FORT POLK BARRACKS TOUR | 2020

[@walte153]

Wow. I was there in early 1966. The barracks were wooden slat building... and many of the slats didn't touch. So, the wind just blew through the building. This is amazing.

[@desmondcastro3679]

My baracks were 3 men rooms. I ETS out ! Thanks for sharing and your service, soldier.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

Wow I don’t believe they have those kind of rooms anymore. Thank you & thanks for watching

[@algallego]

@@stephaniemarie5016 No... we didn't have a living room area or kitchen sink with microwave and fridge-- what luxurious accomodations! 😲-- WOW!!!!! Definitely something more serious than we ever had!!!!!

[@mrnobody5381]

I was shocked seeing this. When i was in, you had two or more men a room. And they had holes in the ceiling with asbestos hanging out. It was a mess really.

[@smokefire3]

I came checking for videos after watching mikeburnsfire campire stories, (one of the guys was sent to fort polk and well...the stories he has to tell)

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

Zach. I've been binging them for a week now. Figures this would pop up in my recommendations.

[@bamacopeland4372]

Never meant Zach but I was stationed at Fort Polk and the bullshit that he talks about is all true.

[@captainjok572]

For many other barracks in Fort Polk, the living room area she is showing is a bed room for the roommate sharing the room. They place a bed there so the roommate can sleep in there.

[@pantherowow77]

That must suck. Having your bedroom in the kitchen lol

[@Gestaltism]

Going there in Feb. Looks better than what I dealt with in college. I was reading the articles from 2010 about the mold issues and that the barracks are all by now 50 years old and at the end of the lifespan. Not much different than the college dorms though, just with kitchenettes this time. You get the luck of the draw on getting south facing windows for plants though.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

Unless your infantry most of the barracks are fairly new. Cavs and Geronimo have been getting new barracks built for about a year now.

[@Gestaltism]

@@stephaniemarie5016 I'm infantry lol

[@stephaniemarie5016]

@@Gestaltism you might be lucky and get in the renovated barracks, good luck !

[@stanlesspider]

get fucked yall's barracks had some of the worst shit iv seen when I was stuck there 5 years ago. hope they fixed that shit.

[@gulfwarveteran3832]

That's a lot better than it was in the late 80's when I was there

[@michaelbechtel4944]

I was there in the 90s we did not have anything like this.

[@ronaldsims6203]

WOW, l was there from May of 1986 to sept. of 1988, and the barracks didn't look like that, unbelievable. Cold steel

[@StarwarsHalofreak]

I've had to call Fort Polk home the past couple years, and I don't miss it. The barracks were alright, but they really did come with a lot of frustration. For one, the windows don't open, so if the power goes out, you can't open them to let air in, and it gets real hot in that sweaty little butt-crack of an installation during hurricane season (sleep on the floor on your mat, it's cooler). The breakers also suck, if you're running a powerhouse of a PC, you'd better get an UPS so you at least have time to save whatever it is you're doing before losing power, or you'll probably try and do what this one guy did by trying to fruitlessly bolt the breaker switch in the upright position and winding up with either a statement of charges or a trip to the ER. I have also had to endure multiple mornings without hot water after morning PT, I've gotten used to taking a cold shower every now and then. Oh, yeah, and sometimes, the water will come out looking like Coca-Cola (just run the water a while to clear it up). The barracks building I was in does not have cameras in the stairwells or halls (and occupants just love leaving the front doors open), so we'd often have to deal with some stupid, worthless pieces of human garbage going in either pulling our fire alarms or discharging our fire extinguishers, leaving a huge mess that is also VERY hard to clean up entirely, all often around midnight and sometimes multiple times in one night.

[@sergboxer7785]

In 2001, two soldiers had to share one room and there was a common area in the center between all the rooms. No stove though.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

Big change !

[@eessiinnseven2182]

Had to share a room like this after we cleaned the old mold infested barracks in 2012 to 2014 when I was there Fox Co 4-10MTN

[@eessiinnseven2182]

Had to share a room like this after we cleaned the old mold infested barracks in 2012 to 2014 when I was there Fox Co 4-10MTn

[@eessiinnseven2182]

Had to share a room like this after we cleaned the old mold infested barracks in 2012 to 2014 when I was there Fox Co 4-10MTN

[@thomasdelong9927]

Actually I preferred the old WW II wooden barracks for our troops at Ft. Polk. After moving into the new barracks there was more problems. The SNCOQ was still WWII wooden buildings and the BOQ was new. North Fort was still all white painted wood back then. Dragon 8.

[@imkona87]

I was there the summer of 1970 for basic and AIT! A different look then for sure.

[@2098elk]

A lot different than when I was stationed there from 1965 to 67. We only had to complain about no hot water in our showers. World War II barracks with who knows what was used in building them. New barracks are better that my first home.

[@grimgrahamch.4157]

So this is what Hell looks like according to Zach...

[@Metronex82]

they got alot of funding around about 10 years ago. this looks like one of the newer buildings.

[@kennedylawson5434]

do we know what the infantry unit barracks look like? I'm going at the end of march and I see absolutely nothing about it. Im jr enlisted too

[@bamacopeland4372]

Unfortunately or fortunately depending on your point of view I never got to stay in those barracks I was already married and in housing by the time those were built but I did stay in the old ones. And they were black mold everywhere

Was there 86 to 88 and that is a lot better then what we had

[@TetFeMal]

What's your MOS and unit?

[@ArcticWind717]

Damn thats actually really nice, thank you for your service, even though im Hungarian.

[@calypsohandjack9278]

Those barracks look nice! At Fort Lewis I was living in 1950s Barricks filled with asbestos. This is back in the late 2000s.

