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Fort McCoy garrison and tenant organizations tested the installation’s response to an active-shooter during the Vigilant Triad 2018 exercise held March 21.
Vigilant Triad completes the Installation Management Command annual requirement to conduct a full-scale exercise to refine and improve Fort McCoy’s response to a local or regional all-hazards crisis, according to the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security, or DPTMS.
Such exercises are part of a continuing effort by the Department of Defense to refine and improve emergency response to natural and man-made disasters.
DPTMS served as the lead Fort McCoy agency for the exercise.
The active-shooter scenario focused on areas in and around building 50 on the cantonment area.
Scenarios also were conducted across the installation, including at public-access gates, to test Fort McCoy’s capabilities and allow evaluators to critique performance.
During the course of the exercise, Fort McCoy personnel and residents saw changes to traffic patterns, closed roads, and other delays in and around the cantonment area in addition to the lockdown and gate closures.
Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”
| Date Taken: | 04.12.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.12.2018 15:04 |
| Story ID: | 272849 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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