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Photo Essay: 73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024

By Scott SturkolNovember 6, 2024

73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
1 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wis., complete weapons training Oct. 13, 2023, on two ranges on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army Photo by Claudia Neve/Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Claudia Neve) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
2 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 724th Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wis., complete weapons training Oct. 13, 2023, on two ranges on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
3 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with the Wisconsin National Guard operate their vehicles in a convoy Oct. 24, 2023, during training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis. During October 2023, thousands of troops trained on post for institutional, weekend, and extended combat training operations. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
4 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers operate their vehicles in a convoy Oct. 18, 2023, during training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis. During October 2023, thousands of troops trained on post for institutional, weekend, and extended combat training operations making a busy start to fiscal year 2024. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
5 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers conduct training operations Oct. 27, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. During October 2023, thousands of troops trained on post for institutional, weekend, and extended combat training operations making a busy start to fiscal year 2024. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
6 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Oct. 17, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. According to the Army fact sheet for the Black Hawk, its mission is to provide air assault, general support, aeromedical evacuation, command and control, and special operations support to combat, stability, and support operations. The UH-60 also is the Army’s utility tactical transport helicopter. The versatile helicopter has enhanced the overall mobility of the Army due to dramatic improvements in troop capacity and cargo lift capability over the years as well. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
7 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Training operations are shown near Fort McCoy, Wis., on Nov. 4, 2023. During November, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy to start of fiscal year 2024. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
8 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Training operations are shown at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Dec. 11, 2023. During December, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy to start of fiscal year 2024. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
9 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An aircrew with the Wisconsin National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment operates a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Jan. 3, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
10 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Shane McElderry with the Regional Training Site (RTS)-Maintenance facility at Fort McCoy, Wis., operates an Army D-7 dozer to move snow Jan. 19, 2024, in the facility's equipment yard at the installation. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
11 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers with U.S. Army Garrison-Fort McCoy conduct cold-weather training Jan. 19, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly a dozen Soldiers trained on a day with below-zero temperatures using snowshoes, an ahkio sled, and more. (U.S. Army Photo by Lt. Col. James Ontiveros) (Photo Credit: Lt. Col. James Ontiveros) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
12 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Students with the Fort McCoy Noncommissioned Officer Academy Basic Leader Course learn about land navigation Jan. 29, 2024, at the Fort McCoy, Wis., Virtual Battle Space simulations facility. The students spent a day training at the facility as part of course training. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
13 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Training operations are shown at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Feb. 8, 2024. During February, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy as part of fiscal year 2024. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
73,991 troops train at Fort McCoy during fiscal year 2024
14 / 14 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Soldiers in the Regional Training Site-Maintenance’s Construction Equipment Repairer Course learn about engines and other equipment during course operations March 6, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL

Fort McCoy completed another busy year supporting troop training with 73,991 troops training at the installation in fiscal year (FY) 2024.

The FY 2024 number is less than the 86,090 troops who trained on post during FY 2023 and the 77,411 troops who trained at the installation in FY 2022. The lower total for FY 2024 is largely due in part to units not completing their annual training at Fort McCoy because of other Army commitments, said Larry Sharp, chief of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security (DPTMS) Training Coordination Branch,

“Numbers from FY 24 dropped due reduced training attendance of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) and 33rd IBCT for both annual training and battle assembly training,” Sharp said. “Many 33rd IBCT units are currently deployed, and 32nd IBCT Soldiers attended a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation.”

Sharp said the training numbers include Army Reserve Soldiers; National Guard service members; and active-duty troops from not just the Army but also other services, such as the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.”

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fortmccoywi, and on X (formerly Twitter) by searching “usagmccoy.”

Also try downloading the My Army Post app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base. Fort McCoy is also part of Army’s Installation Management Command where “We Are The Army’s Home.”