Friends and fellow soldiers of Sgt. Ricky D. Jones honored his life and service during a memorial ceremony here June 26.
Jones, 26, a native of Plantersville, Ala., served as Range Control and Reenlistment NCO for the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. He was killed June 21 in an early morning indirect fire attack on Bagram Air Field.

The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, welcomed its new commander in a ceremony here Friday on Honor Field.
Col. Bruce P. Antonia replaced Col. Mark A. Dewhurst, who led the brigade on a 14-month deployment to Baghdad that ended in January.

The Department of Defense announced today that a Fort
Polk soldier was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday.

An Independence Day celebration is set for July 4 at 5 p.m. on Headquarters Field here.
Headlining the show is country artist Clint Black, whose performance will begin at 8 p.m. Visual artist Richard Hight, a salute to the nation and Cajun music are also on the schedule. A fireworks display, the largest in West Central Louisiana, will be accompanied by matching music on KVVP 105.7FM.
Admission is free, and food and beverages from regional vendors will be available, as well as inflatable play areas for children.

Soldiers with the 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade, are almost finished with construction of a Joint Operations Center. The center will serve as a workplace for both U.S. soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment and their counterparts with the 11th Iraqi Army Headquarters. 
"In order to be more hands-on, we must share everything including work space," said Maj. Kevin Wallace, the 46th Engineer's executive officer. "Our workspace will mirror their workspace, even down to how many desks are in each office."

Sgt. Rueben Aleman, a heavy equipment operator with the 46th Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 225th Engineer Brigade, gives food to Iraqi children who were watching the engineers as they completed road upgrades outside Joint Security Station Istiqlaal, Iraq, June 13.  The soldiers are completing an expansion project that also calls for extending the perimeter walls of the JSS so a new helicopter landing zone and motor pool can be built.

Field Artillery cannon crew members and their leaders from the 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducted refresher training on Red Leg Field here during the first week of June.
A team of subject matter experts from Fort Sill, Okla., led the training.

About 200 soldiers will say goodbye to friends and family before embarking on a 12-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to the 1st MEB gym. 

Command Sgt. Maj. Steven Womack of the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Polk is the keynot speaker for the annual Memorial Day ceremony set for 11 a.m. in downtown Leesville Monday. 

On-post traffic will be affected by the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division's brigade run Thursday at 6:30 a.m.
The following streets will be impacted:  Highway 467, Louisiana Avenue, Mississippi Avenue, and Third Street.
Motorists are asked to use caution and to consider alternate routes from 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.