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Installation Antiterrorism Officer Thomas Desjardins with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security was recognized by the Fort McCoy Garrison command team Jan. 6 for his efforts in earning awards in the Army Operations Security (OPSEC) awards program.
Desjardins was not only recognized by the command team during the presentation, but also by Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for G-3/5/7. Desjardins won third place at the 2020 Army level for the Army OPSEC Individual Achievement Award and third place for the Army Multimedia OPSEC Award.
Desjardins received a letter from Flynn as presented by Garrison Commander Col. Michael Poss as well as a three-star coin for excellence.
In the letter, Flynn held high praise for Desjardins.
"As the OPSEC program manager for U.S. Army Garrison Fort McCoy, you demonstrated outstanding leadership and knowledge in the application of OPSEC in our Army," the letter states. "Your innovative and creative OPSEC techniques led to an improved OPSEC posture across your organization."
The letter also recognizes Desjardins' decades of experience supporting Department of Defense and Army programs.
"Your expertise in the area of operations security (and) tireless dedication and outstanding contributions to the Department of Defense and to our Army were instrumental in identifying vulnerabilities and weaknesses," Flynn states in the letter. "Your efforts helped apply measures to preserve essential secrecy in every phase of our OPSEC program."
Desjardins has been recognized for OPSEC efforts many times over in past years as well, Poss said during the presentation. Poss also noted how Desjardins is an "extremely valuable" member of the Fort McCoy team.
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 the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”
Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base.
| Date Taken: | 02.03.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 02.03.2022 13:59 |
| Story ID: | 413934 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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