Photo Essay: Civil affairs Soldiers train at Fort McCoy's CACTF

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 108th Regiment (Civil Affairs) complete training March 19, 2019, at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) at Fort McCoy, Wis. The CACTF provides a wide variety of training environments. The complex, built at a cost of more than $14 million, was completed in late 2012. The first use of the CACTF for training was by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in March 2013. Since then, hundreds of different military units as well as law-enforcement agencies have made use of the facility. 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. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

03.22.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                         

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers with the 5th Battalion, 108th Regiment (Civil Affairs) completed training March 19, 2019, at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The CACTF provides a wide variety of training environments.

The complex, built at a cost of more than $14 million, was completed in late 2012.

The first use of the CACTF for training was by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in March 2013.

Since then, hundreds of different military units as well as law-enforcement agencies have made use of the facility.

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.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

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

• Date Taken: 03.22.2019
• Date Posted: 03.22.2019 15:56
• Story ID: 315406
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US