Sling-load training with 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | An aircrew of a Chinook helicopter operates the helicopter June 27, 2018, at the installation as part of sling load training for the 89B Ammunition Supply Course at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Ammunition Supply Course, taught by the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, is a four-week course that provides training for Soldiers who are reclassifying to the 89B military occupational specialty. The sling-load training is one of the last major training events during the course. A sling load is used to transport munitions to remote locations or to expedite shipments in hostile locations. The 13th, 100th is an ordnance battalion that provides training and training support to Soldiers in the ordnance maintenance MOS series. The unit, aligned under the 3rd Brigade, 94th Division of the 80th Training Command, has been at Fort McCoy since about 1995. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

07.11.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Students in the 89B Ammunition Supply Course practiced loading a mock ammunition pallet to a Chinook helicopter June 27, 2018, as part of sling-load training at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The Ammunition Supply Course, taught by the 13th Battalion, 100th Regiment at Fort McCoy, is a four-week course that provides training for Soldiers who are reclassifying to the 89B military occupational specialty.

The sling-load training is one of the last major training events during the course.

A sling load is used to transport munitions to remote locations or to expedite shipments in hostile locations.

The 13th, 100th is an ordnance battalion that provides training and training support to Soldiers in the ordnance maintenance MOS series.

The unit, aligned under the 3rd Brigade, 94th Division of the 80th Training Command, has been at Fort McCoy since about 1995.

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.

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

• Date Taken: 07.11.2018
• Date Posted: 07.11.2018 16:52
• Story ID: 283887
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US