3 installations

Military bases in Louisiana

3 mapped installations listed with Louisiana communities, organized for base research and arrival planning.

Understand the installation mix

The locations in this directory span 1 Air Force, 1 Army, 1 Navy. Those categories describe the map group, while each guide explains the public mission and support context. Joint bases appear in the Joint category.

Barksdale Air Force Base

Barksdale is in Bossier City, Louisiana, across the Red River from Shreveport. The surrounding area is part of the Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas region.

Official sources: Barksdale Air Force Base: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS overview

Fort Polk

Leesville in Vernon Parish and DeRidder in Beauregard Parish are the nearest surrounding communities.

Official sources: Fort Polk: MilitaryINSTALLATIONS overview

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

The installation is in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, in the greater New Orleans area.

Official sources: NAVFAC New Orleans installation history and environment

Installation guides in Louisiana

Plan around your actual assignment

A base name or city is a starting point. Identify the gaining organization, reporting destination and support community before choosing lodging or housing. Training sites, Reserve locations and permanent installations may have different arrangements. Use the installation guides for the published destination labels, official contacts and a saveable arrival checklist.

Official installation and program directory · Official personalized moving checklist

Coverage and distance method

This is a curated directory, not an inventory of every military property. State lists use the state named in the installation’s listed community and do not describe every boundary or satellite site.