Photo Essay: 724th Engineer Battalion holds October 2023 training at Fort McCoy

Photo By Claudia Neve | Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wis., complete weapons training Oct. 13, 2023, on two ranges on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The unit completed a weekend training for weapons training and other training. During October, thousands of troops trained on post, kicking off a busy fiscal year 2024 training year at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Claudia Neve, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

10.26.2023

Story by Claudia Neve 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wis., complete weapons training Oct. 13, 2023, on two ranges on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The unit completed a weekend training for weapons training and other training.

During October, thousands of troops trained on post, kicking off a busy fiscal year 2024 training year at Fort McCoy.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”

• Date Taken: 10.26.2023
• Date Posted: 10.26.2023 15:06
• Story ID: 456609
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US