Photo Essay: Cold-Weather Operations Course students learn snowshoeing techniques at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course Class 21-01 practice snowshoeing and pulling ahkio sleds with gear as teams Jan. 7, 2021, near Whitetail Ridge Ski Area in Pine View Recreation Area at Fort McCoy, Wis. The course covers a variety of cold-weather subjects and skills. The course is coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

01.12.2021

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course Class 21-01 practice snowshoeing and pulling ahkio sleds with gear as teams Jan. 7, 2021, near Whitetail Ridge Ski Area in Pine View Recreation Area at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The course covers a variety of cold-weather subjects and skills.

The course is coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

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 nearly every 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: 01.12.2021
• Date Posted: 01.12.2021 17:19
• Story ID: 386803
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US