The Real McCoy October 9, 2015

By Fort McCoy Public AffairsOctober 8, 2015

Initial phase of water project nears completion — 1 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A contractor works at the new chemical-treatment building, which is part of Fort McCoy's $4 million North Post Drinking Water Project. Construction on the first phase of the project is nearing completion. Read more here: http://www.mccoy.army.mil/Rea... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Training explores laser, radio-frequency hazards — 2 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Personnel attending a laser and radio-frequency safety-training course at Fort McCoy discuss solutions to a scenario as part of the training. The recent training at the installation will further improve Fort McCoy's laser- and radio-frequency (RF) ra... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Law-enforcement teams build skills at CACTF — 3 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Members of the Winnebago County (Wis.) Special Weapons and Tactics team complete a training scenario at Fort McCoy's Combined Arms Collective Training Facility. Members of the Oshkosh (Wis.) Police Department Crisis Response Team (CRT) also participa... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Resurfacing projects upgrade Fort McCoy roads — 4 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Contractors with Scott Construction of Lake Delton, Wis., complete a seal-coating operation on a Fort McCoy road. Several resurfacing projects have upgraded roads throughout Fort McCoy in 2015. Read more here: http://www.mccoy.army.mil/ReadingRoom/Ne... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Paper-shirt display promotes domestic-violence awareness — 5 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Carrie Olson, Fort McCoy Family Advocacy Program manager, hangs decorated paper T-shirts for The Clothesline Project at McCoy's Community Club. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that bears witness to the survivors and victims of domestic vi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Hispanic Heritage Month speaker: Celebrate diversity — 6 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Master Sgt. Freida Carter (left) and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Miles (right) role-play a scenario under the direction of Michelle Pinzl (center), visiting instructor and coordinator of the community interpreting certificate program at Viterbo Uni... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

On target! — 7 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A Soldier with the 457th Transportation Battalion of Fort Snelling, Minn., participates in M16 weapons-qualification training at Range 101 at Fort McCoy, Wis. The battalion held four days of training at the installation in late September to help Sold... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Airfield services — 8 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Scott Rich with Fort McCoy's Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Airfield Services performs a maintenance inspection of refueling equipment at the Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport. Airfield Services personnel are responsible for ensuri... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Confidence builder — 9 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Cadets and staff with the Wisconsin Challenge Academy, a tenant organization of Fort McCoy, practice rappelling from the installation's 55-foot rappel tower. The rappelling effort is part of team-building activities held by the academy to help cadets... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Natural, Cultural Resources Summit — 10 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Wildlife Biologist David Beckmann with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch provides an update about Fort McCoy wildlife projects to members of the Garrison Command Group and directorate leadership during the 2015 Natural and Cult... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Blood drive — 11 / 11 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Fort McCoy community members donate blood during an American Red Cross blood drive at McCoy's Community Club. An average of 60 pints of donated blood is collected during each blood drive. According to the Red Cross, someone in the United States needs... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT McCOY, Wis. -- The Oct. 9, 2015 issue of The Real McCoy Online is available now at the following link: http://www.mccoy.army.mil/ReadingRoom/Newspaper/RealMccoy/20151009/index.html

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