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This is a screenshot from March 8, 2021, of the Sept. 11, 2020, edition of The Real McCoy Online newspaper at Fort McCoy, Wis., that earned a first place award for online or pdf publication in the 2020 Army Installation Management Command Communications Awards. Significant contributors from the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office include online edition organizer and creator Aimee Malone, The Real McCoy Editor Scott Sturkol, Theresa Fitzgerald, Kaleen Holliday, Christopher Hanson, Bill Coppernoll, and Tonya Townsell. The edition submitted from Sept. 11 featured the observance of the 75th anniversary of World War II and more. That edition can be found at: https://home.army.mil/mccoy/index.php/my-fort/all-services/real-mccoy/real-mccoy-archive/real-mccoy-091120. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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A rainbow is shown around 6 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2020, near Fort McCoy, Wis., after an isolated rain shower. This photo earned a second-place award in the feature photo category with the 2020 Installation Management Command Communications Awards. (Photo by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)
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Local community leaders are shown with the Fort McCoy Garrison command team Oct. 6, 2020, during a special visit by the leaders to Fort McCoy, Wis. More than a dozen civic leaders from Tomah and Sparta, Wis., participated in the community leader engagement. The event included involvement from the Fort McCoy Garrison command team, including Garrison Commander Col. Michael D. Poss; Garrison Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Alexander L. Carter; Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Mantha, garrison command sergeant major; Deputy to the Garrison Commander Brad Stewart; Directorate of Public Works Director Liane Haun; Directorate Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Director Mike Todd; Directorate of Emergency Services Director Mark Fritsche; and many more. The 13 civic leaders included acting Tomah Veterans Administration Medical Center Director Karen Long; Tomah Mayor Mike Murray; Tomah Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Tina Thompson; Tomah business leaders Philip Stuart, Jeffery Cram, and Christian Dawley; Tomah Police Chief Mark Nicholson; Tomah School Superintendent Dr. Mike Hanson; Sparta Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Heidi Prestwood; Sparta Chamber business leaders Suzanne Hoffman, Shannon Davis, and Vincent Norris, and Sparta School Superintendent Amy Van Deuren. The visitors received a driving tour around the installation as well as a visit to the Mission Training Complex for simulation training in the 200 block at Fort McCoy. This event also helped the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office earn two community relations awards in the 2020 Installation Management Command Communications Awards. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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This is a screenshot from March 8, 2021, of the Sept. 11, 2020, edition of The Real McCoy Online newspaper at Fort McCoy, Wis., that earned a first place award for online or pdf publication in the 2020 Army Installation Management Command Communications Awards. Significant contributors from the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office include online edition organizer and creator Aimee Malone, The Real McCoy Editor Scott Sturkol, Theresa Fitzgerald, Kaleen Holliday, Christopher Hanson, Bill Coppernoll, and Tonya Townsell. The edition submitted from Sept. 11 featured the observance of the 75th anniversary of World War II and more. That edition can be found at: https://home.army.mil/mccoy/index.php/my-fort/all-services/real-mccoy/real-mccoy-archive/real-mccoy-091120. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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This is a screenshot from March 8, 2021, of the Sept. 11, 2020, edition of The Real McCoy Online newspaper at Fort McCoy, Wis., that earned a first place award for online or pdf publication in the 2020 Army Installation Management Command Communications Awards. Significant contributors from the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office include online edition organizer and creator Aimee Malone, The Real McCoy Editor Scott Sturkol, Theresa Fitzgerald, Kaleen Holliday, Christopher Hanson, Bill Coppernoll, and Tonya Townsell. The edition submitted from Sept. 11 featured the observance of the 75th anniversary of World War II and more. That edition can be found at: https://home.army.mil/mccoy/index.php/my-fort/all-services/real-mccoy/real-mccoy-archive/real-mccoy-091120. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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In a message to the command community, officials with Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Public Affairs announced March 2 the winners of the 2020 IMCOM Communications Awards.
The awards are part of the overall annual Army Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Communications Awards Competition that recognizes Soldiers and Department of the Army civilian employees for excellence in achieving the objectives of the Army Public Affairs Program, according to the competition website, www.army.mil/klw.
On behalf of the Secretary of the Army, the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs conducts the competition annually to recognize, cultivate, and inspire excellence within the Army public affairs community. The competition also aligns as closely as possible with the annual Defense Media Awards, establishes competition criteria, and provides the Army with guidance for recognizing the most notable work of its public affairs professionals.
For the 2020 Army Installation Management Command Awards, judges reviewed dozens of entries in many categories and Fort McCoy earned placings in six categories.
In Broadcast Category C, Videography, Public Affair Specialist Scott Sturkol, who’s also the editor of The Real McCoy, earned a second-place finish with “Cold-Water Immersion Training Video B-Roll.” The entry included footage from Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course training. Requirements for this entry are to be “B-roll and prime cuts composed primarily of uncontrolled action depicting the U.S. military's participation in a combined, interagency, joint or service operation, exercise, training, or contingency.”
Sturkol also earned a second-place finish in Photography Category C: Feature Photo. This entry is a stand-alone storytelling picture not news related that has a strong subject and focus. Sturkol’s entry, “Rainbow over Fort McCoy,” highlighted a rainbow seen from the post with the Fort McCoy Exchange visible in the photo.
In the print categories, the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office earned two first-place awards.
In Print Category B, PDF or Online Publication, the office earned first place with The Real McCoy Online newspaper. Significant contributors include online edition organizer and creator Aimee Malone, Sturkol, Theresa Fitzgerald, Kaleen Holliday, Christopher Hanson, Bill Coppernoll, and Tonya Townsell. The edition submitted was the Sept. 11, 2021, edition that featured the observance of the 75th anniversary of World War II and more. That edition can be found at: https://home.army.mil/mccoy/index.php/my-fort/all-services/real-mccoy/real-mccoy-archive/real-mccoy-091120.
The office also received a first place in Print Category C, Outstanding Digital Media Management. This category recognizes the overall excellence of digital content produced for Army organizations. For the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office, it recognizes the work by the office staff with the Fort McCoy website, https://home.army.mil/mccoy; Fort McCoy Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/FtMcCoy; Fort McCoy Twitter page, https://twitter.com/fort_mccoy; Fort McCoy Defense Visual Information Distribution Service page, https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/FMPAO; and more. Significant contributors for this award included Sturkol, Malone, Fitzgerald, Holliday, Hanson, Coppernoll, and Townsell.
In the community relations categories of the awards competition, the Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office earned a second place in Community Relations Category B, Community Relations Special Event. The office was recognized for its work with a special visit by local community leaders from Sparta and Tomah to further build partnerships and relations between the installation and those communities. See news coverage of that event at https://www.dvidshub.net/news/381412/community-leaders-participate-special-visit-fort-mccoy. Significant contributors for this award include Fitzgerald, Holliday, Coppernoll, Hanson, Townsell, Sturkol, and Malone.
The office also had Coppernoll named the winner in Community Relations Category M for the Kathy Canham-Ross Award of Distinction. Though Coppernoll is named as the recipient, he said the award is representative of everyone within the office who supported community relations events for the office.
All of the award placings then were sent to compete in the higher headquarters Army Material Command David H. Harris Communications Awards competition.
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