Photo Essay: Hundreds attend 2019 Retiree Appreciation Day at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Installation Retirement Services Officer Mitzi Hinton discusses event items Sept. 6, 2019, with attendees at the 2019 Fort McCoy Retiree Appreciation Day in building 905 at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly 600 people attended the event that took place throughout the day on post and was organized by the Fort McCoy Soldier for Life-Retirement Services Office. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

09.13.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Nearly 600 military retirees and family members attended the 2019 Retiree Appreciation Day on Sept. 6 at Fort McCoy.

The annual event is coordinated by the Fort McCoy Soldier For Life-Retirement Services Office of the Directorate of Human Resources.

Numerous speakers talked with military retirees and their family members and several special events took place to support the day.

The event is held annually in September at Fort McCoy.

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.”

• Date Taken: 09.13.2019
• Date Posted: 09.13.2019 10:33
• Story ID: 340529
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US