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From June through September, the number of troops training on post was in the tens of thousands as numerous exercises and other training took place.
That busy theme continues into October as thousands of service members are scheduled to train on post for battle-drill and extended-combat training as well as for institutional training, said Training Coordination Branch Chief Craig Meeusen with the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security.
The October training calendar is filled with a variety of training, including battle-drill training for hundreds in early October with the 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry and in mid-October with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment -- both with the Wisconsin National Guard. The units, all part of Wisconsin’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, complete training on post every year.
Also training on post in October are a number of Army Reserve units, including the 428th Engineer Company of Wausau, Wis., and the 339th Military Police (MP) Company of Davenport, Iowa.
In August, hundreds of MPs trained on post as part of the 86th Training Division’s Combat Support Training Exercise 86-18-02 where they built on Lethal Warrior skills. This same type of training often takes place during battle-drill training sessions as well.
In a story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Lothspeich about the August training with the MPs, Sgt. Caleb Whitney, a corrections and detention specialist with the 367th Military Police Company of Horsham, Pa., said it’s good to refresh basic warrior skills.
“It gives me an opportunity to stretch myself and go out of my normal skillset,” Whitney said in the article.
October will also see dozens of law-enforcement personnel coming to post to train, Meeusen said. Traditionally, their training includes use of live-fire ranges for weapons qualification as well as training at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF).
Sgt. Michael Valencia, lead training instructor and a patrol sergeant and SWAT team leader with the La Crosse (Wis.) County Sheriff's Department, said the CACTF is ideal for law-enforcement training scenarios.
“(The CACTF) is a great facility for us to train in,” Valencia said during a past training session at the facility. “We try to come here between four and five times a year.”
October also is the beginning of a new fiscal year, and many Fort McCoy tenant organizations will be restarting their institutional training calendars. This includes training by the Fort McCoy Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Regional Training Site (RTS)-Medical, RTS-Maintenance, and others.
No matter what kind of training that takes place or what month it is, Meeusen said the Fort McCoy team is always ready to support.
“Our team is a team that works together to do well at completing its mission,” Meeusen said. “From the leadership on down, we all know that taking care of the people who train here is our top priority.”
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: | 09.21.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.21.2018 12:51 |
| Story ID: | 293949 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WI, US |
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