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The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment has a new leader following a change of command ceremony at Polk Army Airfield Aug. 19.

Aug. 24, 2021

“Cajun Dustoff” bids farewell to Salazar welcomes DiMaio

FORT POLK, La. — The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk's Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment has a new leader following a change of command ceremony at Polk Army Airfield Aug. 19.

Pfc. Steven Ndong (left) and Pfc. Megan Schindler (right), 115th Field Hospital, 32nd Hospital Center, conduct tactical casualty care during a community relations engagement with Tony Kittrell, CEO, Advent Comments, at the Joint Readiness Training Center medical range, at Fort Polk, La., on Aug. 13.

Aug. 23, 2021

BJACH hosts civilian paramedic for demo and comic book discussion

Fort Polk, La. — The Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital’s education and staff development team hosted a tactical casualty care demonstration for Tony Kittrell, CEO, Advent Comics at the Joint Readiness Training Center's medical range on Aug. 13 at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

After treating the “injured” Soldiers, medics strap them to stretchers and ruck marching them to the Joint Readiness Training Center Rear Aid Station to continue the training Aug. 6.

Aug. 23, 2021

Medics take on new, vital DECM training

Fort Polk, La. — The old adage, “You learn something new everyday,” is true for everyone, but when it comes to medics, those words could be the difference between life and death.

1st Sgt. James Buchanan, will represent Regional Health Command-Central and Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital in the U.S. Army Medical Command 2021 Best Leader Competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, July 25-30.

July 27, 2021

BJACH Soldier Regional Health Command-Central’s Best First Sergeant

FORT POLK, La. — 1st Sgt. James Buchanan, will represent Regional Health Command-Central and Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital in the U.S. Army Medical Command 2021 Best Leader Competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, July 25-30. Buchanan earned the title Best First Sergeant in May after finishing first in the RHC-C competition. If he wins this week he will go on to represent MEDCOM in the Army NCO of the Year Competition in the fall.

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