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Fort McCoy, Wis., was founded in 1909. Here’s a look back at its history from September 2022 and back.
80 Years Ago ― September 1942
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“Avocado has the highest food value of all fresh fruits, claim scientists.” This one liner was printed in the September 1942 edition of The Real McCoy. A forecast for the future of avocados?
Believe it or not, but The Real McCoy is believed to be the ‘first Army camp paper’ in America to be sold by newsboys on the streets of a civilian city. This unusual phenomenon occurred in Sparta, Wis., (1942); shortly after The Real McCoy came off the presses with its sixth issue. The unusual fact; which thrilled the camp paper’s personnel was that it almost outsold all other publications for those days.
35 Years Ago ― Sept. 11-12, 1987
Nearly 1,200 people attended the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy open house on Sept. 11 and 12 to celebrate the official opening of the new facility. Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was the keynote speaker and Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Bill Sorenson also addressed the group during the ribbon cutting.
After a 32-year relationship with the Army, the State Patrol Academy felt it was time to have its own complex. The academy offers instruction in a wide variety of law enforcement areas and state of the are police disciplines.
The Wisconsin State Patrol Academy is the longest-serving tenant organization on the installation (83 years).
30 Years Ago — September 1992
Fort McCoy was notified that the Department of Defense has approved its application as a World War II Commemorative Community.
The post request to become a commemorative community was based on several factors. A significant number of WWII veterans living in our surrounding communities, increasing number of veterans who were stationed at Fort McCoy returning as part of the installation tour program, and much of Fort McCoy’s past can be traced to the WWII era.
The cantonment area, for example, was built in 1942.
25 Years Ago — Sept. 29, 2007
A ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony of the new Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy facility was held Sept. 29.
The NCO Academy was dedicated and named after Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell, an Army Reserve Soldier from Menomonee Falls, Wis., who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2004.
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Mark James, who served with Cornell in Iraq, was the guest speaker at the ceremony. Other guest speakers included Col. Derek J. Sentinella, Fort McCoy Garrison commander, and Maj. Gen. William C. Kirkland, 84th Training Command (Leader Readiness) commanding general.
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: | 09.23.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 09.23.2022 10:12 |
| Story ID: | 429950 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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