Photo Essay: National Guard aviation personnel support Patriot North 2018 training

Photo By Scott Sturkol | An Army National Guard aircrew flies a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter over a training area on South Post as part of a scenario for the Patriot North 2018 exercise July 17, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Patriot North is a joint agency civilian and military exercise, sponsored by the National Guard Bureau, that took place at Fort McCoy and Volk Field, Wis. It is a training exercise designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities in the same manner that they would during disasters. The exercise tests the Wisconsin Emergency Management and National Guard’s abilities to support response operations based on simulated emergency scenarios, such as an earthquake creating collapsed buildings, mass casualties, and the need for search and rescue along with evacuations of injured. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

07.25.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                           

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

An Army National Guard aircrew flew a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter over a training area on South Post as part of a scenario for the Patriot North 2018 exercise July 17, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Patriot North is a joint agency civilian and military exercise, sponsored by the National Guard Bureau, that took place at Fort McCoy and Volk Field, Wis.

It is a training exercise designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities in the same manner that they would during disasters.

The exercise tests the Wisconsin Emergency Management and National Guard’s abilities to support response operations based on simulated emergency scenarios, such as an earthquake creating collapsed buildings, mass casualties, and the need for search and rescue along with evacuations of injured.

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.

• Date Taken: 07.25.2018
• Date Posted: 07.25.2018 12:24
• Story ID: 285664
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US