ABOUT POST AT FORT McCOY, WIS., JAN. 8, 2016

By U.S. ArmyJanuary 12, 2016

Tree trimming
1 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Arborist Aaron Schauer with contractor Agape Tree Care of Rio, Wis., trims dead branches from an oak tree Dec. 30 on the Fort McCoy, Wis., cantonment area. The work was done to improve the health of several old trees on post. The Forestry Office with... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Baptism
2 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Monsignor Delbert Malin (left), Jennifer Thomas, Sgt. 1st Class Jon Thomas, and the daughter of the Thomas family, are pictured following a baptism for the baby Dec. 27 at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to the Fort McCoy Religious Services Office, the Ca... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
2015 GUN-DEER HUNT SUCCESSFUL AT FORT McCOY
3 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Chris Theder of Lake Mills, Wis., harvested this nine-point buck on Fort McCoy's South Post early in the season.

More than 1,400 hunters took to the woods at Fort McCoy Nov. 21-29, harvesting 520 deer during the 2015 nine-day gun-deer season at th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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EDUCATION AND LEARNING CENTER AT FORT McCOY SUPPORTS STUDENT GOALS
4 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Debbie Paeth, educational services adviser at the 88th Regional Support Command Education and Learning Center in building 50 at Fort McCoy, Wis., helps Soldiers using the center's computers.

Creating an efficient and economically feasible plan to st... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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FORT McCOY ACS OFFERS HELP TO RE-EVALUATE PERSONAL FINANCES
5 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Personal Readiness Financial Specialist Blonza Graves (right) with Fort McCoy Army Community Service (ACS) holds a meeting with Jamie Cram, also with ACS, at Fort McCoy.

At the start of every new year, many people make resolutions to change their l... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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RTS-MAINTENANCE COURSE AT FORT McCOY TEACHES SOLDIERS ARMORER SKILLS
6 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers attending the Additional Duty Armorer Course at Regional Training Site-Maintenance at Fort McCoy, Wis., train on maintenance procedures for an M249 machine gun.

More than a dozen Soldiers received advanced training in maintenance and care... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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Snow storm
7 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A grader plows a street Dec. 28 at Fort McCoy, Wis., during a winter storm that eventually blanketed the post with more than 8 inches of snow. The storm started midday Dec. 28 and continued into Dec. 29. Some areas near Fort McCoy recorded more than ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
NEW STRYKERS AT MATES AT FORT MCOY SUPPORT CBRN UNITS
8 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Kelly Spykerman and Sgt. 1st Class Jamee Buchen, both mechanics with the Wisconsin National Guard's 457th Chemical Company
of Burlington, Wis., participate in maintenance training for the Strykers at Fort McCoy, Wis..

Personnel with the... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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About post at Fort McCoy, Wis., is a collection of news and feature photos from around the installation, as printed in the Jan. 8, 2016 issue of Fort McCoy's newspaper, The Real McCoy. To read the entire issue, see http://www.mccoy.army.mil/ReadingRoom/Newspaper/RealMccoy/20160108/index.html