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    Photo Story: Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training

    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training

    Photo By Scott Sturkol | Army Reserve combat medics participate in training Feb. 23, 2026, for 68W Sustainment...... read more read more

    FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

    03.09.2026

    Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                                 

    Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

    Staff with the Fort McCoy Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC), which is part of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training Mobilization and Security, stepped up in early 2026 help Army Reserve Command complete 68W Sustainment Training for more than 90 combat medics before March 31.

    Healthcare Instructor and Interim Director Benjamin Leonard with the Fort McCoy MSTC described the kind of training his center his completing between January and March 2026.

    “We’re doing 68-Whiskey Sustainment Training, which is a two-year requirement for all combat medics to complete 72 hours of training, plus a Table 8 validation — the lane validation — where we put them into high levels of stress,” Leonard said. “There, they perform their medical care under that stress in a simulated combat environment. We also utilize the high-fidelity simulators to make sure that all the mannequins and related equipment actually give those vitals as well.

    “During the training here, they’re doing everything on the patient as they would out in the real-world environment so that way they have the confidence, and we have the confidence in them as well to perform medicine to standard,” Leonard said.

    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 \[https://home\.army\.mil/mccoy\]\(https://home\.army\.mil/mccoy\)\, 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.”

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    Date Taken: 03.09.2026
    Date Posted: 03.09.2026 15:29
    Story ID: 559904
    Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US
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    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
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    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
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    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
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    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
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    Fort McCoy’s MSTC steps up to support Army Reserve Command combat medic training
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