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12 - The Sparta Ambassador - November 2020 From Fort McCoy

Sparta Chamber of Commerce Newsletter Submission November 2020
FORT McCOY Kaleen Holliday
Fort McCoy welcomes new garrison deputy commander Lt . Col . Alexander L . Carter became the new Fort McCoy garrison deputy commander on August 31 . Immediately prior to this assignment , Carter served as a senior strategist at the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve Headquarters , Department of the Army , at Fort Belvoir , Va .
Public Affairs Office ( PAO ) welcomes new community relations specialist Theresa Fitzgerald with the Fort McCoy PAO is retiring in November . Fitzgerald has been the PAO public affairs specialist supporting community relations for more than 11 years at Fort McCoy . Holliday joined the PAO team in September and will be taking over the position as public affairs specialist of community relations . Holliday worked previously with the Directorate of Emergency Services and Directorate of Family and Morale , Welfare and Recreation at Fort McCoy .
McCoy ’ s COVID-19 risk mitigations protocols set conditions to resume training The garrison commander signed the “ Risk Mitigation Guidelines and Requirements for Training Units to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 ” policy into effect in June . This policy provides requirements for commands and units preparing to travel to Fort McCoy throughout 2020 . More information on this article can be found in The Real McCoy at https :// home . army . mil / mccoy / index . php / my-fort / all-services / real-mccoy .
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