Inside the Gates: Training for JRTC

In June, the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, known as the 4-25 Airborne Brigade Combat Team, will be going to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was a last-minute training opportunity the brigade couldn’t turn down, so now the soldiers are scrambling to prepare.
For three weeks, gunner Pfc. Elier Diaz and his fellow soldiers will basically be living on base, in the wilderness training area. A camouflage net tent and a truck se