Photo Essay: Engineer company supports troop project at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Spc. Seth Abbot with the Wisconsin National Guard's 950th Engineering Company (Route Clearance) operates a bulldozer at a training area July 12, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The work is part of a troop project coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works to repurpose and rebuild a training area. The company, which is based in Superior, Wis., is completing the work as part of their annual training. The unit's Soldiers regularly train at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

07.12.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard's 950th Engineering Company (Route Clearance) operate a bulldozer at a training area July 12, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The work is part of a troop project coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works to repurpose and rebuild a training area.

The company, which is based in Superior, Wis., is completing the work as part of their annual training. The unit's Soldiers regularly train 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.

• Date Taken: 07.12.2021
• Date Posted: 07.12.2021 22:47
• Story ID: 400766
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US