders of white blood cells, red
cells, and platelets including Anemia,
Thrombocytopenia/Thrombocytosis
and Myeloproliferative/Myelodysplastic
disorders. Coagulation disorders.
Performing bone marrow biopsies in
the office for diagnosing hematological
disorder. Therapeutic phlebotomy.
Genetic testing and counseling for hereditary cancers.
Dr. Kanchan Upadhyay
Getting to know your doctor: Dr. Kanchan Upadhyay is a Board Certified Medical Oncologist
serving Vernon Parish for the past 15 years. He completed his fellowship in Oncology/
Hematology in LSUHSC-Shreveport in 2002. He has many years of experience in treating
patients with different types of cancer and blood related disorders.
What you can look forward to: Higher levels of expertise that come from treating a large
number of patients with a wide range of cancer presentations. Collaborative multidisciplinary
care that is seamlessly coordinated. Nurses and staff dedicated to the practice of cancer
treatment. Compassionate support services that address the patient as a whole.
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Howard, Robert Redford and Oakes Fegley.
*Saturday, 2 p.m.: “Pete’s Dragon,” PG.
*Free special advanced screening — Saturday, 7 p.m., “War
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Seating for this screening is available on a first-come first-serve basis.
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Admission for a regular showing is $6 per adult and children 12
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6068 or (337) 208-8185 or visit the website at
www.fortpolkcommunitybassmasters.com
Church events
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 1210 M.W. Harrison St., Leesville, celebrates its 24th anniversary
Sunday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Everyone is invited
to attend. The church also hosts its back to school
program Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. For more information
call (337) 238-1779.
Race karts
Participate in Fort Polk’s “King and Queen of
the Track” time trials Saturdays in September
from 11 a.m.–noon. at Klubs & Karts. Anyone
who meets the driver height requirement can
join. Drivers must be at least 58 inches tall. Passengers must be at least 40 inches tall, and the
driver with the passenger must be 18 or older.
Entry fee is $7 per person. Each driver makes
five laps. Each participant may enter once a
week. The winning king and queen receive a go
kart punch card, their name on a plaque and
bragging rights.
For more information contact 531-5468.
Mini golf tournament
Sycamore-Point.com • (337) 537-0028
Sign up Saturday at 10 a.m. for the mini golf
tounament at Fort Polk’s Klubs and Karts. Cost is
$10 and game begins at 11 a.m. for details call
531-5468.
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FOR SALE
TWO 9MM PISTOLS
with paddle holsters. Asking $200 each. Extra
ammo available. Call
337-397-6606.
9N FORD TRACTOR.
Runs perfect. Good paint
and metal tires 95% or
newer. Comes with extra
parts. Asking $2,000 obo.
Call 337-397-6606.
2003 DODGE RAM
1500 Quad Cab V8, 4.7l,
A/C,
Power
Seats,
Airbags, Silver with
matching fiberglass cap
bedliner, one owner, runner boards, very good
condition. Call Bill at
337-485-3258 or Mary
Lou at 337-378-2124
HUFFY GIRL’S BICYCLE-$15; 24cf refrigerator/freezer, water and ice
dispenser through door,
white in color-$400; 9.1
cf refrigerator, white with
top freezer-$150. For
more information call
337-238-1509.
SPEED
QUEEN
H E AV Y- D U T Y
WA S H E R / D R Y E R quality set. Two and a half
years old for $350. Can
deliver. Call 337-3533360.
2008 PT CRUISER. 75k
miles in excellent condition for $4,500. AC,
stereo-cd, good school
car. Call 337-353-3360.
2008 PT CRUISER,
115k miles in good condition for $3,500-negotiable. Automatic, AC,
stereo-cd, good school
car. Cal 337-353-336.
2 CEMETERY LOTS
FOR SALE. Call 337238-1911 for more info.
HUFFY GIRLS BICYCLE-$15; 24cf refrigerator/freezer with water and
ice dispensers through
door, white, -$400; 7.1 cf
refrigerator, white, with
top freezer-$150. For
more information call
337-238-1509.
