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Spc. Seth Abbot with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 950th Engineering Company (Route Clearance) gets guidance by 2nd Lt. Nick Bures while operating a bulldozer at a training area July 12, 2021, at Fort McCoy, Wis.
About a dozen Soldiers with the 4th Platoon of Wisconsin National Guard’s 950th Engineer Company (Route Clearance) are the latest group of engineer troops to advance a troop construction project just outside the cantonment area fence at Fort McCoy.
The project work the platoon is completing is located in an area of land near the old Gate 20 and Improved Tactical Training Base Liberty and the cantonment area fence, said Larry Morrow, troops projects coordinator with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works (DPW).
The site plan is to make it into a DPW base operations support site for installation service contractors, such as facility maintenance, roads and grounds, solid waste, custodial, pest management, and more.
Second Lt. Nick Bures, 4th Platoon leader, said he is proud his team supported a troop project that will help the future of Fort McCoy and at the same time provides his team with important training on their heavy machinery they don’t normally receive.
“Some of these Soldiers haven’t had this much drive time with this machinery in a long time,” Bures said. “For others, it’s their first time doing this kind of work, and it’s been very beneficial for them.”
To do their work, the 390th Soldiers use two T-9/D7R Dozers, a 120M Motor Grader, two High Mobility Engineer Excavators (HMEEs), two dump trucks, and other equipment to haul the dozers and HMEEs.
The unit's Soldiers regularly train at Fort McCoy.
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: | 08.03.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 08.03.2021 15:03 |
| Story ID: | 402358 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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