Photo Essay: Scenes from Fort McCoy's 2022 Women's Equality Day Observance

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Command Sgt. Maj. Raquel DiDomenico, Fort McCoy Garrison command sergeant major, author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen, and Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger stand together as Colleen is presented with a special appreciation plaque after she shared her personal story of perseverance and more during the 2022 Fort McCoy Women’s Equality Day observance Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event featured many displays about women’s equality. The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

09.16.2022

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                             

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Author and domestic-violence survivor Carolyn Colleen shares her personal story of perseverance and more is shown during the 2022 Fort McCoy Women’s Equality Day observance held Aug. 25, 2022, at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The event featured many displays about women’s equality.

The event, organized by Equal Opportunity Advisor Master Sgt. Ana Guzman with the Fort McCoy Garrison Equal Opportunity Office, recognizes the day the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was passed on Aug. 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

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: 09.16.2022
• Date Posted: 09.16.2022 12:09
• Story ID: 429475
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US