WHITE VITREOUS
CHINA
PEDESTAL
SINK, 34” Tall, Oval,
sink top 25”x19.75”, bowl
depth 6.5”, 4” center
faucet holes. Mount
bracket included. Faucets
NOT included. (337) 4247578. $50.00
24” INTERIOR DOOR,
2 panels, $30.00. 36” Exterior Door, 6 panels,
$60.00. Both are left hand
opening. (337) 424-7578
1 DESK TOP COMPUTER with Flat Screen
and printer for sale.
Please call 337-396-2855
for more information.
REAL ESTATE
NOTICE: All real estate
advertised in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of
1968, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or
discrimination.
The
Guardian will not knowingly accept any adver-
tisement for real estate,
which is in violation of
the law. All dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal
opportunity basis.
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HOUSES on a 1-acre
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$75,000. Call James 337401-5509. 08-31
MOBILE
HOMES
CHAPEL RENTALS
Attractive 1, 2 & 3 BR.
M.H.’s furnished & unfurnished with C/A/H, located near Ft. Polk main
gate. Special Military Deposit. Apartments available as well. Reasonable
rates. Must see to appreciate. Call 239-0587 or 3963690. We support our
troops!
FOR RENT
PECAN
GROVE
APARTMENTS located
in a quiet area on Hwy.
10, within 5 miles from
Fort Polk, has a 2 BR, 1B
apartment for $500.00
with a $500.00 deposit
down. No pets, Washers /
Dryers on site. Dollar
General is Close. Call
337-348-6383 or 337348-6370.
3 BD, 1 1/2 BATH,
Fenced in back yard
$650.00 Month. $450.00
Deposit. 512 Magnolia
St. New Llano (10 Mins
from post). Call 337-3961629
Alexandria
Gun & Knife
Show
Alexandria Convention
Center
Baymont Hotel
Sat. August 20
9-5
Sun. August 21
10 - 4
Admission $ 8.00
Military Id $ 4.00
Children 12 and
under are FREE
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or email her at
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ONE WEEK VACATION PACKAGE in Orlando Florida. You will be
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Please call 337-396-2855
or 337-460-9290 for more
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Tradin’ Post Ads
Deadline For All Classified
Ads Is Noon Tuesday
Turn in ads to the
Public Affairs Office,
Bldg. 4919, Magnolia Dr.
or fax to: 318-352-3667
or email to
[email protected]
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Mastercard
Published for the community of Fort Polk, La.
HELP WANTED
DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT The beauregard
Parish Police Jury, the City
of DeRidder, and the
Greater Beauregard Chamber of Commerce are
jointly seeking to hire a Director of Economic Development. Principal functions
will be to enhance current
economic activity and to attract new business to the
community. Must be a selfstarter. Must have experience
in
economic
development/public relations. Contacts in Lake
Charles, Baton Rouge, and
Washington D.C. are a plus.
Full-time position with benefits. Salary commensurate
with qualifications. Resumes accepted thru August
30th. How to apply: In Person: DeRidder City Hall;
By Mail: City of DeRidder,
Attn: Cassie Henry, 200 S.
Jefferson Street, DeRidder,
La., 70634, By email:
[email protected]
STATEWIDES
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disclosures N (LA-SCAN)
PHARMACY
TECH
TRAINEES NEEDED!
Pharmacies are hiring
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Department of the Army Photographer (Studio); in support of the MICC - Mission and
Installation Contracting Command Visual Information Department, Fort Polk, LA
Key Responsibilities:
The incumbent provides or oversees photographic and other digital imaging services,
including production of high-
photos and Special Packet photos.
1. Oversees the daily operation of the DA (Department of the Army) Photography
Studio and digital imaging equipment, completes or oversees photography and other
digital imaging projects in the studio, on location and at times at various off-site
locations;
2. Completes or oversees challenging photographic and digital imaging projects, the
specialized nature of which require considerable technical skill and expertise;
3. Works with other team members to prepare digital files for a range of applications,
including print and online publication, signage, mobile applications, and other uses
related to the web;
4. Performs color correction, cropping, resizing, image correction, and manipulation;
5. Maintains documented archive of digital photographs.
6. Maintains a multimedia equipment account to ensure accountability and proper care
of all assigned equipment.
