ARMY 101: EMPTY BARRACK TOUR IN FT POLK

[@anthonyromero6610]

Wow. You have it made. I was there over 20 years ago and my room was different. And damn you are absolutely gorgeous!

[@kebeaux1973]

Those are definitely not the barracks we had at Polk in 95.

[@algallego]

@@kebeaux1973 I was there also in '93-'95. Left in September-- windows were falling out of the frames and were cut from deteriorating, hazy plexiglass panel replacements. One could easily get in through the "locked" window -- ha, ha ha!!!! We had to clean the hell out of our units, spread new fill dirt to plant new grass outside around the buildings and cordon off the grass areas with rope/chain-- whatever we could get from supply. The ACs in the rooms used to drip water all over the place and you had to leave them on when deployed or at field ex's or the walls would grow mildew all over them, eating through the cheap latex paint!!!! Half the washers and dryers wouldn't work... ahh memories. This is when the soldier's music center and VHS rental shop used to exist on Alabama and New Jersey Ave. They tore that down some time ago. www.google.com/maps/place/Fort+Polk+South,+LA/@31.0584024,-93.2048131,225m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8620a454b2118265:0xc955f73281e54703!2sLouisiana!3b1!8m2!3d30.9842977!4d-91.9623327!3m4!1s0x863a5a63573e413d:0xa6bfbc4c43f04ba9!8m2!3d31.0567117!4d-93.2131232 Nothing fancy shmancy, huh? We didn't have a pool table and a fridge in the common areas-- just an old chair in an empty room with a corded phone on which we could receive incoming calls.

[@kebeaux1973]

@@algallego ah, that corded phone in the common area. I answered it and the chick was looking for a guy who was in Haiti. Later that night I was looking for her house somewhere north of Leesville. Let’s just say we came to an oral understanding. 😀

[@algallego]

Dang-- you definitely got some upgrades in the last 25 years at Fort Polk-- the barracks were nearly dilapidated like the projects when we lived in them in the 90s!!! I ETS'd as an E-5 in '95.

[@princejones9130]

I was stationed there 1998-2002 (2/2 ACR Medic). Our barracks looked nothing like that. My hometown was an hr away so i went home alot.

[@thebruce54]

My next duty station is Fort Polk. I’ve heard very mixed reviews about it. But the only thing that I’m happy with is it’s only three hours from my hometown.

[@reazahmed2401]

That’s some nice barracks 😳

[@sergeantthomas3295]

FACTS!

[@algallego]

Especially with someone like her in them! :-)

[@jsax1978]

The B's changed a LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was stationed at Polk from Jan 97-Jan 99.....I loved it! Got in a lot of trouble at Polk. Way too much partying!!!!! I was in 2/2 ACR when they were there. Yall got blessed with these new barracks. Don't mean to be vile but fellas of you read this and you are getting stationed at Polk......you will LOVE IT and the surrounding areas. God bless everyone!

[@Jim-k4z7t]

I was there too from 97-99. 1/2 ACR. Lots of trouble!😂😂

[@jsax1978]

@user-mr5fx3hl4h You was in 1st Squadron?! I was in 84th Engineers. I can guarantee we ran into each other. I was all over that post!

[@stevejorgensen5523]

Room is way better than when I was there over 45 years ago Started out in one room with 50 others. Ended up in a room with 9 others. I guess I did not think it was bad compared to how I lived overseas. We kept our firearms and ammo in our wall lockers.

[@svleong]

Wow! Definitely different than what we had in 1969. Our barracks was a 2 story building that had a row of bunk beds on either side the building. Our latrine was a long latrine and rows of toilets with no dividers. The shower was a large room with multiple shower heads and no privacy.

[@bobg3077]

A lot different than when I was there in 1967. No comparison at all.

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Can't complain about that room ! Quite different from when my Dad was there at CAMP POLK in 1942/43

[@jimw.4161]

Boy, things have sure changed - for the better! I did basic training at Fort Polk (D/3/2) in 1968... and, believe me, the barracks were nothing like this. Our young warriors deserve the very best! 👍 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@74D50]

Thank you for the informative video. My barracks were nothing like that.

[@dashaunpompey7793]

Lol you got it made Sgt but you should come see the barracks for the infantry units like 2/30 Battalion here at folk pork. They suck🤔😩

[@doylebrockman8225]

Way different than the late 80s.

