Photo By Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy community members plant trees May 1, 2024, during the 2024 Arbor Day...... read more read more
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Fort McCoy community members plant trees May 1, 2024, during the 2024 Arbor Day Celebration at Fort McCoy, Wis.
Dozens of community members planted 600 trees on the installation cantonment as part of the observance.
The installation also received its 35th Tree City USA award during the event from the National Arbor Day Foundation.
The event was organized by the Forestry Office with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch.
During the observance, Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger and other installation personnel and children from the post Child Development Center planted the hundreds of tree seedlings in rows that were pre-dug by Directorate of Public Works (DPW) staff.
Messenger addressed everyone, but he specifically addressed the children in attendance to the event.
“Who’s ready to plant some trees?” Messenger said, speaking specifically to the children. “The trees we plant today are going to grow up big and strong. … You are about to make a difference on Fort McCoy.”
And at the end, they all said in unison, “Happy Arbor Day!”
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 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. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
| Date Taken: | 05.13.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 05.13.2024 11:42 |
| Story ID: | 471122 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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