7. Maintains multimedia work order control logs and submits required reports to project
management.
Minimum Qualifications:
Starting at:
$425
(TV/fast internet/phone)
FREE Whole-Home Genie
HD-DVR Upgrade. New
Customers Only. Call Today
1-800-697-1573
(LASCAN)
Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, a must)
Knowledge of Army Regulations preferred; ability to work in a fast pace military
training environment
6 years of photography experience required. Preferably in a military or studio
setting.
BA degree in photography preferred. Relevant experience may substitute for
education.
National Background check required.
Responses: Send cover letter, resume and portfolio samples to: [email protected].
Metro Productions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
HOTTEST SPOT
IN TOWN!
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Best
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Mon-Sat 10:30-8:30
303 S. 5th St.
Hwy 468 & 171
Call ahead orders:
404-3933
Military
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REPAIRS,
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Residential or Commercial
Small jobs welcomed.
When your time is tight,
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R EALTY LLC
337-239-3885
or 337-424-9522
NOW LEASING
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OFFICE/RETAIL SUITES
Suite
#302
#306
#308
#309
#311
#313
Sq. Ft.
906
132
659
257
259
305
Rent
$604
$187
$439
$193
$194
$229
CAN BE COMBINED FOR LARGER UNIT
UTILITIES INCLUDED IN ABOVE
IN LEESVILLE, CLOSE TO FT. POLK
#1
#2
#3
#4
Also Available:
1227
$1,023
297
$248
264
$220
336
$280
Units may be combined
Six Month and Up Lease Terms
337-239-3885
RE/MAX PREMIERE
Morris Team Realty, LLC
EXTENDED
STAY
Fully furnished, Jacuzzi,
TV cable & internet,
quiet location.
UNFURNISHED
HOUSES &
APARTMENTS
for lease.
OFFICE &
RETAIL UNITS
for lease.
M ORRIS T EAM
R EALTY LLC
337-239-3885
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Published for the community of Fort Polk, La.
Pickup Your Copy of the Fort Polk
Guardian at these locations:
LEESVILLE :
ANACOCO :
DERIDDER :
Market Basket
Vernon Tourist Commission
Vernon Parish Sheriff Office
Vernon Registrar of Voters
Morris Insurance
Barksdale Credit Union
Byrd Regional Hospital
Bed Heads Salon & Spa
Alford Motors (Big Lot)
Landmark Hotel
AT&T
Hixson Autopleax of Leesville
Geico Insurance
Candice Skinner Real Estate
Henry’s Tires
Morris Tire Service Inc.
Magnolia Reality Group
Wheel-Mart
VFW Post #3106
American Legion Post #145
Leesville City Hall
Leesville Library
ERA Realtor
The Shipping Store
Merchants & Farmers
Hixson Autoplex
Smith Jewelry
Kwik Stop
Anacoco Town Hall
Barksdale Credit Union
Ivan Smith Furniture
Country Inn Motel
CBG Pontiac Inc.
DeRidder City Hall
Curious Cargo
Sunshine Liquors
DeRidder Library
Chamber of Commerce
Beauregard Tourist
Commission
Stines
Glen Dean Insurance
Green Chevrolet
Coldwell Banker Elite
VFW Post#3619 - Hwy 26
FLORIEN :
Quick Stop
Store - Hwy 171 N
Exxon - Entrance Rd.
ROSEPINE :
Tr-Parish Rehab Center
Viki’s Tackle Shop
A1 Pawn Shop
McKee’s Grocery
171 Nissan
171 Ford
Midway Cycle
HORNBECK :
E & N Grocery
ENTRANCE ROAD :
Sycamore Point &
Timber Ridge Apartments
Star Pawn
Pioneer Services
Papa John’s Pizza
Kagal’s Hair Salon
McDonalds
Chevron
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