Photo Essay: October 2025 training operations at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Training operations are shown Oct. 10, 2025, at Fort McCoy, Wis. During October 2025, hundreds of troops trained at Fort McCoy for annual training, weekend training, institutional training, and for other military training. Annually, Fort McCoy has trained around 100,000 troops nearly every year since 1984. National Guard, Army Reserve, active-duty Army, and other service members trained at Fort McCoy during October. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

11.17.2025

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                          

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Training operations are shown Oct. 10, 2025, at Fort McCoy, Wis. During October 2025, hundreds of troops trained at Fort McCoy for annual training, weekend training, institutional training, and for other military training.

Annually, Fort McCoy has trained around 100,000 troops nearly every year since 1984.

National Guard, Army Reserve, active-duty Army, and other service members trained at Fort McCoy during October.

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.

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: 11.17.2025
• Date Posted: 11.17.2025 17:24
• Story ID: 551450
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US