[@dlmcc1987]

I wish I had it like that on ft Benning, I shared a room half that size with a battle, no kitchen, shared bathroom....I dont miss it lol

[@keiththompson4680]

you would have shared a room there too unless you was an e5 and they had spare rooms.

[@Valterius49]

BIG CHANGE since my Ft Polk of the 60's !

[@earlbuell]

I WAS THEIR IN 1969

[@roberthynes2623]

We have three men to a room 12 guys on the floor She has more living space for one person and then we had for three people we have no tub no refrigerator no microwave no stove top

[@mikebox]

holly Hell. that's not bad at all. nothing like that in my day.. really nice. Who'd have thought at Fort Polk.. BTW, get up to Alex. or down to Lafayettte

[@Tammar101]

I’ll be stationed there next year as an E4 09L mos, I hope i get a similar place to the one you’re showing 🙏

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Dressers? In my Army? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? In my day 70/76 they would have crammed at least 5 into that "dorm room" Maybe 6.Comfy chairs? We had to provide our own. We did rent a fridge though. Kitchen? NOPE and shower was down the hall way like the toilets and sinks were. We had a room sized for 8, but mostly only 4 lived there.

[@dealingdog3043]

she brought us to the bed room where all the MAGIC happens you know sleeping and stuff i was station there in the early 90s my room wasent like that i had to share a place with another person

[@enozzi1]

JUST SO YOU KNOW I LIVED AT THE OLD 1950S HOSPITAL. YOU SARG HAVE STRUCK GOLD. I WORKED AND LIVED ON THE FIRST STREET UP FROM THE FRONT GATE ON SOUTH FORT. I WAS A 91B/91C AND THEN I WENT FITZ FOR MY LVN TRAINING. WE HAD BUGS THE SIZE OF TEXAS. WE HAD A HOSPITAL THAT HAD HOLES IN THE WARD FLOORS. THE HOSPITAL WARDS WERE ABOUT 6 OR SO FEET OF THE GROUND ON SUPPORTS. IF YOU DID NOT WATCH OUT YOU COULD FALL RIGHT THROUGH. I WORKED LABOR AND DELIVERY. THE DRIVE THAT LED TO OUR BUILDING WOULD FLOOD THE HALLS OF THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE ALL THE WARDS WERE AT T INTERSECTIONS TO MASSIVE RAMPS THAT RAN DOWNHILL. MY ROOM WAS THE SIZE OF YOUR BEDROOM, BATHROOM IN THE MIDDLE, THEN MY ROOMMATES' ROOM. I REMEMBER MY ROOMMATE GETTING ATTACKED BY FIRE ANTS IN THE BATHROOM. THEY CAME UP THE TUB DRAIN. SHE SPENT FOUR DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. THE ROACHES WOULD GET SPRAYED ONE BARRACKS AT A TIME AND THEY WOULD PACK THEIR LITTLE SUITCASE UP AND MOVE NEXT DOOR. THEY WOULD THEN GET SPRAYED THERE AND MOVE BACK TO MY ROOM. SEVERAL TIMES AFTER VACATION I HAD TO SPRAY MY MATTRESS WITH RAID ANT KILLER TO KILL THE ANTS THAT NESTED THERE. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT TIME THERE. JUST BE THANKFUL FOR WINNING THE LOTTERY. EDITH

[@Bunchochere]

Dang that sound like a horrible experience, I pray that I dont experience any of that.

[@dealingdog3043]

i was station there in the 90s early 90s my place wasnt like that i had to share a place with another person i see you brought us to the bedroom where all the MAGIC happens you know sleeping and stuff

[@captainjok572]

I'm in Fort Polk and my barrack-room is very unlucky. It is windowless, tiny, it shares with a kitchen, and I have no sense of privacy because there is no personal door for my room and I have a roommate in which I will stay for 3 years unless I get deployed or something else happens.

[@bownasty34]

What barracks do you live in? 😂😂 this is nothing like where I’m at here

[@2098elk]

Not quite as how I remembered them in 1965-67 when I was stationed there!

[@algallego]

Wow you go way back--- surprised you weren't at North Fort back then!

[@2098elk]

@@algallego Had basic in Company B-2-2. Was a hold over and then assigned to Company A Special Troops, which was AG. Worked in building 317 for the rest of my 2 years and became a Specialist 5. Only went to North Fort for out processing of AIT's.