[@marshalmichael129]

A far cry from the WW2 barracks of the Summer of 1972 (A-2-2)

[@lbjoshbal]

In my opinion fort polk has the best single soldier barracks. Ive also been in NY drum and Korea humphreys. I don't think any other has a living room which makes it friggin awesome.

[@paulinotou]

I was in Polk back in 2013 and my barracks got condemned. But yes the single soldier barracks rooms were the best barracks I lived in so far. Been in for 8 years.

[@Davidsmith-uu4bl]

Not in early 80s north ft open bay trump ww 2 barricades no ac nothung between the 8 John's in latreen only a 3half ft decider sometimes

[@jsax1978]

Looks like the Waldorf compared to what we had there in 97-2000. It was the same room but no wall that separated the living room from the bedroom. The closets were not separated so we put our wall lockers where the wall is to split the room in half. No stove or sink, just a mini fridge with the microwave on top of it. No counter either. And the outside looked nowhere near as nice!!!!

[@MBass-zb3qx]

House Tour, please. Have a grandson stationed at Fort Polk, he just arrived.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

I’m sorry I never got to it but I’m actually at Carson now.

[@maddiemudd9544]

I miss fort Polk. I lived there from 2004 to 2021

[@ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk]

Also, they were 2 stories high and 30 of slept in each floor. One bathroom for all of us. Now a days they are spoiled.

[@cameronmorris3347]

Now fort Polk is at 200% capacity with 2-3 guys in each room

[@flexsealm1a2sepv3]

Lmao depends on your unit. In 3/89 it 1 man per barrack

[@CHiTHOOD-oz4zf]

What about cav scouts

[@ZOOMIEE6]

@@flexsealm1a2sepv3 3rd infantry brigade?

[@StarwarsHalofreak]

Army says it's having enlistment and retention issues, but people just kept going to Fort Polk, like a cruel joke to the in-processing soldiers and the facility managers.

[@kaylaa7380]

Do you know if the MP barracks look the same?

[@stephaniemarie5016]

Fire Queen no they don’t ! The MP barracks have roommates. You will have a common area with your roommate and then your own room.

[@jonh6888]

@@stephaniemarie5016 you know anything about 25B barrack?

[@ViktorSwimwell]

Hello YT friend. Big thumbs up for this video. Enjoyed watching👍💪🤩

[@rogersmith8257]

I was there for basic training in 67

[@paulinotou]

I'm sorry

[@geraldsasmrstories7903]

i have many stories of fort polk. and i feel bad if she is stationed there.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

It’s not as bad as they say. I PCSed from there but part of me misses it. I loved my unit and made the most out of it

[@grisselrodriguez3098]

Nice video. And now...House tour!

[@RemiTX23]

Thank you for this 🙏🏽

[@silkamarie78]

Yes! House tour

[@bjcool28]

Are you still stationed there?

[@UncleTroyLee]

They’ve updated so much since 2003

[@arielizgarcia7995]

First

[@ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk]

Those are not baracks those are apartments. I had basic training 1973, at fort Polk. And they were nothing like these. Ours were made out of wood.

[@arielizgarcia7995]

Love the video

[@phillipharris4211]

I was there before and after the rebuild still shit hole but black mold and brown showers

[@williamhaley7303]

How about barracks from 1977

[@flexsealm1a2sepv3]

Abandoned New barracks are building are constantly being built as we speak

[@britneyhawes8735]

House tour😊

[@jacksnackrafice6559]

I used to live in 1348.

[@Kevmont1]

Fort Polk 2ACR 1993-95 you have a great Home

[@nanys_art]

HOUSE TOUR!!!

[@TravisHeinze]

Plot twist: this is an Air Force base.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

There are some air force working there but it is an army base. I have probably only seen 20 Air Force people in 3 years there.

[@truckerdan2002]

I think that’s a NCO room

[@stephaniemarie5016]

This is actually not an NCO room. This is what all the soldiers are offered. Because of remodeling the barracks there’s been a shortage for rooms and most NCOs are actually being put in housing with a roommate.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Regular joe’s room.

[@dennisbute7920]

Was here in 1969

[@zacpac8484]

House tour

[@letsplaynay9936]

These barracks are better than the crapholes in Fort Gordon

[@StarwarsHalofreak]

I was 369 Bco, those barracks were small and dingy.

[@rbb117]

Wow, surely nicer than early 1970 at Tigerland! D-1-5

[@douglasharlos4113]

You think you have life bad Fort Polk didn't look a thing like that when I was there

[@sheldonhartstein70]

When I was there in about 1963 the barracks were two story buildings. Each floor was one large room with bunk beds.

[@douglasharlos4113]

@@sheldonhartstein70 well you was at the same Fort poke I was at

[@marymcreynolds9171]

Roomy. I am surprised.

[@kevinmichel6048]

I’m currently stationed there. It’s boring as hell!

[@paulinotou]

Try checking out Houston, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge. There are definitely things to do around there. Keep a good mind set. First duty station for four years, only have fond memories.

[@Gestaltism]

I'm going there and I am going to do a whole lot of hiking.

[@stephaniemarie5016]

Agreed with Timmy there is so many opportunities to travel. Your time there is what you make it so make it a good one. My favorite places to go where Houston and Shreveport

[@lelandgaunt9985]

You have to go find stuff to do, it isn’t to be just catered to you.

[@mikerobinson3899]

Hi

[@richardgadberry8398]

At least you didn't have to live with Baloney Bob.

[@Oldtimer1.]

Should have seen it in 1968

[@billevans7936]

Oh Man...1975

[@benjaminmartz1775]

You are so cute

[@kimurbina1827]

house tour