Tomah Chamber & Visitors Center Newsletter February Newsletter | Page 8

On Base at Fort McCoy, Cont'd
by Theresa Fitzgerald
at Badger Drop Zone, security forces Airmen and Wisconsin State Patrol troopers held exercise scenarios together
at several training areas, and Young Air Assault Strip was a hub of activity for the National Guard’s Patriot North
2018 exercise, held July 17-19 at Fort McCoy and Volk Field, Wis.
The 86th Training Division at Fort McCoy conducted Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-18-02 from Aug.
4-24 at the installation. Thousands of service members with the Army as well as other military services and foreign
militaries participated in the multinational exercise.
Fort McCoy emergency personnel supported local agencies after areas near Fort McCoy received up to 12 inches of
rain and high winds during a storm Aug. 27, causing extensive flash flooding and damage in the region.
Airmen, Soldiers, and officials with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) were sent to Fort McCoy from Sept. 7 to
14 as part of Exercise Turbo Distribution 18-02, a Joint Task Force-Port Opening (JFT-PO) simulation designed to
hone joint service interoperability
in austere locations.
The new Fort McCoy public website,
https://home.army.mil/, launched at
the end of September.
Fort McCoy continued to be a high-
volume training venue as 148,733
personnel trained at the installation
in fiscal year 2018 — just a few
thousand under the record number
of troops who trained on post in
2017.
Team Fort McCoy sent two teams of
runners to the 2018 Army Ten-Miler
competition Oct. 7 at the Pentagon
and came away with second- and
fourth-place finishes in the Reserve
Mixed category.
Regional Training Site (RTS)-
Medical at Fort McCoy ran a Combat Support Hospital/Field Hospital Commander and Command Sergeant Major
Course from Nov. 6-8 to help prepare new commanders for the challenges they’ll face in the future.
Maj. Gen. Jody J. Daniels took the helm of the 88th Readiness Division and as Fort McCoy’s senior commander during
a change of command ceremony Dec. 1 at Fort McCoy.
Soldiers with the 426th Regional Training Institute (Wisconsin Military Academy) fired 21 volleys on an artillery
piece while honoring former President George H. W. Bush on Dec. 6 during an artillery salute on the Parade Field
at Fort McCoy. Bush died Nov. 30 at the age of 94.
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