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Fort McCoy, Wis., was established in 1909. Here is a look back at some installation history from November 2021 and back.
75 Years Ago — Nov. 14, 1946
Reporters and photographers representing all three news services, and numerous national publications, prepared to leave Camp McCoy, after observing a two-day demonstration of Task Force Frost equipment.
The journalists arrived at Camp McCoy on the evening of the Nov. 13 and were oriented for the event at a dinner attended by Colonel Broedlow and staff officers. On Nov. 14, the visiting press viewed displays by the infantry of tentage, sleds, winter clothing, and sleeping bags.
The Medical Platoon exhibited their hospital tents and explained their part in testing the human reaction to cold. Tests were held to determine the advisability of using sleds to move artillery, and the radar radio set SCR-584 and Metro Radio Set SCR-658 were operated for reporters.
Firing of artillery, recoilless weapons, and flamethrowers was also conducted. And in the evening, illuminating shells were used to light up a simulated night attack. This morning, reporters were shown mountain climbing equipment and the M3 Snake, an engineer weapon used to clear minefields, was detonated with 1,500 pounds of explosives. The journalists were transported by bus to the various demonstrations, so that inconvenience and delay to both themselves and the participants of the tests could be eliminated.
Coverage of these events by the national press is a good indication of the importance of Task Force Frost and of the valuable facts the War Department expects to learn from the tests.
30 Years Ago — Nov. 8, 1991
The Regional Training Site-Medical (RTS-Medical), a new organization activated at Fort McCoy in August, now has received much of the equipment it will need to perform its training mission.
From Nov. 4-8, 27 semi-trailer loads of equipment, valued at $11.4 million, were delivered to building 747, where it is being unpacked, inventoried, and tested.
The equipment was shipped to Fort McCoy from the Defense Department Depot at Ogden, Utah. RTS-Medical Director Lt. Col. John Graham said that building 747 and several other buildings in the post’s old hospital area are temporarily being used until permanent facilities can be constructed.
“Our permanent home will be a 20,000-square-foot, $2.7 million building that will include an administrative area, training and warehouse space, and a biomedical equipment repair shop,” he said. “We expect construction to begin in the spring of 1992 and be completed by the summer of 1993.”
The mission of RTS-Medical is to provide medical personnel with training and training support on the relatively new Deployable Medical Systems equipment.
Other responsibilities will include providing direct and general medical maintenance support, and testing and evaluating new equipment coming out of government research and development laboratories.
20 Years Ago – Nov. 5, 2001
Initial training on a new bulldozer at Fort McCoy gave members of an Army Reserve engineer unit practical experience while the installation received valuable assistance to help develop a training area.
Members of the 611th Engineer Company (Mechanized) of Sharonville, Ohio, received the training on the Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (DEUCE) at McCoy from Nov. 5-16.
The equipment is being fielded to select Army Reserve units under a government contract with the Caterpillar Company. The new DEUCE bulldozer is faster and more maneuverable than its predecessor, the D-5 bulldozer. Wilson said the equipment has an automatic transmission and a steering wheel, features absent in the D-5.
The DEUCE also is lighter than its predecessor, which increases its deployability.
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: | 11.12.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 11.12.2021 12:33 |
| Story ID: | 409250 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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