Photo Essay: Airmen, Soldiers participate in cold-water immersion training at Fort McCoy, Part II

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A student participates in cold-water immersion training Jan. 31, 2022, at Big Sandy Lake in the Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) class 22-03 at Fort McCoy, Wis. The cold-water immersion is the final training event in the course. CWOC students are trained on a variety of cold-weather subjects, including snowshoe training and skiing as well as how to use ahkio sleds and other gear, too. Training also focuses on terrain and weather analysis, risk management, cold-weather clothing, developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to survive and operate in a cold-weather environment. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

01.31.2022

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                               

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

More students participating in cold-water immersion training are shown Jan. 31, 2022, at Big Sandy Lake in the Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) class 22-03 at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The cold-water immersion is the final training event in the course.

CWOC students are trained on a variety of cold-weather subjects, including snowshoe training and skiing as well as how to use ahkio sleds and other gear, too.

Training also focuses on terrain and weather analysis, risk management, cold-weather clothing, developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to survive and operate in a cold-weather environment.

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 the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, 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: 01.31.2022
• Date Posted: 02.05.2022 00:02
• Story ID: 414048
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US