Photo Story: UH-60 Black Hawk ops for Wisconsin National Guard’s 2023 eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise

Photo By Scott Sturkol | An aircrew with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for training for the Wisconsin National Guard’s 2023 eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise on Aug. 2, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy, and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. According to the Wisconsin National Guard, XCTC is the U.S. Army National Guard’s program of record that enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy. Commanders use this exercise to assess their unit’s capabilities during live fire activities and controlled scenarios. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

08.18.2023

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                      

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

An aircrew with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for training for the Wisconsin National Guard’s 2023 eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise on Aug. 2, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy, and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year.

According to the Wisconsin National Guard, XCTC is the U.S. Army National Guard’s program of record that enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy.

Commanders use this exercise to assess their unit’s capabilities during live fire activities and controlled scenarios.

Fort McCoy was established in 1909 and its 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: 08.18.2023
• Date Posted: 08.18.2023 13:15
• Story ID: 451658
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US