Photo Story: May 2024 Army Reserve firefighter training at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Army Reserve firefighters with units under the 416th Theater Engineer Command participate in driver/operator training that was instructed by the Illinois Fire Service Institute on May 3, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis., with support from the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department. Fort McCoy firefighters supported with the use of a reserve engine for a pump as the Soldiers trained on military Tactical Firefighting Trucks. Fort McCoy's firefighters regularly support troop training in many ways. Additionally, some who service with Fort McCoy's fire service also are military veterans or currently serve with the Army Reserve or Army National Guard as well. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

05.17.2024

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                          

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Army Reserve firefighters with units under the 416th Theater Engineer Command participate in driver/operator training that was instructed by the Illinois Fire Service Institute on May 3, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis., with support from the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department.

Fort McCoy firefighters supported with the use of a reserve engine for a pump as the Soldiers trained on military Tactical Firefighting Trucks.

Fort McCoy's firefighters regularly support troop training in many ways. Additionally, some who service with Fort McCoy's fire service also are military veterans or currently serve with the Army Reserve or Army National Guard 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 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: 05.17.2024
• Date Posted: 05.17.2024 11:49
• Story ID: 471584
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US