Photo Essay: Rainbow and new barracks at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Two new transient training troops barracks are shown Sept. 12, 2023, with a rainbow in the background at Fort McCoy, Wis. The barracks is different than the traditional barracks located throughout the installation. These new buildings, built since 2019, are four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet. The buildings are built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures. The buildings were also part of projects that were part of the Fort McCoy Master Plan that looks at continuously upgrading the installation’s infrastructure to be prepared for the future. The Army Corps of Engineers managed the projects to build the barracks as well. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

09.18.2023

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

New transient training troops barracks are shown Sept. 12, 2023, with a rainbow in the background at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The barracks is different than the traditional barracks located throughout the installation.

These new buildings, built since 2019, are four stories and able to house 400 people in approximately 60,000 square feet.

The buildings are built with the latest in construction materials and include state-of-the-art physical security and energy-saving measures.

The buildings were also part of projects that were part of the Fort McCoy Master Plan that looks at continuously upgrading the installation’s infrastructure to be prepared for the future.

The Army Corps of Engineers managed the projects to build the barracks as well.

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: 09.18.2023
• Date Posted: 09.19.2023 00:17
• Story ID: 453714
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US