WELCOME TO FORT JOHNSON

Welcome to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson- the Home of Heroes! Our mission is to provide installation support for building combat readiness for all tenant units as well as JRTC rotational units; power projection of our deployable formations, provide quality services and facilities, all the while optimizing our resources, sustaining our environment and enhancing the overall well-being of the Fort Johnson community – the best “hometown” in the Army!

 Fort Johnson was established in 1941 as Camp Polk to support the innovative 1940 Louisiana Maneuvers where thousands of Soldiers trained for combat during World War II. That mission – to provide realistic, relevant, and rigorous training to deploying units – still exists today. In addition to training over half of the Army's Infantry Brigade Combat Teams, we support the Operations Group; 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division; 32nd Hospital Center; 1st Battalion, 5th Aviation Regiment; the 46th Engineer Battalion; the 519th Military Police Battalion; Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital, the Fort Johnson DENTAC, and the 705th EOD Detachment.

Visitor Information
Vehicles entering Fort Johnson are required to have either an adult authorized ID cardholder in the vehicle or an authorized visitor pass. To obtain the pass, the vehicle operator must process at the visitor center and present the following: a valid vehicle registration, proof of current vehicle insurance, valid driver's license. Click here for directions to Fort Johnson and ACP Locations.

Weapons Registration: (337) 531-0380

All personnel residing on Fort Johnson are required under Army Regulation 190-11 and Fort Johnson Regulation 190-3 to register their privately owned weapons on the installation within 3 days of arrival on post.

Personnel that reside off post that intend to transport weapons on the installation will also register them.

All personnel residing in the barracks will register and store privately owned weapons in their unit arms rooms.

Click here for the weapons registration form.

Access Control Point Information

For more information call (337) 208-2532.