Photo Essay: Marines operate helicopters during training for Ullr Shield exercise at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter is parked at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport on South Post on Jan. 24, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The helicopter was at Fort McCoy for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Ullr Shield exercise. Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold-weather environments from early January to early February 2018. The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Hundreds of Marines participated in the exercise at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

01.29.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters as well as a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft were at the installation for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Ullr Shield exercise for training on Jan. 24, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The helicopters and their crews participated in a variety of training scenarios, including being refueled at the forward air refueling point and Young Air Assault Strip on Fort McCoy's South Post.

Ullr Shield is a training exercise designed to improve 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s capabilities in extreme cold-weather environments from early January to early February 2018.

The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.

Hundreds of Marines participated in the exercise at Fort McCoy.

• Date Taken: 01.29.2018
• Date Posted: 01.29.2018 10:16
• Story ID: 263665
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US
• Hometown: CHERRY POINT, NC, US
• Hometown: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC, US