Engineer unit loads railcars for 2019 Operation Resolute Castle deployment at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Military vehicles and equipment with the 389th Engineer Battalion is loaded on railcars Feb. 5, 2019, at the rail yard at Fort McCoy, Wis. The movement is for the 389th’s future involvement in Operation Resolute Castle 2019 in Poland. Unit Soldiers loaded 38 cars with vehicles and equipment after receiving training in a rail head operations class by representatives of Marine Corps Logistics Base-Barstow, Calif. Fort McCoy’s Logistics Readiness Center personnel assisted with the loading operations. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

02.14.2019

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Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

For several days in early February, Soldiers with the 389th Engineer Battalion worked with Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) personnel and others to load 38 railcars with military vehicles and equipment

The movement is for the 389th’s future involvement in Operation Resolute Castle 2019 in Poland, said Fort McCoy Transportation Officer D.J. Eckland with the LRC Transportation Division.

Unit Soldiers loaded the railcars after receiving training in a railhead operations class by representatives of Marine Corps Logistics Base-Barstow, Calif., Eckland said.

Operation Resolute Castle is an Army Europe-led multinational operation and includes many Army engineer units and personnel, according to previous news articles about the training.

The 389th Engineer Battalion in an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Davenport, Iowa.

Whether it was transporting troops in for training during World War II, or its sending off equipment and supplies for a present-day exercise, rail continues to be a primary mode of transportation at Fort McCoy. Rail is one of the post’s strategic transportation missions, Eckland said.

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 each 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.

(Article prepared by the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office.)

• Date Taken: 02.14.2019
• Date Posted: 02.14.2019 13:42
• Story ID: 310749
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US