Photo Essay: Fort McCoy community participates in 2021 Tree Lighting Ceremony

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A tree is shown fully lit up Dec. 2, 2021, in front of McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The tree was lit as part of the 2021 Fort McCoy Tree Lighting Ceremony at McCoy’s where hundreds of people of attended and enjoyed a variety of activities to officially start the holiday season at Fort McCoy. The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

12.21.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Community members participated in the 2021 Fort McCoy Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 2, 2021, at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Hundreds of people of attended and enjoyed a variety of activities to officially start the holiday season at Fort McCoy.

The event was organized by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation.

Fort McCoy was established in 1909 and its 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: 12.21.2021
• Date Posted: 12.21.2021 14:54
• Story ID: 411704
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US