Fire Inspector Curt Ladwig receives a Army 40-year length-of-service awards on Jan. 16 2026, from Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Director Micah Komp at Fort McCoy, Wis. Ladwig said he started his firefighting career in 1972 as a member of the Elroy (Wis.) Fire Department and worked his way up to become fire chief. In 1984, he joined the federal government with a job as Fire Chief of the Army Aviation Support Facility in West Bend, Wis. In 1988, to get closer to home, he transferred to the Fort McCoy Fire Department as a firefighter/EMT. In 1990, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of fire prevention and has been with fire prevention ever since. (Courtesy photo)
| Date Taken: | 01.16.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.20.2026 12:16 |
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| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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