Photo Essay: Training at Fort McCoy prepares Soldiers for Army's new JLTV

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Soldiers drive a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) through the cantonment area Oct. 1, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of JLTV operator training. The JLTV family of vehicles is designed to restore payload and performance that were traded from light tactical vehicles to add protection in recent conflict, according to the Army. JLTVs give service members more options in a protected mobility solution that is also the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield networks. JLTV operator training at Fort McCoy began in May 2019. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

10.16.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers operated Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) on the cantonment area Oct. 1, 2019, at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of JLTV operator training.

The JLTV family of vehicles is designed to restore payload and performance that were traded from light tactical vehicles to add protection in recent conflict, according to the Army.

JLTVs give service members more options in a protected mobility solution that is also the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield networks.

JLTV operator training at Fort McCoy began in May 2019.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

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: 10.16.2019
• Date Posted: 10.16.2019 09:34
• Story ID: 347806
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US