KALB: Landrieu Presses Army Chief of Staff to Send Additional Troops to Fort Polk
Senator Mary L. Landrieu, Military Mary, today met with the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Raymond T. Odierno, and pressed the General on when Fort Polk is receiving the additional troops that the Army announced last year would be relocating to Louisiana as part of the Army 2020 plan. The Senator also requested that Fort Polk's Hospital, the 115th Combat Support Hospital, keep its current capabilities. She stressed the importance and need to have a fully functioning hospital at the most rigorous training site in the country. Currently, more than 9,500 troops are stationed at Fort Polk.