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Patrick J. Appelman, director of Installation Management Command (IMCOM)-Readiness made an official visit to Fort McCoy on Sept. 9-10 to interact with the Fort McCoy workforce, meet with Fort McCoy Garrison leaders in the Installation Planning Board (IPB), and more.
According to his biography, as the director of IMCOM-Readiness, he is responsible for installation management activities at 24 active- and reserve-component U.S. Army installations and joint bases located in 16 states, Puerto Rico, and Honduras.
“Appelman and the IMCOM-Readiness team provide support for approximately 1.4 million service members, family members, retirees, and civilians as well as oversight for an annual budget exceeding $2.9 billion for programs across several appropriations and non-appropriated funds,” his biography states. “He oversees 9.1 million acres of land and 347.4 million square feet of facilities with a replacement value of over $182 billion and annual contracts totaling more than $1.4 billion.”
This was Appelman’s second visit to Fort McCoy in 2025. As part of this visit, the IMCOM-Readiness director participated in the 2025 Installation Planning Board meeting on Sept. 9.
The overall meeting was organized by the Fort McCoy Plans, Analysis and Integration Office (PAIO). The purpose of the IPB, according to the agenda, is it serves as a “forum for identifying, assessing, and providing a common operating picture regarding installationwide planning requirements.”
It also enhances “collaborative communication and decisions installationwide” and “ensures resourcing decisions are aligned with the installation’s strategic business plan.”
Most importantly, according to the agenda, it’s a meeting where the IMCOM-Readiness director and the senior commander can be directly updated about things at Fort McCoy. And installation officials can receive approval of the coming years Integrated Priority List.
PAIO planners stated the IPB also integrates the garrison, installation service providers, and tenant organizations. Additionally, the IPB goes through all these steps in the meeting to ensure resourcing decisions are aligned with the Installation Strategic Plan and operationalize with the IMCOM principle of sustainability.
Appelman also held a town hall with the installation workforce to discuss current events and news, held a luncheon with garrison directors and leaders, and more.
At a similar town hall meeting with Appelman in June, Fort McCoy Deputy to the Garrison Commander Cameron Cantlon discussed the workforce and welcomed Appelman.
“With this workforce, you can see (the success) every day,” Cantlon said. “(It) is really kind of overwhelming to stand back and look at what we get done on a daily basis. So, thank you to everybody in the room.
“Mr. Appelman comes to us from Fort Bragg (N.C.) at the IDR Headquarters,” Cantlon said. “So, he’s been working this job for almost two years now.”
In the town hall, Appelman provided updates on manpower news in the command as well as with Fort McCoy.
He also took time to recognize several Fort McCoy employees with coins for excellence for their exemplary work in supporting the Fort McCoy mission. Fort McCoy workforce members also took the opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer period with the director.
IMCOM-Readiness’ top enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Danny Castleberry, was also part of the official visit and also spoke during the town hall. Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Sheyla Baez-Ramirez and other members of command team with U.S. Army Garrison-Fort McCoy said they appreciated the leaders visiting the post once again.
Learn more about IDR-Readiness by visiting their page on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-army-installation-management-command-id-readiness.
Learn more about IMCOM by visiting their page at https://home.army.mil/imcom. Also, check out IMCOM’s week online publication, The IMCOM Sampler, at https://home.army.mil/imcom/contact/public-affairs/imcom-weekly-news-sampler.
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,” on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on X (formerly Twitter) by searching “usagmccoy.”
Also try downloading the My Army Post app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.30.2025 02:49 |
| Story ID: | 549639 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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