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    Enhance outdoor rec opportunities with items from Fort McCoy’s Recreational Equipment Checkout

    Enhance outdoor rec opportunities with items from Fort McCoy’s Recreational Equipment Checkout

    Photo By Scott Sturkol | Recreational Equipment Checkout customers can check out paddle boats, canoes, and...... read more read more

    Throughout Fort McCoy, a wide range of outdoor recreation opportunities are available, such as camping, fishing, hiking, biking, and more.

    To enjoy those opportunities, however, not everyone has the equipment needed to make the outdoor recreation experience the best possible experience.

    That’s where Fort McCoy’s Recreational Equipment Checkout can help, said facility manager Joe Sagler with the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s Business and Recreation Division.

    “The checkout really has everything,” Sagler said. “From pontoon boats to recreational vehicles to fishing equipment and even woodsplitters, the checkout has items available for every sort of activity.”

    The Recreational Equipment Checkout is located at Pine View Campground in building 8053.

    “Two of our biggest rental items are our pontoon boats and bass (fishing) boats,” Sagler said. “These can be checked out by authorized patrons.”

    Authorized patrons for certain items, such as boats and recreational vehicles that can be taken to areas off post, are active-duty military, retired military, Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees, Veterans Administration employees, retired DOD employees, their immediate Family members, and DOD contractors working full time at Fort McCoy.

    “We do, however, offer many items for those authorized patrons as well as the general public for use at the installation,” Sagler said.

    When members of the general public stay at Pine View Campground, they could rent a camper, bicycle, a game set, or even a fishing pole.

    The campers, or recreational vehicle (RV) trailers, available at the checkout are: 11 29-foot campers, two 19-foot campers, three 16-foot campers, five A-line campers, and four pop-up campers.

    “We’ll eventually be getting rid of the pop-up campers and getting five more 29-footers and two to three more 19-footers,” Sagler said. “We want to keep a nice variety of RVs available for all of our customers.”

    “We also have nine ‘super cookers,’ or pull-behind grills, available at the checkout,” Sagler said. “These are popular items to rent for unit barbeque events and for large parties.”

    Rates to rent equipment vary, Sagler said. Reduced rates are available to authorized patrons on all equipment.

    To find out more, visit the Recreational Equipment Checkout page at https://mccoy.armymwr.com/programs/recreational-equipment-checkout-outdoor-recreation, stop by the Pine View Campground office on post, or call the office at 608-388-3517.

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    Date Taken: 05.24.2018
    Date Posted: 05.24.2018 16:18
    Story ID: 278381
    Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US

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