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Fort Puke – 6 Reasons Why Fort Polk, LA is a Great Place to Live — 12 Comments

  1. I would just say going off one website to say there are top notch schools here probably not the most accurate info. Talking with parents who have a kid in the game is my opinion a better info builder when looking to purchase a home far out because of it. These sites basically only go by test scores. We have moved & bought far out just for school based off these sites and found it a mistake. They may be good schools, may not but I would recommend going off better research or speak with parents who actually have sent or have their children in the game who can speak from experience. I have not heard many great things unless private or a drive to Anna which is not an option for a lot of people especially with the nature of the jobs here. The rest I can’t really say yeah or nah but I just hope people research before trusting an articles or websites on education.

  2. Well as a parent with kids in both Rosepine Elementary and High Schools currently and with them in German schools and DoD Overseas Schools prior, the school system here is pretty good. The Best? No obviously not as the local market here doesn’t produce enough revenue to compete and support the schools in comparison to some of the more industrial and populous locations. But… for what it is the schools here are some of the best in this part of the country.

        • No, my sons current duty station is Ft Bliss. He says that he’s heard just as many bad things about Ft Polk. I’m really trying to find out for him and see if I could talk him into at least a request (not that he’d get approved) to switch to Ft Polk. Number 1: It’s only an hour and 20 minutes from where we live on the Texas side of Toledo Bend… and number 2: that border city of El Paso is terrible. I lived in Dallas area most of my life and driven many times in Houston, but El Paso drivers are hella bad! I should check the traffic accident statistics over there!! And the border.??? Just…noooo. I have seen on the news sites that will actually report on what’s going on there, and I’ve heard some really bad things about it from my son…: number 3: Ft Bliss Command doesn’t seem to much of a damn about the soldiers. I’m sure that’s across the board in some instances, but talking with others in the Army who have been stationed at many places, what my son has told me seems to ring true through all their stories. And the stories are long. Thanks for the reply. If you’re at Ft Polk, perhaps you might be willing to let me know how you feel about the base and I will add it to my research to try to convince my son to request a transfer? It would be appreciated!!

          • Thank you for the reply. I’m the person who wrote the article, so I’ve already given 6 of them above. I think that the #1 reason I can give your son to do a stint at Fort Polk would be so that he can see his mom easier!

  3. It surely wasn’t like that back to in my AIT there in the early 70’s, with Vietnam at a change withdraw or train and send more, thank the Lord is was withdraw!!. Leesville was known as Disease Ville, get your only leave right before they shipped you out, and that wasn’t the swamps in Louisiana, it was South Vietnam, End of Story.ex–101st Airborne Division Ft Campbell KY Delta Company RECON Platoon,1/502 Infantry, the Eyes and Ears of the Infantry Fighting Soldiers! Sp4 Gene Allen Dunn ✌️☮️😎

    • I believe the DeRidder/Leesville/Fort Polk areas have improved greatly since Tigerland back in the Vietnam ’60s.

      1.) Great schools with the highest ratings in the state.
      2.) Low crime.
      3.) You can actually drive to work without getting into much traffic.
      4.) Louisiana food.