[@rudyisidoro8829]

Wow when i was there 10 yrs ago those barracks where for 2 people and where so different

[@bamabrue1]

So much nicer from when I was stationed there.

[@joshjohnson8861]

Damn! Makes me want to be a single Soldier again 😂😂 reminds me of my barracks in Germany.

[@IndigoDominique]

Josh Johnson these definitely are the best barracks I’ve seen in my career

[@stevenmajicmike]

@@IndigoDominique Honest truth here what are the pros and cons of fort polk ?

[@nickiefoster4725]

Where are those barracks? When I was there 2007-2010. They had mold and asbestos stickers on the windows

[@Gestaltism]

you lucked out getting so much natural light in there

[@carlcolvin8320]

Are frickin kidding me !!!! No grey wall lockers ?

[@joelhulsey2800]

A lot better than when I was at 2/70 Armor 88-90.

[@djfive-seven563]

Those are some 5 star luxuary barracks compared to the ones we got here at bragg.

[@christinahewett5390]

And the ones at Fort hood

[@brennanwebber358]

This is very helpful I'm heading there in 4 days

[@d.7819]

Nice video. Thank you. Can you tell what you do in the army? Are you a 42 Alpha? Have a beautiful day. God bless you. You are awesome.

[@redd4818]

This is Air Force style living lol

[@sukdeezs9392]

Hell no as a private out of basic I got sent to korea in Humphreys. Let me tell you.. what we got is a 5 star condo.

[@5617steve]

Now I’m excited to touchdown, at first I was reluctant.

[@XammoX89]

Damn! I might need to put Polk on my list.

[@xlilften3056]

i was in polk when they first started building those. RIP to whoever lives in the old barracks.

[@youngswimmer8017]

Can reserve live off post?

[@joeweimert1753]

MPs get the single soldier BAH option more so than others because they cannot have a roomate that is not an MP

[@dame5372]

Looks like Uncle Sam doin y’all really good

[@Girard-it2wt]

Bruh camp lejeune or 29 palms aka 2nd and 3rd levels of hell. Marines did us dirty. That's why we always got the army's hand me downs

[@JH-kh9lf]

Are the Army Barracks now Co-Ed like in College? Cause on Navy ships there are women?

[@SSG_PACHECO_951]

Which barracks are these. That's not how guys room is?

[@rithe07]

Damn these are the nicest barracks I've seen on KZbin

[@williamcoleman5730]

You should have seen them in the 70's, WWII barracks.

[@cameronalexander7101]

Hey I'm trying to reach out with someone from Luciana I'm just about to go over to do it exercise .. what do you recommend to do on RR ??

[@TherealEsco1301]

Did you sage the room I’m big on that too

[@TherealEsco1301]

Lol

[@2098elk]

Where's the bunk beds, foot lockers, wall lockers and common latrine? Not my room from 1965 to 67,

[@jpeart]

I need to transfer to fort polk

[@nacuna300]

Are we allowed to have plants in the barracks?

[@IndigoDominique]

Nicole Acuna of course you can

[@unfavorablecritic2798]

Nice barracks, but idgaf if it was a pent house .. Leesville still sucks lol

[@flowmoneymusikentllc9656]

Love it💖💖💖

[@Eddie-vf4vx]

Went to basic there in 73

[@ianhislop9246]

Is that 10th ?

[@williamgardner2398]

All wood with 25 guys when I was there

[@bamacopeland4372]

So much nicer when I was in.

[@macNcheese-we6de]

Let’s hope mine looks like that

[@doughboybellmore2347]

Big switch from BCT/AIT 1975

[@robindalton2650]

I was there 1973 to 74 world war two barracks for premanty party one or two person in room two bath rooms one down step one up

[@ernestbloor6058]

A slight difference since early 60s.

[@keiththompson4680]

dirty thirty here and they wasn't always that nice. I do believe 2-2 has shitty barracks or they did..

[@aleksandrathefuni3077]

Give me your cabinets highspeed.

[@JasonLaiFS]

Steel Spike lol

[@snoop249]

whats ur mos

[@doylebrockman8225]

I liked polk the barracks sucked Pldc north fort barracks were worse the worst barracks I ever stayed ft. Leonard wood

[@charlieredleg1582]

Except Ft Polk is HORRIBLE!!

[@robertmikita5745]

Ft Polk sucked stationed there 82 83

[@chuckychralesleeray4952]

Do u know girl named lisa Williams