Fort Polk, La., was officially renamed Fort Johnson in a ceremony at the Army base on June 13, 2023. (U.S. Army )

Five Fort Johnson soldiers charged last year with raping two women will now be tried in military court and face new charges for an additional sexual assault that occurred on the Army base two months earlier, according to service officials.

Spc. John Paul Bianzon, 29, Pfc. Franz Robert Camentil, 20, Pfc. Ajjashery Jalnaiz Flores, 24, Spc. Cyrus Moises Ranada Labial, 24, and Pfc. Frinz Deivhid Ramit, 19, were originally arrested Nov. 30 in Vernon Parish, outside the gates of Fort Johnson, of first-degree rape, according to the parish sheriff’s office.

The five soldiers are now also charged in a sexual assault that happened at Fort Johnson in September 2022, according to base officials.

The soldiers face courts-martial in the sexual assault of one woman on Sept. 24 at the Army post, and two roommates assaulted Nov. 25 at a home in Rosepine, La.

All the soldiers are infantrymen assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division, which is based at Fort Johnson, and have pleaded not guilty, according to the base and the Army’s online court docket.

Authorities for Vernon Parish agreed April 5 to transfer control of the cases from the November incident to the Army.

“The transfer will allow the Army to seek justice for the allegations that occurred off-post in Vernon Parish and additional alleged sexual crimes committed by the five soldiers on the military installation in September of 2022,” according to a statement from the base.

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