News Release
January 15, 2015
For Immediate Release
Contact: Tammy Sharp
[email protected]
337-378-9329
The following release, sent out earlier today, included a typographical error. Ratcliff was misspelled. The corrected information is below. We apologize for the mistake. 

ICYMI: Ratcliff Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of UAV Training Facility for Fort Polk

FORT POLK, La.--Ratcliff Construction Company of Alexandria, LA. celebrated a ribbon cutting Tuesday, Jan. 13, of their latest project:  the Louisiana National Guard Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Facility at Fort Polk.

 

The facility is a drone training base for the National Guard and will be used in support of the combat training missions at Fort Polk and the Joint Readiness Training Center.

 

"We congratulate Ratcliff on the completion of the facility," said Fort Polk Progress Chairman Michael Reese. "The facility will go a long way in setting Fort Polk apart when it comes to training. The Louisiana National Guard has been using Fort Polk for their UAV operations for several years now, as has the Texas Air National Guard, which comes from a base in Houston where airspace was too crowded for such training."

 

Ratcliff received LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) GOLD Certification for the construction of the facility. LEED is a national green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices.

 

To read more about the Ratcliff Construction company, click here.

 

To view photos of the grand opening, click here.

 

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Fort Polk Progress is a regional community organization that takes a proactive stance toward Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) by maintaining relationships and partnering with decision makers in Congress, at the Pentagon and at the state level, ensuring that the most up to date information concerning Fort Polk and the surrounding communities is used in decisions concerning the base. In addition, Fort Polk Progress actively markets the base to the military as the most cost effective place to provide soldiers with the best training possible and strives to help ensure the best possible quality of life for soldiers, civilians and their families. Most recently, Fort Polk Progress has spear-headed an Education Initiative, which acknowledges exceptional educational achievements in the region and pursues continued excellence in education for military families throughout the region. 

 

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